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THE    MONTHLY   JOURNAL 


OF  THE 


Philatelic  Society,  London. 


JEDttor : 

Dye.     IP.     CA^STLE 

Hon.  Vice-President  of  the  Society. 


^^^^y^ypL.  XI I  L 


JANUARY     TO     DECEMBER,     1904. 


PURUSHED    BY 

THE     PHILATELIC    SOCIETY,     LONDON, 

10,  Gracechurch  Street,  London,  E.G. 

1904. 


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CONTENTS. 


LEADERS. 

A  Recurrent  Danger,  169. 

Catalogue  Value,  193. 

Inverted  Centres,  83. 

Record-making,  i. 

St.  Helena  Obsolete  Postage  Stamps,  289. 

The  Difficulty  of  General  Collecting,  263. 

The   London    Philatelic  Society,   New  Address, 

215- 

The  Multiplication  of  Perforations,  27. 
The  Official  Stamps  of  Great  Britain,  109. 
The  Past  Season,  139. 

ThePresident  of thePhilatelicSociety,  London,  53. 
The  Season's  Inauguration  by  the  Earl  of  Craw- 
ford, 237. 

PLATE  ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Great  Britain.     Facing  page  56. 

ARTICLES. 

Berlin  Philatelic  Exhibition,  The,  219. 

British   Stamps  Applied   to   Special    Uses,    The 

Status  of,   170,  194,  216,  276. 
Finland,  Notes  on  the  First  Issue  of,  29. 
New  Zealand,  The  Recent  Issues  of,  67,  92. 
Notes  Concerning  the    Stamps    of  the   Second 

Republic  of  the  Transvaal,  5. 
Notes  on  the  First  Issue  of  Finland,  29. 

,1         ,,       Postal  Issues  of  the  United  Kingdom 

during  the  Present  Reign,  55. 
.,        ,,       Stamps  of  South  Australia,  85. 
,,         ,,  ,,  the  First  Kc|)ublic  of  ihe 

Transvaal,    239,    270, 
290. 
Orange  Free  State,  Proofs  or  Ess.iys  of  the  Stamps 

of  the,  115. 
I'liilalelic  Ivxhibilion,  Tiie  licrlin,  219. 

I'orUigal,  Tlic  Adhesive  Slumps  of,  35,  no,  140, 
173,  196,  218, 

Proofs  or  Essays  of  the  Stamps  <jf  the  Orant;e 
Free  Slate,  115. 


South  Australia,  Notes  on  the  Stamps  of,  85. 
Tapling  Collection,  The,  2. 

The  Adhesive  Stamps  of  Portugal,  35,  no,  140, 
173,  196,  218. 

The  id.  on  2jd.  Provisional  of  Transvaal,  265. 
The  Recent  Issues  of  New  Zealand,  67,  92. 
The  Status  of  British  Stamps  Applied  to  Special 

Uses,  170,  194,  216,  276. 
The  Tapling  Collection,  2. 

Transvaal,  Notes  Concerning  the  Stamps  of  the 
Second  Republic  of  the,  5. 
,,  Notes   on    the   Stamps   of    the   First 

Republic  of  the,  239,  270,  290. 
,,  The  id.  on  2|d.  Provisional  of,  265. 

United    Kingdom,    Notes  on    the   Postal    Issues 
during  the  Present  Reign  of  the,  55. 

PHILATELIC   NOTES. 

Abstract  of  Accounts  of  the  Philatelic  Society, 
London,  149. 

A  New  Variety  of  the  Niger  Coast  Protectorate,  38. 
Another  Discovery  in  the  Diadem  Issue  of  New 

South  Wales,  151. 
A  System  of  Exchange,  299. 
Austria,  Varieties  of  the  1883  Issue,  94. 
British  Bechuanaland  1888  Error,  119. 
Canada  Hand-Stamped  3d.  Envelope  of  1851, 152. 
Dates  of  the  First  Issue  of  Victoria,  119. 
Embossed  Postage  Stamps,  301. 
Hand-Stamped  3d.  Canadian  Envelope  of  1851, 

152. 
List  of  Members  of  the  Philatelic  Society,  London, 

150. 

Madeira,  The  15  Reis  of  1876-80,  etc.,  200. 
Mauritius,  The  Earliest  Printings  of,  275. 
New   South   Wales,    Another   Discovery   in   the 
Diadem  Issue,   151, 

,,         ,,  ,,        Perforations,  178. 

Niger  Coast  Protectorate;  a  New  Variety,  3S. 
Numbers  Printid  of  Ihe  Farly  N'ictorian  Slanips, 

226. 


CONTENTS. 


Perforations,  New  South  Wales,  178. 
Philatelic  Society,  London,  Abstract  of  Accounts, 
149. 
,,  ,,  ,,         List  of  Members,  150. 

,,  ,,  ,,         Report    read    at    the 

Annual  General  i\Ieeting  of  the,  145. 
Keport  read  at  the  Annual  General  Meeting  of  the 

Philatelic  Society,  London,  145. 
The  Earliest  Printing  of  Mauritius,  275. 
The  15  Reis  Madeira  of  1876-80,  etc.,  200. 
The  2d.  and  6d.  of  West  Australia,  1854,  275. 
Varieties  of  the  1883  Issue  of  Austria,  94. 
Victorian  Stamps,  Numbers  Printed  of  the,  226. 
West  Australia  4d.  Inverted  Centre,  118. 

,,  ,,         The  2d.  and  6d.  of  1854,  275. 


OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

A  Reminder  as  to  the  Removal  of  the  London 

Philatelist,  2.(j'i,. 
Absence  from  England  of  Mr.  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg, 

201. 
Action  against  the  Philatelic  Record,  157. 
Adhesives,  The  Queen  of,  278. 
A  Good  Guide  to  French  Stamps,  12. 
An  Advertisement  for  Philately,  277. 
An  Enterprising  Postmaster,  10. 
An  International  Stamp,  254. 
A  Letter- Writing  Community,  254. 
A  New  Album  for  Less  Advanced  Collectors,  253. 
Annual  Dinner  of  the  Philatelic  Society,  London, 

22S,  246. 

A  Philatelic  Exhibition  at  Melbourne,  203. 

A  Philatelic  Society  for  Sussex  and  Kent,  160. 

A  Plea  for  Entires,  99. 

A  Rare  Postage  Stamp,  181. 

Auction,  Rarities  at,  41. 

Australia's  Interest  in  Philately,  156. 

,,  Issues  and  the  King's  Plead,  155. 

Australia,  Proposed  Uniform  Postage  Stamps  for, 
202. 

Bacon,  Mr.  E.  D.,  Change  of  Address,  201. 

Bahamas  Stamps,  The  Sale  of,  180. 

Bartels'  U.S.  Envelope  Catalogue,  Third  Edition 
of,  202. 

Berlin  National  Philatelic  Collection,  The,  229. 
Berlin  Philatelic  Exhibition,  The,  12,  41,  71,  96, 

125,  219. 
Binding — Final  Notice,  298. 
Bogus  Stamps  in  the  United  States,  97. 
British  Somaliland  Protectorate  Surcharges,  201. 
II  ,,  Recent  Issues  of,  97. 


Catalogue,  Mr.  Paul  Kohl's  New,  229. 

Change  of  Address  (Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon's),  201. 
,,  ,,        of  the  Philatelic  Society,  Lon- 

don, 227. 

Crawford,  Earl  of.  Sale  of  the  Collection  of  Rail- 
way Stamps  of  the,  201. 

Current  Stamps  not  acceptable  at  Post  Offices,  9. 

Death  of  Baron  Arthur  de  Rothschild,  40. 
,,        M.  Piet-Lataudrie,  72. 
,,        Mr.  Overy  Taylor,  159. 

Dinner  of  the  Herts  Philatelic  Society,  121. 
,,  ,,       Philatelic  Society,  London,  246. 

Disgrace  of  New  Zealand,  The,  248. 

Entires,  A  Plea  for,  99. 

Ewen's  Monthly  Stamp  Quotations,  298. 

Exhibition   (Philatelic)  by  the  Junior  Philatelic 
Society,  London,  229. 
,,  ,,  at  Melbourne,  203. 

,,  ,,  at  Paris,  158. 

,,  ,,  The  Berlin,   12,  41,  71, 

96,  125,  219. 

Expert    Committee    of    the    Philatelic    Society, 
London,  95,   120,   155,  178,  228. 

France,  Mr.  Reichenheim's  Article  on  the  Stamps 
of,  12. 

France,  Stamp  Scandal  in,  39. 

French  Stamps,  A  Good  Guide  to,  12. 

Giwelb,  Notice  of  Removal  of  Mr. ,  183. 

Hausburg,  Mr.  L.  L.  R.,  Absence  from  England 
of,  201. 

Herts  Philatelic  Society,  Dinner  of  the,  121. 

India,  Official  Philatelic  Collection  for,  160. 

International  Postage  Stamp  Exhibition  at  Berlin, 
12,  41,  71,  96,  125,  219. 

Junior  Philatelic  Society,  London,  Exhibition  by 
the,  229. 

Kohl's,  Mr.  Paul,  New  Catalogue,  229, 

London  Philatelic  Society,  Season  1904-5,   120, 
154,  179- 

Masson,  c.i.E. ,  Sir  David  Parkes,  179. 

Mauritius  at  Auction,  The  "Post  Office,"  11. 
,,  The  "  Post  Office,"  72. 

National  Philatelic  Collection,  The  Berlin,  229. 

New  Colonial  Watermark,  The,  181. 

New  Issues  of  1903,  The,  71. 

New  Work  on  Oceania,  The,  155. 

New  Zealand,  The  Disgrace  of,  248. 

,,  ,,        The  Philatelic  Society  of,  70. 

„  ,,        Post  Office,  The,  179. 

,,  ,,        Recent  Issues  of,  7. 

Notice  of  Removal  of  Mr.  Giwelb,  183. 

,,         ,,  ,,         the  Philatelic  Society,  Lon- 

don, 178. 


CONTENTS. 


Oceania,  The  New  Work  on,  155. 

Official   Catalogue   of   the  Societe  Fran^aise  de 

Timbrologie,  96,  158. 
Official  Philatelic  Collection  for  India,  160. 
Official  Stamps,  Unused,  9. 
Opening  Meeting  of  the  Philatelic  Society,  London, 

The,  228. 
Paris,  Philatelic  Exhibition  at,  158. 

,,     Philately  in,  99. 
Philatelic  Exhibition  at-Paris,  158. 
Philatelic  Record,  Action  against,  157. 
Philatelic  Society,  London,  Annual  Dinner,  228, 
246. 
,,  ,,  ,,         Change   of  Address, 

227. 
,,  ,,  ,,         Expert     Committee, 

95.   120,  155,   178, 
228. 
,,  ,,  ,,         Notice  to  Members  of 

the,  178. 
,,  ,,  ,,         Opening       Meeting, 

228. 
,,  ,,  ,,         Programme     of    the 

Season,  228. 
,,  ,,  ,,         Season  1904-5,  120, 

154,  179- 
Philatelic  Society  of  New  Zealand,  The,  70. 
Philately,  An  Advertisement  for,  277. 
,,        Australia's  Interest  in,  156. 
,,        in  Paris,  99. 
Philippines,  The  Postage  Stamps  of  the,  72. 
Piet-Lataudrie,  Death  of  M.,  72. 
Postage  Stamps  of  the  Philippines,  The,  72, 
"Post  Office"  Mauritius  at  Auction,  The,  11. 

.,       The,  72. 
Preliminary  Programme  of  the  International  Post- 
age Stamp  Exhibition,  Berlin,  1904,  41. 
Programme  of  Next  Season,  154,  179,  228. 
Proposed  Uniform  Postage  Stamps  for  Australia, 

203. 
Rarities  at  Auction,  41. 
Recent  Issues  of  British  Somaliland,  97, 
Reichenhcim's  Article  on  the  Stamps  of  France, 

Mr.,  12. 
Rothschild,  Death  of  Baron  Arthur  do,  40. 
St.  Helena  Postage  Stamps,  Sale  of,  181. 
Sale  of  Bahamas  Stamps,  180. 

,,       St.  Helena  Obsolete  Postage  Stamps,  181. 
,,       the  Earl  of  Crawford's  Collection  of  Kail- 
way  Stamps,  201. 
,,        tlie  .Slumps  of  Virgin  Islands,  120. 
Socicle  Fran^aisc  du  'riinliruioj^ic,  (JH'uMal  Cata- 
logue of  the,  96,  158. 
Stamp  Collecting  and  its  Literature,  122. 


Stamps  Issued,  The  Total  Number  of,  255. 

Stamp  Scandal  in  France,  39. 

Subscriptions  to  London  Philatelist  for  1 905,  298. 

Surcharges,  British  Somaliland  Protectorate,  201. 

Sussex  and  Kent,  A  Philatelic  Society  for,  160. 

Tapling  Collection,  The  Philatelic  Society  of 
India  and  the,  300. 

Taylor,  Death  of  Mr.  Overy,  159. 

The  New  Halfpenny  Stamp,  299. 

The  Philatelic  Society  of  India  and  the  Tapling 
Collection,  300. 

The  Queen  of  Adhesives,  278. 

The  Recent  Issues  of  New  Zealand,  7. 

The  Total  Number  of  Stamps  Issued,  255. 

Third  Edition  of  Bartels'  U.S.  Envelope  Cata- 
logue, 202. 

United  States,  Bogus  Stamps  in  the,  97. 

Unused  Official  Stamps,  9. 

Victoria,  1864  :  2s.,  Blue  on  Green,  70. 

Virgin  Islands,  Sale  of  the  Stamps  of,  120. 

West-End  Philatelist,  The,  96. 

REVIEWS. 
ABC  of  Collecting,  The,  15. 
AB  C  Supplement,  The,  16. 
Bartels'  Catalogue  of  U.S.  Envelopes,  256. 
Bright  and  Son's  (Messrs.)  Catalogue,  279. 
British  Indian  Surcharged  Stamps,  2S0. 
Catalogue  of  Messrs.  Bright  and  Son,  279. 

,,         ,,     Mr.  Paul  Kohl,  255. 

,,         ,,     Messrs.  Senf  Brothers,  207. 

,,         ,,  ,,     StanleyGibbons,  Limited,  16. 

,,  ,,  ,,      Whitfield  Kingand  Co.,  237. 

,,         ,,     Fiscal  Stamps,  185. 

,,         ,,     Rare  and  Medium  Stamps,  14. 
College  Stamps  of  Great  Britain,  The,  280. 
Fiscal  Stamps,  Catalogue  of,  185. 
Great  Britain,  The  College  Stamps  of,  280. 
International   Directory  of   Philatelic   Literature 

Collectors,  The,  75. 
Kohl's  (Paul)  Catalogue,  255. 
Official  Catalogue   of   the  Societe   Fran(,'aise   de 

Timbrologie,   129. 
I'emberton  and  Co.,  Messrs.,  I'lice  List  of,  44. 
I'hilippines,  The  .Stamps  of  tlie,  183. 
Postage  Stamps  of  Sicily,  The,  185,  205. 
Price  List,  Messrs.  I'emberton  and  Co.'s,  44. 
Provisional  Stamps,  The  Tsinglau,  16. 
Scott's  Standard  Catalogue,  13. 
Senfs  (Messrs.)  Catalogue,  207. 
Sicily,  The  Postage  Stumps  of,  185,  205. 


CONTENTS. 


Societe  Fran9aise  de  Timbrologie,  Official  Cata- 
logue of  the,  129. 

Stamp  Collectors'  Annual,  The,  75. 

Stamp-Fiend's  Raid,  The,  14. 

Stamps  of  the  Philippines,  The,  183. 

Stanley  Gibbons',  Limited  (Messrs.),  Catalogue,  i6. 

Supplement  to  Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co.'s 
Catalogue,  17. 
,,  ,,     the  A  B  C  Catalogue,  16. 

Surcharged  Stamps,  British  Indian,  280. 

Tsingtau  Provisional  Stamps,  The,  16. 

U.S.  Envelopes,  Bartels'  Catalogue  of,  256. 

Whitfield  King  and  Co.  's  (Messrs. )  Catalogue,  256. 
,,  ,,         ,,  „       Catalogue,  Sup- 

plement to,  17. 


PHILATELIC   SOCIETIES'   MEETINGS. 

Birmingham,  23,  48,  105,  134,  285,  306. 

Boston,  49. 

Collectors'  Club,  24,  49,  190,  213,  236. 

Herts,  23,  49,  105,  13s,  189,  233,  286,  306. 

India,  211. 

Johannesburg,  189,  211,  234,  286,  307. 

Kent  and  Sussex,  233,  307. 

London,  22,  47,  48, 78,  79>  104,  I33.  164,  284,  304. 

Manchester,  234. 

South  Australian  Philatelic  Society,  308. 

Suburban  Exchange  Club,  24,  307. 

Victoria,  235,  308. 

CORRESPONDENCE. 

A  Black  List,  214. 

British  Official  Postage  Stamps,  214. 

Canadian  Provisionals  of  1899,  136. 

Errors  of  Colour,  166. 

London  Philatelic  Society's  Works,  The,  214. 

Official,  73. 

Society's  Works,  The  London  Philatelic,  214. 

Straits  Settlements:  32  c,  Carmine-Rose,  Error, 

135- 
Surcharges,  106. 
Zanzibar  Surcharges,  25,  io5. 


THE   MARKET. 
Auctions — 

Plumridge  and  Co.,  Messrs.,  26,  52,  79,  81,  107, 
137.  13S,  168,  190,  191,  192,  261,  2S6,  2S7, 
310. 

Puttick  and  Simpson,  Messrs.,  25,  52,  80,  81, 
106,  136,  137,  168,  192,  261,  2S8,  309. 


Ventom,  Bull,  and  Cooper,  Messrs.,  25,  51,  81, 
82,  108,  138,  167,  191,  261,  288,  309. 

Scott,  J.  W.,  Messrs.,  50. 

The  Value  of  English  Colonial  Stamps,  50. 

Whitfield  King  and  Co.'s  (Messrs.)  Price  List,  79. 

CONTRIBUTORS. 
H.R.H.  The  Prince  of  Wales,  55. 
A.  T.  Bate,  248. 
M.  P.  Castle,  j.p. ,  2,  29. 
C.  F.  Dendy  Marshall,  B.A.,  170,  216. 
C.  A.  Elliott,  194. 
L.  L.  R.  Hausburg,  2,  85. 
J.  N.  Marsden,  35,  no,  140,  173,  196,  218. 
N.  Yaar,  5,  115,  265. 
R.  B.  Yardley,  239,  270,  290. 

NEW   ISSUES. 

British  Empire. 
Aitutaki,  161. 

Antigua,  18. 

Australian  Commonwealth,  18,  loi. 

Bechuanaland  Protectorate,  18,  208. 

Bermuda,  44,  76, 

British  Central  Africa,  18,  44,  161. 

British  East  Africa  and  Uganda,  19,  76,  208,  230, 

258,  282,  302. 
British  Honduras,  76,  loi. 
British  Somaliland,  19. 
British  South  Africa,  186,  208. 
Canada,  44,  76,  161,  282. 
Cape  of  Good  Hope,  45,  76,  loi,  186,  282. 
Ceylon,  19,  45,  76,  lOi,  131,  186,  230,  282. 
Chamba,  131,  162,  186. 
Cyprus,  19,  161,  186,  208,  230,  302. 
Dominica,  19. 
Falkland  Islands,  loi,  230. 
Piji,  19,  230,  282. 
Gambia,  230. 
Gibraltar,  161,  282. 
Gold  Coast,  230,  282. 
Great  Britain,  18,  44,  75,  131,  20S,  302. 
Gwalior,  131,  186,  230. 
Holkar,  76,  186. 
Hong  Kong,  282,  302. 

India,  19,  45,  76,  loi,  131,  161,  1S6,  208,  258,  282. 
Indore,  76,  186. 
Jaipur,  231,  258,  282. 
Jamaica,  19,  loi. 
Jhind,  19,  131,  187. 


CONTENTS. 


Johor,  45,  76,  132,  162,  259,  283. 

Kishengarh,  19,  45,  loi. 

Labuan,  131. 

Lagos,  282,  302. 

Las  Bela,  208. 

Leeward  Islands,  19. 

Malay  States,  302. 

Malta,  282,  303. 

Mauritius,  131,  187,  231,  258,  303. 

Montserrat,  19,  258,  282,  303. 

Morocco  Agencies,  76. 

Nabha,  10 1. 

Natal,  283,  303. 

Newfoundland,  loi. 

New  Zealand,  19,  231,  258. 

Niue,  231. 

North  Borneo,  76,  303. 

Orange  River  Colony,  loi. 

Pacific  Islands,  161,  231. 

Patiala,  162,  187,  231. 

Queensland,  258, 

St.  Helena,  loi. 

St.  Lucia,  45,  208,  231. 

Seychelles,  76,  162. 

Sierra  Leone,  45,  231. 

Somaliland  Protectorate,  20,  258. 

South  Australia,  19,  45, 102, 131, 162, 187,208,231, 

303- 
Southern  Nigeria,  19,  132,  208,  231,  259. 

Straits  Settlements,  20,45,76,  132,  162,  187,208, 
231,  259,  283. 

Sudan,  20,  102,  162,  209,  283. 

Tasmania,  20,  102,  303. 

Transvaal,  209,  259. 

Trinidad,  76,  232,  259. 

Uganda,  19,  76,  208,  230,  258,  282. 

Virgin  Islands,  162. 

Western  Australia,  45,  162,  232,  303. 

Zanzibar,  187,  209. 

Europe. 
Austria,  45,  76,  132,  232,  283. 
Austrian  Levant,  20,  2S3. 
Bavaria,  45. 
Bosnia,  20,  303. 
Bulgaria,  45,  76. 
Crete,  102. 

Denmark,  102,  132,  283,  303. 
l''inland,  76. 

France,  45,  162,  187,  232. 
Greece,  283. 


Holland,  102,  209. 
Hungary,  46. 
Iceland,  209. 
Italy,  20,  102,  162. 
Monaco,  20. 
Portugal,  20,  46,  102. 
Roumania,  303. 
Russia,  162,  259. 
Russian  Levant,  47,  77. 
Servia,  187,  259,  303. 
Spain,  46,  259. 
Sweden,  20,  132. 
Switzerland,  259. 


America. 

Antioquia,  21,  46,  102,  232,  303. 

Argentine  Republic,  20,  46,  232. 

Barranquilla,  21,  46,  103. 

Bolivar,  21,  132,  187,  209,  232. 

Boyaca,  103,  283. 

Cauca,  21. 

Chili,  20,  76,  163,  187,  209,  232,  260. 

Colombian  Republic,  21,  46,  102,  132,  163,  187 

209,  232,  260,  283,  303. 
Costa  Rica,  46. 
Cucuta,  283. 
Cundinamarca,  163,  209. 
Dominican  Republic,  232,  260,  283.  304. 
Ecuador,  260. 
Honduras,  21. 
Medellin,  21,  209. 
Mexico,  284. 

Nicaragua,  21,  77,  132,  188,  210,  232,  260. 
Panama,  21,  46,  103,  188,  210,  232,  261. 
Paraguay,  21,  46,  77,  i88,  304. 
Rio  Hacha,  163. 
Salvador,  163,  284. 
Santander,  21,  260. 
Tolima,  46,  132. 
Uruguay,  163,  261,  284,  304. 
U.S.A.,  132,  188. 
Venezuela,  77,  132,  210,  233,  261,  284. 

Otiiicr  Countries. 
Angola,  164. 

Angra,  77. 

Azores,  77,  103. 

Cape  Verde,  164. 

China,  164,  261. 

Cuba,  21. 


VUl 


CONTENTS. 


Curagao,  21,  188. 

Dahomey,  132,  188. 

Dutch  Indies,  21. 

Eritrea,  46,  103,  188. 

French  Colonies,  46,  77,  103. 

French  Guiana,  132. 

French  Guinea,  304. 

French  India,  46. 

French  Post  Offices  Abroad,  21,  103,  132,  233. 

,,      at  Alexandria,  104. 

,,       ,,  Canton,  103. 

,,       in  China,  21,  104,  233. 

,,       ,,  Crete,  104. 

,,       ,,  the  Levant,  104. 

,,       at  Long-Tcheou,  22. 

,,       ,,  Mongtse,  103. 

,,       in  Morocco,  104. 

,,       at  Pakhoi,  103. 

,,       ,,  Port  Said,  104. 

„  Tchong-king,  103,  132. 

,,       ,,  Yunnansen,  103. 

,,       ,,  Zanzibar,  104,  284. 
Gaboon,  284. 
Guinea,  164. 


Hayti,  77,  104,  164. 

Hoi-hao,  103. 

Horta,  77. 

Indo-China,  47,  103,  188,  210,  233,  261. 

Ivory  Coast,  103,  210. 

Japan,  77. 

Liberia,  22,  104. 

Macao,  164. 

Madagascar,  47. 

Martinique,  188,  261,  284. 

Mozambique,  164. 

New  Caledoniji,  210. 

Persia,  77,  133,  164,  188,  210,  261. 

Philippine  Islands,  47,  77,  104,  133,  164,  18 

Portuguese  Colonies,  22,  77)  164. 

Portuguese  Indies,  164. 

Russian  Post  Office  in  China,  104,  133,  233. 

St.  Thomas  and  Prince,  164. 

Senegal,  77,  103. 

Siam,  77. 

Spanish  Colonies,  47. 

Spanish  Guinea,  164,  188. 

Surinam,  21,  188. 

Timor,  164. 


THE 


50^011  iMIaMst: 


THE    MONTHLY    JOURNAL    OF 

THE    PHILATELIC   SOCIETY.    LONDON. 


Vol.   XIII. 


JANUARY,    1904. 


No.    145. 


^ecoti-making. 


HE  days  when  Philately  was  in  need  of  advertisement  have 
long  passed,  as  all  the  world  nowadays  knows  of  stamp 
collecting  and  its  followers;  but  were  such  additiorial  publicity 
needed,  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  recent  sale  by  auction 
of  the  2d.  "Post  Office"  Mauritius  would  have  easily  afforded 
it.  Our  experience,  writing  within  a  week  of  the  sale,  is 
that  the  sale  of  this  stamp  has  been  on  everyone's  lips  in 
club  and  home  alike,  and  has  been  practically  the  sensation 
of  the  week.  The  general  public  has,  in  homely  phrase, 
almost  had  its  breath  taken  out  of  its  mouth  by  the  fact  that 
one  stamp  could  ever  realise  fourteen  hundred  and  fifty 
pounds,  and  it  is  difficult  for  the  philatelist  to  make  it 
understood  that  this  is  the  finest  copy  known  of  what  is  generally  held  to 
be  the  rarest  stamp  in  the  world. 

It  is  certainly  a  case  of  breaking  the  record,  as  we  believe  that  no  stamp 
has  ever  changed  hands  at  auction  at  any  price  at  all  approaching  this  figure. 
As  regards  private  sales,  we  believe  we  are  correct  in  saying  that  there  are 
three  or  four  instances  where  over  ;;^  1,000  for  each  stamp  has  been  paid  in 
this  country,  while  in  France  two  of  the  "Post  Office"  stamps  are  supposed  to 
have  been  sold  for  ^2,400.  The  record  has  therefore  been  clearly  and 
emphatically  broken,  and  it  is  unlikely  that  it  will  be  again  for  a  long 
time,  unless  some  other  lucky  person  discovers  the  One  Penny  "  Post  Office  " 
in  equally  dazzling  condition  ! 

We  have  no  wish  in  these  columns  to  dwell  unduly  on  the  pecuniary 
side  of  Philately,  but  a  red-letter  stamp  like  this  is  not  without  its  effect 
upon  collecting.  It  is  a  distinct  lesson  to  us  all  that  the  very  finest  great 
rarities  have  practically  no  limit  to  their  value.  There  are  perforce  but  very 
few  of  each  in  existence,  and  it  requires  but  the  uprising  of  two  or  three 
fresh  collectors  to  make  a  demand  far  beyond  the  supply.  The  same 
remark  applies  in  a  great  measure  to  fine  stamps  of  all  grades — notably  in 
our  Colonial  issues,  and  it  holds  out  every  encouragement  for  the  future  to 
the  man  who  has  the  pluck  to  buy  and  the  courage  to  keep  the  very  finest 
and  rarest  specimen. 


l^ 


By   M.   p.   castle   and   L.   L.   R.   HAUSBURG. 
( Continued  frojn  page  259,  vol.  xii. ). 


NEW   SOUTH    WALES. 

E  now  come  to  a  consideration  of  the  twopenny  Sydney 
Views,  which  embrace  stamps  that  in  fine  unused  con- 
dition are  of  extraordinary  rarity.  Generally  speaking, 
it  may  be  taken  that — with  occasional  exceptions — the 
twopennies  unused  are  scarcer  than  the  one  penny,  and 
the  threepenny  than  either.  We  are,  of  course,  referring 
to  really  fine  unused  specimens,  and  to  the  average  rarity  of  the  unused  of 
each  class  throughout  their  several  plates,  shades,  papers,  and  printings. 
There  is,  however,  in  our  opinion  no  twopenny  Sydney  so  easily  found  as 
some  of  the  one  penny  values  referred  to  in  our  last.  In  some  rarities  of  the 
twopenny,  notably  Plate  I.  in  earliest  condition,  the  stamp  is  practically  un- 
known, i.e.  there  may  be  one  or  two  in  the  very  finest  collections  in  the  world, 
but  the  ordinary  collector  or  specialist  may  live  and  die  without  casting  eyes 
on  it !  This  identical  stamp  heads  the  list  in  the  continuation  of  our  remarks, 
and  we  now  come  to — 

Frame  598.     Sydney  Views. 

2d.,  PI.  I.  v.,  we  find  here  a  verification  of  our  foregoing  remarks  as 
to  the  rarity  of  this  plate,  as  the  five  unused  specimens  only  include 
two  in  fairly  early  state,  with  fine  margins,  but  one  stained ;  lO 
and  6  on  original. 

The  generally  poor  condition  of  these  goes  to  prove  the  dififi- 
culty  of  getting  fine  copies  of  PI.  I.,  even  used.  Those  on  original 
are  much  finer  than  the  others,  one  being  in  a  very  dark  shade. 
This  deep,  almost  Prussian,  blue  is  a  scarce  shade,  nor  do  we  re- 
member ever  to  have  seen  it  in  the  earliest  state  of  the  plate.  On 
the  other  hand,  the  pale  or  grey-blue  shade  is  found  in  this  con- 
dition. 

PI.  I.  Worn  state.  IV.,  one  looks  mint,  and  has  very  fine  margins  ; 
3  and  5,  and  i  pair  on  original. 

PI.  I.  Retouched.  II.,  one  very  fine,  apparently  mint,  the  other  not 
so  fine ;  9  and  2  on  original. 

This  is  also  a  very  scarce  although  not  attractive  variety.  One 
of  the  writers  once  acquired  in  an  Australian  collection  two  mint 
specimens  evidently  off  the  same  sheet.  Early  dates — January  9th, 
1850;  PI.  I.  retouched  February  24th,  1850. 

There  are  two  made-up  plates— one  in  early  state,  containing 
many  unsevered  stamps  in  early  state  of  wear,  but  heavily  post- 
marked ;  and  one  plate  showing  the  retouched  varieties. 


THE    TABLING   COLLECTION.  3 

Frame  599. 

2d.,  PL  II.  Soft  yellowish  paper.  II.,  one  with  margins  short;  16  and 
I  pair,  and  2  on  original,  one  being  a  most  magnificent  copy 
(No.  I  on  plate)  in  the  very  earliest  state,  with  good  margins, 
and  in  a  very  deep  rich  shade.  One  specimen  is  in  the  brown- 
lilac  colour,  which,  even  used,  is  a  rare  stamp,  and,  as  far  as  we 
know,  does  not  exist  unused.  In  fact,  the  earliest  specimens  of 
this  plate  are  as  rare  as  Plate  I. 
Later  states,  hard  bluish  paper.  IV.,  7  and  pair,  and  3  on  original.  It 
may  be  said  that  none  of  the  unused  are  fine.  There  are  also  two 
specimens  showing  retouches  in  line  above  value. 
Hard  greyish  paper,  3  very  worn.  The  most  dilapidated  of  all  the 
Sydneys  are  to  be  found  in  the  last  stage  of  wear  of  Plate  II. 
In  some  cases  there  only  remain  the  frame  lines  and  a  few  scratches. 
Early  dates — May  29th,  1850;*  August  6th,  1850,  showing  great 
signs  of  wear.  The  made-up  plate  is  fine,  many  being  in  early 
state. 
Frame  600. 

2d.,  PI.  III.     IV.,  two  very  fine;    13  and  i   pair,  and  4  and  i  pair  on 
original.     Although  naturally  rare,  this  is  one  of  the  least  rare  of 
the  unused  2d.  Sydneys.     Early  date — January  13th,  185 1.     One 
made-up  plate  in  fair  condition. 
Frame  601. 

2d.,  PI.  III.  \st  retouch.  On  blue  wove  paper;  V.,  one  in  ultramarine, 
three  deep  blue,  superb,  one  being  mint.  This  variety,  in  fine  con- 
dition and  in  full  rich  colour,  is  one  of  the  best  of  the  eight  unused 
Sydneys,  and  the  Tapling  Collection  is  indeed  rich  herein.  6  and 
6  on  original,  only  one  fine ;  one,  in  a  very  bright  blue,  looks 
cleaned. 
Vertically  laid  paper.  A  most  beautiful  mint  block  of  four,  Nos.  7,  8, 
19,  20,  including  variety  6  segments. 

This  is  one  of  the  historical  pieces  of  the  collection,  and  was 
purchased  out  of  the  Burnett  Collection  about  twenty  years  since 
for  ;^20.  Its  former  owner  obtained  it  for  a  {^.^n  shillings,  and  the 
price  at  which  it  was  afterwards  sold  created  some  astonishment  at 
the  time!  I.,  ultramarine,  and  5.  Early  date — February  nth, 
185 1,  apparently  deep  ultramarine. 
Frame  602.     Made-up  plate  in  fine  condition. 

2d.,  PI.  1 1 1.  2nd  retouch.  Wove  paper ;  beautiful  mint  strip  of  three 
from  lower  left  corner  of  sheet,  with  full  margins,  and  III.,  one 
being  ultramarine  (cleaned  ?)  ;  9  and  pair,  and  2  on  original. 

This  again  is  a  remarkably  strong  lot ;  the  Pearl,  in  fine  state, 
is  not  one  of  the  rarest  unused  2d.,  but  in  a  strip  of  three  it  is 
probably  unique. 
Laid  paper.     I.,  ultramarine;  5  u.sed. 

This  stamp  is  found  occasionally  used  in  a  bright,  almost 
ultramarine  shade,  and  it  may  be  that  the  Tapling  specimens  in 
this  colour  arc  true.  Early  date — October  9th,  185  i.  The  made- 
up  plate  consists  of  average  fair  specimens. 

•  The  earliest  known  dulc  of  lliis  is  April  181I1,   1850,  in  llu:  collcclion  of  oni:  of  the  writers. 


THE    TAP  LING   COLLECTION. 
The  summary  of  the  specimens  in  the  collection  is : — 

Unused.  Used. 

Plate  I.  .  .  .  9  ...  50 

Plate  I.,  retouched 


Plate  II. 
Plate  III.       . 
Plate  III.,  ist  retouch 
Plate  III.,  2nd  retouch 


2  ...  32 

6  ...  61 

4  ...  46 

10  ...  42 

38  27s 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  proportion  of  unused  to  used  stamps  when  com- 
pared to  the  one  penny  bears  out  our  remarks  on  the  relative  rarity  of  the 
values. 

Frame  603.     Sydney  Views. 

As  we  have  previously  stated,  tlie  threepenny  in  the  finest 
condition  is  rarer  than  either  of  the  other  values.  There  are  some 
varieties  on  the  hard  or  soft  bluish  paper  that  would  not  rank  above 
the  medium  rarities  of  the  other  values,  but  the  yellowish  green, 
the  pale  green,  and  the  myrtle-green,  all  on  the  soft  yellowish  paper, 
and  in  the  sharpest  and  earliest  state  of  the  die,  are  of  astounding 
rarity,  and  the  Tapling  Collection  is  very  fortunate  in  having  two 
or  three  specimens  hereof. 
3d.  III.,  two  yellow-green,  very  fine,  one  myrtle;  10  and  pair  on 
original,  including  very  fine  single  and  strip  of  three,  myrtle. 
This  is  a  fine  "  piece  "  among  used  Sydneys. 
Hard  bluish  wove.  V.,  three  being  very  fine,  and  pair  (unused  ?) ; 
10  and  pair,  used. 

There  are  also  two  copies  in  a  sort  of  dark  sage-green,  possibly 
colour  changed.     We  have  also  in  our  collection  similar  specimens, 
but  their  true  colour-status  has  yet  to  be  determined. 
Yellowish  laid  paper.    2  yellow-green,  i  emerald  ;   i  on  ribbed  paper. 
There  is  no  specimen  of  this  stamp  unused,  in  which  condition 
it  is  probably  as  rare  as  any  Sydney  View.    There  is  also  no  speci- 
men at  all   on    bluish  laid    paper.      There  is   a   forgery   lettered 
"  TWOPENCE,"  presumed  to  have  passed  the  post  (?).     The  made- 
up  plate  is  very  fine.     Only  dated  copy,  May  15th,  1852,  yellow- 
green  on  yellow  paper. 
The  summary  of  the  specimens  of  the  3d.  Sydney  in  the  collection  is : — 

Unused.  Used. 

8  56 

The  total  of  the  three  values  of  the  Sydneys  is  therefore  as  follows  :— 

Unused.  Proofs.  Used.  Total. 

id.     .  .  .        47         ...         26         ...       IIS        •■•         r88 

2d.     .  .  .        38        ...        —        ...       27s        ...         313 

3d.     .  .  •       _^        •••        —        ...       _56       ...        _64 

93  26  446  565 

It  will  be  thus  seen  how  superb  a  collection  of  these  stamps  the  late  Mr. 
Tapling  gathered  together ;  the  unused  are,  taken  altogether,  a  matchless  lot, 
and  the  used,  notably  in  the  plates  and  in  unsevered  blocks,  embrace  many 
very  fine  specimens.  That  a  few  inferior  specimens  remain  therein  is  but  due 
to  the  sad  fact  that  the  donor's  career  was  so  abruptly  closed. 

( To  be  continued. ) 


[      5      ] 


£iokB  canarning  the  (Stamp  of  the  ^Seconi) 

ic  0f  the  "^ntnstaal 

By   N.   YAAR. 
{Continued  from  page  237,   vol.  xii.) 


^N    a   letter,   dated    nth    November,    1891,  from    the   Treasurer- 


General,  an  essay  was  asked  for  a  £^  stamp.  This  was 
immediately  engraved  and  sent  over  printed  in  black.  The 
design  was  the  same  as  that  in  the  low  value  stamps, 
except  the  upper  and  lower  corners  being  different,  thus : — 


At  the  same  time  proofs  in  three  shades  of  green  were  sent  in  the  normal 
design,  as  we  know  them  later  on. 

A  letter  (No.  1,670)  from  the  Postmaster-General,  dated  8th  December, 

1891,  explains  more  clearly  what  was  the  needed  stamp;  and  a  letter 
(No.  1,673),  dated  21st  December,  1891,  also  from  the  Postmaster-General, 
informs  the  printers  that  the  above-mentioned  essay  was  disapproved  of. 
A  following  letter  (No.  1,675),  dated  28th  December,  1891,  from  the  Post- 
master-General, states  that  the  second  proofs  had  been  accepted.  As  the 
authorities  did  not  choose  one  of  the  shades  sent  in  the  approved  type — 
namely,  dark  green,  grass-green,  and  olive-green — they  left  it  to  the  option 
of  the  printers,  according  to  a  letter  (No.  1,682)  dated  29th  January,  1892. 
The  printers  chose  "  dark  green,"  and  sent  a  batch  of  60,000  stamps  in 
February,   1892,  to  Pretoria. 

In  1892  the  Transvaal  entered  the  Postal  Union,  and  as  the  tariff  for 
foreign  letters  was  now  2jd.,  the  Postmaster-General  ordered  in  December, 

1892,  proofs  for  this  value.  As  a  new  design  was  asked  for,  Messrs.  Enschede 
sent  two  proofs  printed  in  black. 

We  inspected  both  proofs,  of  which  one  was  with  curved  labels  above  and 
below  the  arms,  and  the  other  proof  in  the  type  known  as  issue  1895.  The 
former  was  disapproved,  and  as  to  the  second  no  answer  was  received  ;  but  an 
order  in  a  letter  (No.  1,842),  dated  4th  February,  1893,  from  the  Postmaster- 
General  being  received,  this  order  was  fulfilled  in  the  old  type,  which  was  sent 
on  2Sth  March,  1893,  with  the  following: — 

id.  Id.  2i(l. 

24,000         ...         2,000,000         ...  2,100,000 

As  no  mention  was  made  of  the  colour  for  this  now  value  stamp,  ami  as 
the  3d.  stamp  had  virtually  ceased  to  exist,  the  printers  now  used  the  same 
colour  for  the  2jd.,  dark  lilac. 


6  NOTES  CONCERNING   THE  STAMPS   OF  THE   TRANSVAAL. 

In  the  meantime  a  very  large  order  was  received  for  nearly  all  low  value 
stamps ;  but  owing  to  other  pressing  business  on  hand,  and  as  Messrs. 
Enschede  had  sent  proofs  for  the  new  design  without  receiving  any  answer, 
they  at  last  set  to  work  to  execute  the  order  in  the  old  type,  leaving  the 
decision  of  the  authorities  as  to  the  choosing  of  a  new  design  till  another  order 
should  be  received. 

This  order  could  not  be  finished  before  July,  1893,  and  the  following 
quantities  were  then  immediately  sent  over : — 

|d.  id.  2d.  2|d.  4d. 

3,600,000     ...     5,400,000     ...     2,700,000     ...     2,100,000     ...     270,000 
6d.  IS.  Post  cards. 

300,000       ...       270,000       ...     '20,000 

Mr.  Tamsen,  in  his  articles  quoted  earlier,  mentions  that  he  has  met  with 
some  sheets  of  the  6d.  blue,  of  which  the  first  horizontal  rows  were  imper- 
forate. On  our  questioning  Messrs.  Enschede  on  this  subject,  they  said  that 
they  were  not  surprised  at  this,  and  explained  how  this  happens  sometimes. 
It  happens  very  seldom,  as  the  Inspector  or  Controller  of  Stamps  "spots" 
them  nearly  always,  and  has  them  perforated.  Perhaps  some  sheets  were 
left  imperforate,  but  they  are  also  controlled  by  the  same  Inspector,  so  that  it 
is  very  rarely  met  with.*  For  our  part,  we  think  that  the  Transvaal 
authorities,  when  receiving  this  batch,  were  in  too  great  a  hurry  in  having  the 
stamps  issued,  and  therefore  had  not  examined  them  carefully. 

In  January,  1893,  ^  rough  design  was  sent  from  Pretoria  to  the  printers ; 
but  this  was  of  a  too  complicated  nature,  the  design  being  too  full  for  the 
small  space.  (We  saw  the  design,  drawn  in  black  on  white  paper.  Arms 
too  small  in  a  small  round  shield,  labels  at  top  and  bottom  too  large,  eagle 
too  large  and  too  broad.  This  proof  was  engraved  and  printed  in  black,  and 
was  sent  to  Pretoria,  with  a  proof  of  the  engravers  in  the  type  known  as 
1895,  to  choose  from.) 

As  stated  above,  nothing  was  heard  farther  of  this  until  a  letter  was 
received  in  December,  1893,  from  the  Postmaster-General  (No.  2,004),  i" 
which  the  proofs  of  the  printers  were  accepted,  and  the  following  values  were 
ordered : — 

|d.  id.  2d.  6d.  IS.         Post  cards. 

598,000  ...   1,322,000  ...    1,555,000  ...   560,300  ...   50,868   ...   50,000 

These  stamps  arrived  in  the  commencement  of  1894,  and  were  issued  in 

1894  and  beginning  of  1895. 

The  authorities  noticing  an  error  in  the  design,  viz.  the  ox-waggon  in  the 
arms  showing  two  shafts  instead  of  pole,  the  printers  were  cabled  to  to  stop 
printing  and  to  alter  the  design.  This  was  accordingly  done,  the  shafts 
erased  and  the  pole  (disselboom)  substituted,  and  in  the  commencement  of 

1895  all  the  values  from  |d.  to  los.  were  forwarded  to  Pretoria  in  the  altered 
type. 

As  the  Transvaal  agreed  to  uniform  colours  with  Cape  Colony,  except  the 
value   that  would   be  printed  in    the  national  colour   (green),  the  printers 

In  Stamp  Collector's  Magazine,  August,  1870,  page  122,  is  found  a  chronicle  of  Holland  stamps, 
I  c,  5  c,  and  IOC,  found  imperforate,  which  also  seem  to  have  escaped  the  Inspector. — Note  OF 
Author. 


OCCASIONAL  NOTES.  7 

received  orders  to  alter  the  plates  as  speedily  as  possible,  and  to  supply  all 
values  up  to  2s.  6d.  stamps  in  this  type. 

This  was  done,  Messrs.  Enschede  sending  some  advance  proof-sheets  of 
the  id.  stamp  in  December,  1895,  which  were  accepted,  and  further  printings 
were  ordered,  which  arrived  early  in  1896.  The  high  values  of  5s.  and  los., 
of  which  a  large  stock  was  in  hand,  were  not  ordered  ;  but  as  soon  as  this 
stock  should  be  exhausted  these  values  would  also  be  printed  with  the  value 
in  green. 

The  new  values  were  printed  as  follows  : — 

Jd.,  green,  value  green.  4d.,  sage-green,  value  green, 

id.,  carmine  „         „  6d.,  lilac  „  „ 

2d.,  dark  brown      „  is.,  ochre  „  „ 

2|d.,  blue       „         „  2s.  6d.,  purple        „  „ 

3d.,  purple      „ 

As,  after  this,  the  Transvaal  Government  had  quite  a  large  stock  of  all  values, 
the  printers  awaited  further  orders,  but,  up  to  the  time  of  the  war,  no  new 
orders  were  received.  The  printers,  hearing  of  the  new  plans  of  the  Transvaal 
Government  to  issue  their  own  printed  stamps,  sent  in  their  bill ;  but  as  the 
war  interfered  with  the  settlement,  they  kept  the  plates,  which  are  still  in 
their  possession.  Messrs.  Enschede  are  now  in  correspondence  with  the 
British  authorities  to  take  over  the  debt  of  the  late  Republic,  and,  on  this 
being  settled,  will  hand  over  the  plates. 

We  believe  we  have  found  some  interesting  facts  which  will  help  the 
researches  of  Philately ;  but  we  doubt  if  everything  is  cleared  up  as  it  should 
be.  Anyhow,  we  have  put  down  those  facts  stated  to  us  and  backed  up  by 
official  sources.  We  hope  some  other  philatelist  or  specialist  in  the  stamps  of 
the  Transvaal  will  clear  up  tho.se  points  which  are  not  yet  clearly  stated,  and 
we  shall  always  be  ready  to  answer  and  help  anyone  who  feels  interested  in 
the  above  stamps. 


THE  RECENT  ISSUES  OF  NEW  ZEALAND. 

E  have  received  the  two  following  communications — the  first  from 
Mr.  A.  T.  Bate,  so  well  known  as  a  prominent  philatelist,  and  the 
second,  as  we  gather  by  the  signature,  from  Professor  Hamilton,  of  the 
University  of  Otago.  In  view  of  the  information  that  is  to  be  forthcoming, 
we  refrain  from  any  present  comment. 

"Wellington,  December  2nd,  1903. 
'■'■To  I  he  Editor  of  the  '■London  Philatelist.^ 
"  Dear  Sir, — An  article  headed  'Tlie  Disgrace  of  New  Zealand,'  appearing 
in  your  September  issue,  makes  a  .severe  attack  on  the  Postal  Administration 
of  this  country  in  connection  with  recent  issues,  and  goes  so  far  as  to  accuse 
the  Post  Office  of  deliberately  creating  varieties  in  order  to  increa.se  the 
revenue. 


8  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

"  Other  writers  beside  myself  have  from  time  to  time  combated  similar 
charges  made  by  the  Australian  Philatelist,  but  your  trenchant  article, 
published  in  one  of,  if  not  the  leading  philatelic  publication  of  the  world, 
calls  for  an  authoritative  refutation. 

"  This  I  hope  to  give  in  a  further  letter,  as  the  official  files  have  been 
placed  at  my  disposal,  not,  however,  in  time  to  admit  of  my  placing  the  real 
facts  before  your  readers  by  this  mail. 

"  I  can  only  beg  them  to  suspend  their  judgment  for  a  short  while,  when 
I  trust  I  shall  be  able  to  prove  conclusively  that  your  article  is  founded  on  a 
total  misconception  of  the  position,  is  much  exaggerated  in  certain  particulars, 
and  on  the  whole  unwarranted. 

* 

"  I  am,  dear  sir,  yours  truly, 

"Arthur  T.  Bate." 

"  DUNEDIN,  22,rd  November,  1903. 
"  To  the  Editor  of  the  '  Londoti  Philatelist.' 

"  Dear  Sir, — In  the  September  number  of  the  Philatelist  appears  an 
article  reflecting  very  seriously  on  the  postal  authorities  of  New  Zealand  in 
the  matter  of  the  issues  of  stamps  since  1898.  I  do  not  wish  in  this  letter 
to  reply  at  any  length  to  the  points  in  your  article,  but  I  wish  to  call  your 
attention  to  an  article  which  was  to  appear  in  the  Monthly  Journal  of 
Messrs.  Stanley  Gibbons,  giving  details,  from  official  sources,  of  the  history 
of  the  London  prints  of  1898.  This  article  will  be  followed  in  due  course  by 
details,  supported  by  extracts  from  official  documents,  of  the  history  of  the 
endeavours  of  the  Printing  Department  to  obtain  a  paper  suitable  for  the  aim 
that  they  keep  steadfastly  in  view,  which  is  the  production  of  the  best  article. 
In  order  to  produce  paper  that  suits  the  requirements  of  the  printer,  several 
changes  have  been  made.  These  are,  however,  after  all,  of  real  interest  to  a 
comparatively  small  number  of  collectors  and  dealers. 

"To  those  who  are  acquainted  with  the  circumstances  attending  the 
manufacture  of  New  Zealand  stamps,  it  is  quite  apparent  that  nothing  has 
been  done  by  either  of  the  three  Government  Departments,  the  Post  Office, 
the  Stamp  Department,  or  the  Printing  Department,  to  create  any  particular 
issue  or  variety,  notwithstanding  anything  that  has  been  said  by  you  or  any 
stamp  paper. 

"It  is  admitted  that  the  issue  of  1898  was  designed  to  advertise  the 
Colony,  and  I  have  yet  to  learn  why  any  objection  should  be  raised  to  this 
course.  It  is  widely  different  from  a  Central  American  Seebeck  issue.  To 
say  that  the  Government  of  a  country  like  New  Zealand  should  not  please 
itself  in  such  a  matter  as  the  question  of  the  paper  on  which  it  prints  its 
stamps  is  manifestly  absurd.  A  Postal  Department  which  has  led  the  way 
in  an  extension  of  cheap  postage,  to  the  convenience  of  thousands,  deserves 
commendation  and  not  constant  and  unwarranted  attacks  from  writers  who 
parade  the  interest  of  Philately,  but  whose  motives  are  at  least  open  to 
suspicion. 

"Any  philatelist  in  New  Zealand  could  have  told  the  New  Zealand 
Postal  Department  how  to  increase  their  revenue  from  the  sale  of  stamps  by 


OCCASIONAL  NOTES.  9 

very  large  amounts,  but  no  suggestion  of  this  kind  would  even  be  considered 
in  either  of  the  Departments  concerned. 

"  All  I  would  suggest  is  that  you  should  wait  the  issue  of  the  extracts 
from  the  official  correspondence,  and  I  feel  sure  that  you  will  then  be  in  a 
better  position  to  make  effective  criticisms.  I  do  not  say  for  one  moment  that 
there  will  be  nothing  to  which  you  will  object.  Very  likely  you  will  think 
that  many  mistakes  have  been  made,  but  with  a  full  knowledge  of  the  facts 
I  do  not  think  that  you  will  defend  the  charges  which  you  have  made  against 
the  Departments  concerned  in  the  issue  of  New  Zealand  stamps. 

"  Yours  faithfully, 

"  A.  Hamilton." 


UNUSED   OFFICIAL   STAMPS. 


AVING  regard  to  the  law  case  in  connection  with  these  stamps,  Messrs. 
Stanley  Gibbons,  Ltd.,  have  given  up  the  sale  of  British  or  British 
Colonial  Official  stamps  in  unused  condition,  and  have  made  the  following 
announcement  in  their  Catalogue  for  1904: — 

"  Owing  to  a  recent  decision  in  the  Law  Courts  it  has  been  held  that  all 
kinds  of  British  Official  stamps  in  an  tmused  condition  are  Government 
property,  and  cannot  lawfully  be  dealt  in  by  the  stamp  trade ;  these  stamps 
are,  therefore,  no  longer  priced  or  sold  by  our  firm.  Following  this  result, 
we  have  decided  to  cease  pricing  any  unused  stamps  of  any  British  Colony 
which  have  not,  to  the  best  of  our  belief,  been  on  sale  to  the  public  in  the 
country  of  issue.  This  will  apply  to  such  stamps  as  the  Ceylon  '  Service,' 
South  Australia  '  O.S.,'  Australian  Commonwealth,  Trinidad  '  O.S.,'  India 
'  H.M.S.,'  etc.  Many  of  such  stamps  have  been  in  the  market  for  twenty 
years  or  more,  but  as  they  are,  we  believe,  not  sold  to  the  public,  and  may 
originally  have  been  illegally  obtained,  we  have  finally  decided  to  cease  to 
handle  this  class  of  goods  in  an  unused  condition." 


CURRENT  STAMPS  NOT  ACCEPTABLE  AT  POST  OFFICES. 

NUMBER  of  fresh  arrangements  in  the  Post  Office  have  been  initiated 
with  the  1st  of  January,  the  one  most  affecting  our  readers  being  that 
indicated  by  the  above  title. 

The  practice  of  purchasing  postage  stamps  from  the  [)ublic  has  been 
found  to  encourage  serious  abuse,  and  even  actual  dislioncsty,  and  before  he 
had  been  long  in  office  as  Postmaster-General,  Mr.  Austen  Chamberlain 
decided  that  postmasters  and  sub-postmasters  should  no  longer  be  allowed 
to  give  cash  for  stamps  so  received.  In  future,  no  smaller  amount  than  20s. 
worth  will  be  purchased  from  anyone  person  ;  the  stamps  will  be  sent  to  the 
Head  Office,  and  the  value,  less  commission,  forwarded  to  the  vendor. 
Coupled  with  this  precautionary  measure,  intended  to  stop  petty  pilfering, 
Mr.  Austen  Chamberlain,  at  the  same  time,  decided  to  create  sixpenny  postal 
orders,  which  are  intended  to  discourage  the  system  of  transmitting  stamps 
in  payment  of  small  accounts.      The  new  denominations  increase  by  si.\- 


lo  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

pences  up  to  the  sum  of  one  guinea,  the  new  pattern  of  the  order  being 
somewhat  smaller  than  that  previously  in  use ;  but  a  perforated  counterfoil 
is  now  attached,  enabling  the  sender  to  insert  the  name  of  the  person  to 
whom  the  remittance  is  made,  the  money  order  office  at  which  it  is  payable, 
and  the  date  when  the  order  is  sent.  As  heretofore,  it  will  be  possible  to 
attach  fivepence  in  stamps  to  any  postal  order,  so  that  practically  any  amount 
may  by  this  system  be  forwarded  through  the  post.  A  large  number  of  the 
new  orders  are  already  in  circulation,  and  they  will  be  issued  for  every 
denomination  as  the  existing  stock  of  orders,  printed  according  to  the  old 
pattern,  becomes  exhausted,  the  period  within  which  all  may  be  presented, 
without  any  charge  for  commission,  being  still  three  months. 

This  change  may  doubtless  be  necessary  in  the  public  interest,  but  it  will 
be  found  inconvenient  to  many  of  us  who  have  been  accustomed  to  trans- 
mitting small  sums  by  post.  To  those  firms  who  are  in  the  habit  of  receiving 
frequent  remittances  in  postage  stamps  it  will  not,  however,  involve  anything 
beyond  the  loss  of  five  per  cent,  in  cashing  the  accumulated  amounts. 


AN  ENTERPRISING  POSTMASTER. 

Ie  are  indebted  for  the  following  amusing  description  of  Fanama-cum- 
American  postal  issues  to  the  Daily  Mail  of  January  ist,  which,  like 
much  that  appears  in  daily  papers  about  stamps,  is,  if  not  true,  well  invented. 

"  An  amusing  expedient  has  been  adopted  by  the  Postmaster-General 
of  Panama  for  raising  money  for  his  Government,  pending  the  receipt  of 
;^2,ooo,ooo  from  the  United  States  for  the  canal  concession.  By  issuing  freak 
stamps  he  has  obtained  thousands  of  pounds  from  postage-stamp  collectors 
in  the  United  States,  who  are,  like  philatelists  the  world  over,  always  anxious 
to  secure  extraordinary  specimens. 

"The  New  York  Daily  Tribune  describes  the  Panama  Postmaster's 
proceedings  in  characteristic  American  style : — 

" '  When  Panama  broke  loose  from  Colombia's  apron  strings  every  stamp 
fiend  said,  '  What  will  Panama  do  for  postage  stamps  ?  Will  the  stamps  of 
Colombia  hitherto  used  be  overprinted  '  Panama,'  or  will  a  new  series  of  stamps 
be  issued?'  The  foxy  Postmaster-General  of  Panama  said,  'What  I  do  to 
the  guileless  stamp  collectors  will  be  plenty,'  and  forthwith  he  walked  over 
to  the  printing  office  across  the  street  and  leased  the  plant  for  a  month.  The 
foreman  of  the  printing  office  was  instructed  to  set  the  words  '  Republica  de 
Panama '  in  small  type,  capable  of  being  contained  upon  a  postage  stamp,  as 
many  times  as  the  limited  facilities  of  the  office  would  permit.  Then  all  the 
sheets  of  stamps  on  hand  were  surcharged  '  Republica  de  Panama,'  and  to 
the  bank-note  company  of  New  York  which  furnished  the  stamps  to  Colombia 
for  the  department  of  Panama  was  sent  a  message  to  print  and  ship  several 
hundred  thousand  sheets  of  stamps  pending  the  designing  and  issuing  of  a 
new  series.  Incidentally  the  printer  was  given  to  understand  that  it  was 
a  rush  job,  and  that  nobody  cared  how  the -words  'Republica  de  Panama' 
were  printed,  whether  upside  down  or  otherwise,  so  long  as  the  words  appeared 
upon  the  stamps  in  some  shape.     Sheets  of  stamps  were  put  through  the 


OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 


II 


presses  in  every  conceivable  manner  ;  sideways,  horizontally,  vertically,  upside 
down  and  straight ;  printed  in  black,  red,  and  blue  ink.  All  the  values  of  all 
the  stamps  were  thus  surcharged,  and  then  the  Postmaster-General  prayed  for 
speed  to  the  ship  with  stamps  from  New  York.' 

"In  all  more  than  forty  variations  were  issued.  As  soon  as  letters  bearing 
the  freak  stamps  arrived  in  New  York  an  avalanche  of  orders  descended 
upon  the  Postmaster-General,  and  dollars  poured  by  thousands  into  the 
Panama  treasury.  When  the  shipment  of  stamps  arrives  from  New  York  it 
is  expected  that  the  Panama  Postmaster  will  alter  the  type  used  in  over- 
printing them,  so  that  even  collectors  who  bought  all  the  forty  varieties  at  first 
issued  will  deem  it  necessary  to  secure  specimens  of  the  second  issue.  The 
financial  possibilities  before  the  Postmaster,  says  the  Tribune,  are  limitless 
until  new  and  correct  stamps  are  printed." 


THE  "POST  OFFICE"  MAURITIUS  AT  AUCTION. 


HE  eagerly  expected  sale  of  the  2d.  "  Post  Office  "  Mauritius,  already 
described  in  this  journal,  took  place  on  the  14th  January  at  the  rooms 
of  Messrs.  Puttick  and  Simpson  in  Leicester  Square.  As  was  naturally  to  be 
expected,  this  event  had  a  strong  attractive  power,  and  hence  the  attendance 
at  the  sale  was  a  very  good  one,  the  large  room  being  quite  full.  Amongst 
those  present  we  noticed  Messrs.  Yardley,  Hausburg,  Vernon  Roberts, 
Gordon  Smith,  Avery,  and  Tilleard,  while  most  of  the  well-known  dealers 
were  also  present. 


3 POSTAGE* 

^ 

a.           ■     .      -* 

L. 

The  auctioneers  inform  us  that  the  bidding  started  at  ^^"500  and  went  by 
hundreds  to  ;^700,  which  latter  sum  was  bid  by  Mr.  Vernon  Roberts ;  it  was 
then  jumped  to  ;^i,ooo  by  Mr.  Field,  who  went  as  high  as  ;^i,200. 
Messrs.  Griebert  and  Crawford  then  went  up  to  ;£'i,400,  at  which  point 
Mr.  Griebert  dropped  out,  and  it  was  eventually  knocked  down  to  Mr. 
Crawford  at  ;^  1,450. 

This  is,  we  believe,  the  largest  price  ever  paid  for  a  stamp  cither  private!}' 
or  at  auction,  and  a  record  is  hereby  constituted  that  is  likely  to  remain  long 
unbroken.  The  stamp  in  question  was  faultless  and  superb,  and  no  doubt  is 
the  finest  specimen  of  the  "Post  Office"  Mauritius  in  the  world.  W'c  are 
hapi)y  to  think  that  this  superb  stamp  will  remain  in  this  couiitr)-,  having  been 
purchased  by  a  member  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society. 


12  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

THE  BERLIN  PHILATELIC  EXHIBITION. 


E  have  now  received  from  the  Hon.  Secretary  of  this  undertaking, 
Dr.  H.  Lux,  8,  Hauff-Strasse  Friedenau,  Berlin,  the  proposed  scheme 
of  this  exhibition.  The  programme  is,  however,  marked  preliminary,  and  in 
order  to  avoid  misconception  on  the  part  of  would-be  exhibitors,  we  think  it 
advisable  not  to  print  it  in  extenso  until  finally  settled.  We  may,  however,' 
briefly  summarise  it  as  follows  : — 

Division  I. — General  Collections.     4  classes  and  5  sub-sections. 

Division  II. — A.  Specialised  Collections.  German  Empire  and  Colonies, 
4  classes  and  3  sub-sections.  B.  Great  Britain  and  Colonies,  2  classes. 
C  and  D,  Europe,  including  Colonies,  14  classes  and  i  sub-section.  E.  Non- 
European  countries :  United  States,  2  classes ;  other  American  countries, 
I  class ;  countries  other  than  included  in  foregoing,  i  class.  F.  Stamps  on 
letter :  German  States,  i  sub-section ;  other  countries,  i  sub-section. 
G.  Rarities,  3  classes.     H.  Various,  2  classes  and   10  sub-sections. 

Division  III. — Literature,  etc.     3  classes  and  6  sub-sections. 

We  cannot  think,  with  all  respect  to  our  Berlin  friends,  that  this  programme 
is  one  that  lives  up  to  its  International  claim,  or  that  it  is  calculated  to  draw 
sufficient  competition  from  other  nations.  Including  Germany,  Europe  has 
about  twenty  classes  and  the  rest  of  the  world  about  six  ! 


A    GOOD  GUIDE   TO  FRENCH  STAMPS. 

COLLECTOR   of   French    stamps   writes    us   as  follows,   and    we   have 
pleasure  in  recommending  that  which  from  personal  experience  we 
know  to  be  an  excellent  work : — 

"  Messrs.  Yvert  and  TelHer's  catalogue  gives  a  full  list  of  every  Postal, 
Telegraph,  Fiscal,  and  Local  stamp  in  its  principal  shades,  every  variety 
discovered  up  to  the  present,  the  exact  date  of  issue  of  each  value  corrected 
according  to  the  latest  researches,  lists  of  all  millesimes  and  control 
numbers  of  issue,  different  obliterations,  forgeries  made  to  deceive  the 
Government,  reprints,  proofs  and  essays,  etc.  It  also  comprises  all  the 
entires  in  the  same  exhaustive  manner.  Every  principal  type  and  variety, 
surcharge,  obliteration,  etc.,  is  well  illustrated,  so  that  everyone,  even  if  he 
understands  only  a  little  French,  is  able  to  easily  find  in  this  catalogue, 
comprising  all  the  stamps  and  entires  issued  practically  up  to  the  end  of 
last  year  in  about  440  pages  in  12°  (pocket  size),  all  the  necessary  information 
he  desires.  This  catalogue  can  therefore  be  highly  recommended  as  a  useful 
vade  mecuvi  to  every  specialist  in  those  stamps." 


MR.  REICHENHEIM'S  ARTICLE   ON  THE  STAMPS   OF  FRANCE. 


HE  author  wishes  to  call  attention  to  two  errors  that  have  crept  into 
this  article  published  in  our  last  issue,  viz.:  page  288,  on  line  13, 
"  2  franc  "  should  read  "  i  franc  " ;  and  page  300,  on  line  10,  "  Type  I."  should 
read  "  Type  II." 


[      13      ] 


|Rel3t£to0. 


SCOTT'S  STANDARD  CATALOGUE* 

ESPITE  the  alarming  increase  of  new  issues,  the  Scott 
Stamp  Co.  has  contrived  to  reduce  the  bulk  of  its  new 
catalogue  by  some  twenty  pages.  This  result  has  been 
attained  by  the  elimination  of  the  envelopes,  an  innova- 
tion that  follows  on  the  lines  of  other  catalogues,  and  that 
is  practically  inevitable,  however  much  we  may  regret  that 
so  sound  a  branch  of  Philately  should  be  ostracised.  As  time  goes  on  and 
new  issues  multiply,  it  is  clear  that  there  will  have  to  be  many  other  stamps 
that  will  be  pushed  off  the  philatelic  stage  by  the  new  entrants,  and  the 
weakest  will  go  to  the  wall,  as  in  all  other  walks  of  life  ! 

There  are,  however,  no  especially  striking  features  in  the  present  catalogue, 
and  seeing  the  pitch  of  excellence  that  the  Standard  had  already  attained,  this 
could  hardly  be  expected.  The  illustrations  have,  however,  been  improved  to 
a  considerable  extent,  and  now  compare  favourably  with  those  of  any  other  of 
the  first-class  catalogues.  The  difficult  question  of  perforations  has  also  been 
tackled  to  a  certain  extent.  In  many  instances,  as  in  the  case  of  Austria, 
the  perforations  that  have  appeared  practically  simultaneously,  and  which 
have  no  historical  value,  have  been  grouped  together,  presenting  thus  a 
greater  simplicity  to  the  general  collector.  In  this  respect  there  remains 
yet  much  to  be  done.  When  a  perforation  denotes  an  epoch  in  the  life 
of  a  stamp,  as  in  the  case  of  the  12^  and  14  of  the  British  Colonies,  or 
where,  as  in  New  South  Wales,  the  stamps  perforated  12  are  in  entire)}' 
different  shades,  neither  specialist  nor  generalist  can  afford  to  ignore  them. 
On  the  other  hand,  as  in  the  cases  of  recent  New  Zealands,  the  later  issues 
of  Austria,  of  New  South  Wales,  and  of  many  other  countries,  where 
several  perforating  machines  were  in  concurrent  use,  we  are  convinced  that 
too  much  importance  is  attached  thereto.  In  the  interests  of  the  general 
collector  such  varieties  can  be  entirely  ignored,  and  their  collection  left  to 
the  advanced  specialist,  who  blithely  pursues  his  way  untrammelled  by  any 
catalogue  or  any  limitation  as  to  his  reduplication  of  specimens. 

In  several  other  instances  this  catalogue  has  been  improved.  The  excel- 
lent -system  of  dropped  smaller  type  for  the  minor  varieties  has  been  further 
extended,  and  in  fact  a  laudable  attempt  has  been  made  to  produce  a 
catalogue  worthy  to  be  a  guide  to  all  classes  of  collectors.     The  printing, 


paper, 


and 


landing    are 


all    excellent,  and    we    have    to    congratulate    tlu 


Scott  Stamp  and   C!oin   Co.  on   having    produced    a    new  edition  that  is  a 
distinct  improvement  upon  its  predecessors. 

*  Scott's  Slatiditrd  /'ostat;^  Stamp  Catahi^ue.     The  Scotl  Stamp  and  Coin  Co.,  Ltil.,  iS,  l!asl 
Twenty-thirtl  Street,  New  \'orU.     Agciil,  \V.  T.  Wilson,  192,  Uirclilicld  Road,  liimiingliam. 


14  REVIEWS. 

THE  STAMP-FIEND'S  RAID.* 
This  is  a  season  of  the  year  when  one  is  expected  to  emerge  from  the 
ordinary  trammels  of  Hfe  and  to  put  the  digestive  organs  to  tests  which 
would  not  be  lightly  undergone  at  a  less  festive  period.  We  may  prefer 
simpler  and  more  easily  assimilated  fare,  but  Christmas  demands  that  we 
shall  drop  our  ordinary  cares  and  course  of  life  in  order  to  laugh  and 
grow  fat !  It  is  in  this  aspect  alone  that  The  Stamp- Fiend's  Raid  can  be 
regarded  by  any  journal  devoted  to  Philately,  with  which  it  has  absolutely  no 
concern.  The  author  has  devoted  nearly  three  hundred  pages  to  a  series  of 
poems  in  which  stamps  are  considerably  interlarded,  and  his  untiring  abilities 
have  also  been  devoted  to  the  production  of  twenty-eight  pages  of  pen-and- 
ink  illustrations,  some  of  which  are  distinctly  humorous,  if  not  absolutely 
equal  to  Sir  John  Tenniel's  best  efforts.  Mr.  Imeson  has  evidently  a  genius 
for  punning,  and  many  of  his  plays  on  words  will  be  found  both  ingenious 
and  amusing.  It  is  difficult  to  describe  the  point  of  such  a  work  with 
accuracy,  f  and  we  must  leave  it  to  our  readers  for  their  several  decisions, 
but  we  can  confidently  recommend  The  Stamp -Fiend's  Raid  as  a  work  that 
is  sure  to  raise  a  smile,  and  in  this  kindly  office  it  doubtless  fulfils  its  mission. 

CATALOGUE  OF  RARE  AND  MEDIUM  STAMPS.  | 
This  is  a  most  praiseworthy  and  useful  little  book  with  a  distinct  future 
before  it,  in  subsequent  editions  when  the  prices  are  thoroughly  checked  and 
substantiated.  M.  La  Fare's  idea  is  to  give  the  prices  obtained  for  all  the 
principal  stamps  at  the  last  recorded  auctions  in  the  leading  countries  of 
the  world.  Each  stamp  is  therefore  catalogued  in  six  columns  of  prices, 
both  unused  and  used  respectively,  for  France,  Germany,  America,  Great 
Britain,  Belgium  (this  evidently  includes  Holland,  as  mentioned  in  the 
preface),  and  "  latest  transactions."  The  collector  can  therefore  see  at  a 
glance  what  each  stamp  has  fetched  in  all  six  cases,  and  can  therefore  readily 
average  its  worth.  The  condition  of  stamps  varies  so  enormously,  and  their 
appreciation  has  so  wide  a  range  in  different  countries,  that  it  is  obviously 
no  infallible  guide,  but  at  the  same  time  the  idea  is  an  excellent  one,  and 
should  be  of  material  service  to  collectors.  There  has  been  much  talk — and 
nothing  more — of  a  "Collectors'  Catalogue,"  and  of  not  leaving  all  the  pricing 
to  our  friends  the  dealers,  but  M.  La  Fare  has  really  done  something  to  solve 
this  vexed  question.  No  body  of  collectors  could  ever  price  stamps  at  their 
true  values,  as  they  would  necessarily  vary  in  different  parts  of  the  world, 

*  The  Stamp-Fiend's  Raid  (in  Philatelia's  Cause) :  a  Philatelic  Phantasy.  By  W.  E.  Imeson. 
Horace  Cox,  Windsor  House,  Bream's  Buildings,  E.G. 

t  The  author's  introduction  really  covers  this  ground  so  well  that  we  cannot  do  better  than 
quote  it  : — 

"  The  St ajHp- Fiend's  Raid  is  a  humorous  and  inoffensive  skit  on  many  hobbies  of  the  day — chiefly 
rhilately.  It  is  written  on  popular  lines,  with  a  view  to  interest  equally  the  general  reader  and  those 
collectors  whose  special  pursuits  are  introduced,  viz.  Philately,  Numismatics,  Ex-Libris,  Bibliomania, 
Ornithology,  Botany,  Old  China,  etc.  Apart  from  the  above  subjects,  many  burning  (or  smouldering) 
questions  of  the  day,  such  as  the  late  War,  Free  Trade,  Foreign  Competition,  Alien  Immigration, 
etc.,  are  disposed  of  in  a  novel  and  irresponsible  manner.  The  story  contains  no  prosy  matter — 
being  told  in  verse— and  is  sufficiently  disconnected  to  be  understood  by  any  reader  of  extraordinary 
intelligence.     The  book  is  the  first— and  shows  much  promise  of  being  the  last— of  its  kind." 

X  Catalogue  of  Rare  and  Medium  Stamps.     A.  La  Fare,  55,  Chaussee  d'Antin,  Paris. 


REVIEWS.  15 

and  no  catalogue  for  collectors  would  sell  without  such  prices.  M.  La  Fare 
has,  however,  given  the  collector  all  he  wants  on  the  score  of  pounds,  shillings, 
and  pence.  As  regards  stamps  represented  by  pence,  they  can  take  care  of 
themselves,  whether  in  dealers'  or  collectors'  catalogues ;  it  is  those  whose 
value  is  in  shillings,  and  especially  in  pounds,  of  whose  true  selling  price  the 
collector  is  so  anxious  to  know.  In  this  respect  M.  La  Fare  fills  the  void, 
and  gives  to  philatelists  the  worth  attached  to  every  leading  stamp  in  the 
open  market,  uninfluenced  by  the  heroic  efforts  of  any  dealer  in  search  of  a 
premature  competence. 

Mr.  H.  Hilckes  has  already  trodden  this  field,  but  his  methods  have  been 
greatly  improved  upon  in  the  present  instance,  and  we  honestly  believe  that, 
with  careful  editing  and  the  co-operation  of  the  leading  philatelists  in  each 
of  the  five  countries,  an  annual  of  prices  can  be  produced  that  will  be 
invaluable  to  everyone  connected  with  stamp  collecting.  We  have  to  con- 
gratulate M.  La  Fare  on  his  very  useful  catalogue,  and  shall  hope  to  know 
it  is  a  "  hardy  annual." 

We  cannot  refrain  from  a  word  of  praise  as  regards  the  cover  of  the 
catalogue,  which  is  one  of  those  productions  of  perfect  taste  for  which  the 
French  nation  is  so  justly  famous.  Several  hundred  stamps,  all  partly  over- 
lapping in  reduced  size,  are  reproduced  on  this  cover,  all  depicted  in  (reduced) 
facsimile  from  the  originals,  and  printed  in  the  respective  colours  of  the 
stamps.  The  vast  majority  of  these  colour  reproductions  have  the  absolute 
tone  of  the  originals,  and  the  whole  page  forms  the  prettiest  and  most 
accurate  representation  of  the  general  issues  of  the  world.  As  a  specimen 
of  colour-printing  it  is  superb,  and  the  book  is  worth  buying  alone  for  this 
artistic  and  charming  mise  en  scene  of  the  stamps  of  all  the  nations. 

THE   ABC   OF  COLLECTING.* 

As  indicated  by  the  title,  Mr.  Melville's  little  book  is  devoted  to  explaining 
to  the  young  collector  the  whys  and  wherefores  of  stamp  collecting,  and  it 
may  at  once  be  said  that  this  purpose  is  fully  attained.  In  very  readable  and 
interesting  form  the  author  descants  upon  almost  everything  connected  with 
postage  stamps,  and  gives  an  amount  of  information  that  should  be  of  the 
greatest  service  to  the  apprentices  of  Philately.  The  work  is  divided  into 
thirty-one  chapters,  dealing  with  the  historical  and  artistic  affinities  of  stamps, 
their  methods  of  production,  their  various  forms  of  collection,  and  many  other 
subjects.  Chapters  VIII.  ("Stamps  of  Great  Price")  and  XXV.  ("Famous 
Collectors  and  their  Collections")  are  especially  well  written,  the  information, 
contrary  to  the  general  run  of  such  compositions,  being  practically  accurate 
and  reliable.  There  are  nineteen  plates  of  illustrations,  embracing  stamps 
from  all  quarters  of  the  globe,  and  the  book  is  neatly  printed  and  of  con- 
veniently portable  size.  Mr.  Melville,  who  acknowledges  his  indebtedness  to 
Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon  for  valuable  information,  has  produced  a  readable  and  useful 
little  book,  which  may  well  command  a  wide  circulation,  not  only  among 
junior  collectors,  but  with  those  who  have  greater  experience. 

*  The  A  li  C  of  Stamp  Collecting,  Fred  J.  Melville,  I'lcsideiU  of  the  Junior  rhil.itclic  Society  of 
London.     II.  J.  Drane,  Salisbury  House,  Salisbury  Siiuare,  E.C. 


1 6  REVIEWS. 

THE   TSINGTAU    PROVISIONAL   STAMPS* 

This  relatively  small  work  (consisting,  however,  of  over  fifty  pages)  is 
practically  entirely  concerned  with  the  provisional  issue  of  stamps  for  Tsingtau, 
the  capital  of  Germany's  newly  acquired  Chinese  territory  of  Kiautschow. 
Soon  after  its  acquisition,  in  1898,  a  series  of  six  of  the  current  German 
stamps  was  surcharged  diagonally  with  the  word  "  China."  Owing,  however, 
to  an  unexpectedly  enormous  demand  for  the  5  pfennig  value,  largely  attribu- 
table to  the  despatch  of  pictorial  post  cards  by  the  soldiers,  it  became  neces- 
sary to  increase  the  stock  of  that  value,  and  recourse  was  had  to  surcharging. 
The  10  pfennig  stamp  was  therefore  surcharged  "  5  Pfg.,"  and  this  supply 
being  also  apparently  quickly  exhausted,  a  second  issue  was  brought  forth, 
overprinted  "  5  Pf "  To  these  succeeded  later  varieties  having  an  additional 
"  5  "  or  "  5  Pf."  Of  the  two  first  issues  there  are  three  main  varieties  differing 
essentially  in  the  sizes  of  figures  and  letters,  and  there  exist  also  numerous 
minor  varieties.  The  demand  for  these  provisionals  led  to  their  extensive 
falsification,  and  it  is  to  prevent  the  sale  of  these  that  Messrs.  Senf  have  issued 
the  present  work.  Illustrations  are  given  of  the  entire  sheets  of  the  two 
issues,  and  also  of  an  entire  sheet  of  the  forged  surcharges,  while  other 
depictments  abound  of  the  varieties  of  additional  surcharge.  The  collector 
should  thus  be  well  forewarned  and  guarded  in  his  selection  of  these  stamps, 
and  should  be,  as  we  ourselves  are,  indebted  to  Messrs.  Senf  Brothers  for  the 
masterly  way  in  which  they  have  dealt  with  the  subject,  and  for  the  interesting 
addition  they  have  made  to  philatelic  literature. 

THE   ABC   SUPPLEMENT.! 

We  have  received  from  Messrs.  Bright  and  Son  their  supplement  to  their 
last  issued  catalogue,  and  so  voluminous  have  been  the  new  issues  that  it 
constitutes  a  catalogue  of  itself.  There  are  eight  pages  of  entires  and  not 
less  than  forty-six  of  adhesives,  embracing  probably  well  over  2,000  different 
stamps  !  How  the  collector  of  the  future  is  going  to  generalise,  or,  still  more, 
how  the  dealer  is  going  to  stock  to  supply  him,  passes  our  comprehension. 
The  illustrations  in  this  supplement  are  most  excellently  rendered,  and  in 
every  other  respect  it  fully  maintains  the  high  standard  attained  by  Messrs. 
Bright's  catalogues.  The  price  is  but  6d.,  and  we  cannot  help  thinking  that 
the  issue  of  such  cheap  and  simple  supplements  is  far  preferable  to  the  system 
of  annual  editions. 

MESSRS.  STANLEY  GIBBONS'  CATALOGUE.  + 

This  universal  favourite  has  once  more  been  re-edited  and  brought  fully 
up  to  date,  and  the  1904  edition  will  be  found  to  continue  all  those  features 
of  excellence  that  have  now  long  established  it  as  a  prime  favourite,  not  only 
with  collectors  in  this  country,  but  throughout  the  world,  Messrs.  Stanley 
Gibbons  are,  however,  by  no  means  a  firm  that  adopts  the  motto  of  leaving 

The  Provisional  Stamps  of  Tsingtau  and  their  Imitations.     Gebriider  Senf,  Leipsic,  Germany. 
I"  Supplement  to  the  Fifth   Edition  of  the  ABC  Catalogue,      Bright   and  Son,   164,   Strand 
London,  W.C. 

X  Stanley  Gibbons',  limited,  Priced  Catalogue  of  Stamps  of  the  British  Empire  {\c)0\).   391,  Strand 
London,  ' 


REVIEWS.  17 

well  alone  ;  they  always  endeavour  to  make  the  "  well  "  better,  and  it  must 
be  conceded  that  in  the  work  before  us  this  has  been  very  ably  carried  out. 

The  two  most  important  innovations  are  that  through  the  whole 
catalogue,  the  dates  of  issues  have  been  carefully  revised,  the  insertion  of 
the  name  of  the  printer  and  the  method  of  the  printing  of  the  various 
issues,  and  the  illustrations  of  watermarks  from  accurate  tracings.  This 
greatly  improved  delineation  of  the  watermarks  is  a  distinct  advantage, 
while  the  illustrations  of  the  surcharges  are,  as  heretofore,  excellent.  We  are 
unable  to  extend  the  same  praise  to  the  illustrations  of  the  stamps,  many  of 
which  are  printed  from  dies  that  are  much  worn,  and  should  be  replaced  in 
the  next  edition.  Among  the  lists  that  have  been  either  rewritten  or 
amended,  we  note  New  South  Wales,  in  which  the  issues  of  1871-84  have 
been  separated  into  the  Large  and  the  Small  Crown  watermarks,  and  the  later 
issues  into  the  perforations  of  the  three  machines.  We  do  not,  however, 
seem  to  have  before  heard  that  "  Mr.  Mason,  of  Sydney,"  engraved  the  first 
plate  of  the  twopenny  Sydney  Views,  or  that  Plate  II.  (star  in  angles) 
was  engraved  by  Carmichael !  The  error  "  WAEES  "  on  the  2d.,  Laureated, 
Plate  II.,  is  also  worth  more  than  three-fifths  of  the  value  of  a  normal 
specimen  !  Considerable  attention  has  also  been  paid  to  New  Zealand,  the 
issues  of  1875-81  having  been  rearranged  in  chronological  order,  and  the 
modern  issues  entirely  revised  and  rewritten.  The  latter  are  very  clear  and 
concise,  and  embrace  even  the  latest  of  New  Zealand's  postal  necessities. 
The  early  stamps  of  Victoria  have  also  been  rearranged  and  greatly  improved. 
The  first  issue  having  been  revised  and  more  clearly  divided  into  the  various 
printings,  is  now  intelligible,  which  it  certainly  was  not  in  the  last  edition. 
In  the  list  of  New  Republic  of  South  Africa  all  the  dates  are  clearly  set  forth 
in  the  reference  list,  and  may  attract  some  collectors  !  British  East  Africa  has 
also  been  rewritten,  following  the  lines  of  the  articles  in  the  Monthly  Journal, 
and  many  other  countries  have  been  added  to  and  improved. 

By  the  elimination  of  superfluous  introductory  matter,  the  bulk  of  the 
book  has  not  been  visibly  increased,  and  possibly  next  year,  by  the  excision 
of  superfluous  fiscal  stamps  used  postally  (?),  the  genteel  dimensions  of  the 
catalogue  may  still  be  maintained.  It  is  a  very  excellent  work  all  in  all,  is 
certainly  not  excelled  by  any  other,  and  is  deservedly  the  mentor  and  com- 
panion of  almost  every  collector  throughout  the  British  dominions. 

SUPPLEMENT    TO    MESSRS.    WHITFIELD    KING'S 
CATALOGUE.* 

Messrs.  Whitfield  King  are  not  imbued  with  the  doctrine  of  annual 
catalogues,  and  wisely  prefer  to  issue  an  occasional  supplement  bringing 
stam[)s  up  to  date.  In  the  present  instance  the  issues  have  been  coUatctl 
up  to  the  end  of  last  year,  and  embrace  about  twenty-eight  pages  of  matter. 
These  arc  almost  entirely  represented  by  last  year's  new  stamps,  and  as 
Messrs.  Whitfield  King  only  catalogue  the  principal  varieties,  the  volume 
of  new  stamps  can  well  be  imagined.  The  supplement  is  admirabl)-  printed 
and  furnished  throughout  with  clear  illustrations. 

*  Suppleiiieiit  to  the  Fomi/i  Edition  of  the  Uinrersal  Slixmiani  Catalogue  of  Postage  Stainfs. 
Whitfield  King  uiul  Co.,  Ijiswicli. 


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NOTES    OF   NEW,    AND    VARIATIONS  OF   CURRENT,    ISSUES. 
(Varieties  of  Obsolete  Stamps,  and  Discoveries,  will  be  found  under  "PhUatellc  Notes.") 

fVe  do  not  profess  lo  chronicle  everything,  but,  with  the  kind  help  of  correspondents,  are  desirous  that 
all  the  important  novelties  fnay  be  included.  Speculative  stamps — i.  e.  those  not  really  7-eqiiired  for 
postal  purposes — will  be  considered  on  their  merits,  and  Jubilee  issues  will  not  be  chronicled. 

Members  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society,  and  other  readers  generally,  are  invited  to  co-operate  with  us 
in  7nakiitg  the  columns  as  interesting  as  possible.  Our  foreign  readers  can  especially  help  us  in 
this  direction,  by  sending  copies  of  atzy  official  documents  relative  to  changes  in  the  current  issues, 
or  early  intimation  of  any  new  issue,  accompanied,  when  possible,  by  a  specimen  ;  such  information 
will  be  duly  credited  to  the  correspondent,  and,  if  desired,  the  specimen  promptly  returned. 
Address:  EDITOR  "LONDON  PHILATELIST,"  Effingham  House,  Arundel  Street,  Strand, 
London,  W.C. 


BRITISH   EMPIRE, 

Great  Britain. — A  correspondent  of 
Eweiis  Weekly  has  written  to  that  journal 
as  follows  : — 

"  It  has  not  been  noticed,  I  think,  in 
E.  W.  S.  N.  or  elsewhere,  that  there  has  re- 
cently been  a  resetting,  and  with  it  an 
alteration  of  type,  in  the  Admiralty  Official 
overprint.  The  alteration  is  visible,  and  is 
at  once  apparent ;  in  fact,  odd  copies  that 
first  came  to  hand  suggested  the  idea  that 
the  new  overprint  was  nothing  more  or  less 
than  a  forgery.  The  difference  in  type  is 
that  between  two  founts,  or  faces,  of  sans- 
serif:  the  original  face  is  wider  than  that 
last  used.  Technically,  the  letters  of  the 
latter  have  been  '  spaced '  to  make  the  word 
'Admiralty'  the  same  length  as  in  the 
original  setting  ;  but  while  the  new  setting, 
on  the  whole,  appears  slightly  larger,  the 
following  peculiarities  more  clearly  show  the 
differences  in  the  new  ; — 

'A.'     The  cross-bar  is  nearer  the  feet  of  the 

upright  stroke. 
'  D,  M,  T.'    These  letters  are  all  narrower,  the 

M  especially  being  noticeable. 
'  R.'     This  is  larger  than  in  the  first  setting. 

"The  stamps  with  this  new  setting  appear 
to  have  been  put  into  use  the  beginning  of 
December.  I  have  copies  of  the  id.  post- 
marked Dec.  4.  At  present  I  have  only 
seen  the  new  |d.  and  id.,  but  doubtless  the 
other  values  will  be  found  similarly  printed." 

We  have  examined  the  Colonial  Stamp 
Market's  stock,  and  find  that  we  have  both 
types  in  the  M.  and  id.  also,  bearing  much 
earlier  dates  than  Mr.  Quinton's.  Our  records 
are  as  follows  : — 

Admiralty  Officials. 
id.,  surcharged  Type  II.,  25.9.03. 
Id.  „  „     II.,  17.11.oj. 


Antigua. — The  following  stationery  has 
stamps  of  the  current  "  Arms  "  type. — M.  C. 

Envelopes. 
I    penny,  carmine  on  white  laid. 
2^  pence,  blue  on  white. 

Registered  Envelope. 

2  pence,  blue  (size  G). 

Bands. 

2  penny,  green  on  buff. 

I      ,,        carmine  on  buff. 

Post  Cards. 
4  penny,  green  on  cream. 
I      ,,        carmine  on  cream. 

Australian  Commonwealth.  —  The 
General  Post  Office,  Sydney,  received  last 
week  the  los.  and  20s.  Postage  Dues,  with 
"n.s.w."  removed  and  space  filled  in. — 
Australian  Journal  of  Philately. 

Bechuanaland  Protectorate.— The 
M.C.  chronicles  the  current  British  Regis- 
tration envelope  (G)  surcharged  "  bechu- 
analand protectorate,"  the  stamp  itself 
being  overprinted  "  DUTY  4d." 
Registered  Envelope.    4  pence  (on  3d.),  brown. 

British  Central  Africa. —The  new 
stamps  chronicled  on  page  177,  vol.  xii., 
have  reached  this  side,  and  Messrs.  Whit- 
field King  and  Co.  send  us  the  2d.  and 
2s.  6d.  values. 

Our  friends  tell  us  that  the  colours  should 
be — 2d.,  mauve  and  purple  ;  4d.,  black  and 
green  ;  6d.,  brown-orange  and  grey ;  2s.  6d., 
green  ;  4s.,  mauve  and  purple ;  and  los., 
black  and  green,  the  centre  in  the  second 
colour. 


NEW  ISSUES. 


19 


Nothing  is  mentioned  about  the  id.,  ^i, 
and  ;£io  values. 

The  ordinary  size  are  watermarked  Crown 
C  A,  and  the  large  size  Crown  C  C.  All 
perf.  14. 

British  East  Africa  and  Uganda.— 
We  understand  from  the  M.  C.  that  some 
wrappers  of  the  new  type  have  appeared. 

Wrappers. 
■J  anna,  green  on  buff. 
I     ,,      carmine  on  buff. 

British  Somaliland. — Mr.  J.  T.  Bolton 
sends  us  specimens  of  the  half  anna,  yellow- 
green,  Queen's  Head,  w'x'Ca.  inverted  surcharge 
at  top,  looking  at  the  stamp  from  the  right 
way  up.  If  the  surcharge  is  of  the  new 
printing  described  on  page  304,  vol.  xii.,  as 
at  foot  of  the  stamp,  then  these  stamps  were 
inverted  when  the  overprint  was  applied. 

Can  any  of  our  readers  throw  any  light 
on  the  subject  ? 

Ceylon. — There  is  a  slight  addition  made 
to  the  new  King's  Head  stationery  by  the 
P.J.  G.  B.,  and  Eiveti's  Weekly  has  listed 
three  values  of  the  King's  Head  adhesives 
surcharged  "  ON  service." 

Officials. 
3  c, green,  King's  Head;  sur.    .,     ,  in  black. 

SIiR\  ICE, 

5  c,  lilac  ,,  ,,  ,, 

15  c,  blue  „  „  ,, 

Letter  Card. 
5  cents,  dull  black  on  blue. 

Cyprus.— Additions  to  the  set  of  King's 
Head  adhesives  are  made  by  the  P./.  I. 

Adhesives. 
2  piastres,  ultramarine  and  violet ;  CA;  perf.  14, 
9       ,,        brown  and  carmine  ,, 

18       ,,        black  and  brown  ,, 

Dominica. — A  set  of  "entires"  has  been 
issued  here,  with  stamps  of  the  "View  of 
Dominica"  type. — M.  C. 

For  particulars, see.<4«//X''«rt  in  thisnumbcr. 

Fiji. — Some  provisional  cards  are  noted 
hythtM.C.  Postcards. 

\  penny  on  ijd.,  green, 
i  +  i        ,.         li+ii,  purple. 

India.— Another  value  of  the  King's  Head 

set,  the  3  pies,  grey,  is  rci)ortcd  wilii  ihc 

official  overprint. 

Official. 

ON 

3  pies,  grey  ;  surcharged  ir.     s. ,  in  bl:ick. 

M. 

Jhind.—  \\\  llie  P.J.I,  we  read  that  llic 
I  anna,  carmine,  Queen's  Head,  has  been 
surcliargcd  for  ordinary  use  here. 

Adhesive.      1  ;uina,  carmine,  {>ueeiis  Head. 


Kishengarh.  —  We  have  received  from 
Messrs.  Ram  Gopal  and  Co.  used  copies 
of  a  new  \  a.  stamp.  The  design  is  similar 
to  that  of  the  previous  stamp  of  that  value, 
but  it  has  been  entirely  redrawn,  the  in- 
scriptions and  the  devices  in  the  Shield 
being  now  in  colour  on  white,  instead  of 
the  reverse  ;  and  the  supporters  and  the 
Crest  appear  in  white,  and  are  much  more 
clearly  shown  than  before.  We  have  only 
seen  single  copies  at  present,  and  we  fancy 
that  they  are  lithographed,  instead  of  being 
hand-stamped  or  surface-printed  like  the 
previous  issues  ;  they  are  in  various  shades 
oi pink,  on  very  thick,  highly-surfaced  paper, 
and  imperforate. 

\  a. ,  pink  ;  7iew  type. 

The  issue  probably  took  place  in  Sep- 
tember, one  of  the  copies  shown  us  being 
used  on  the  22nd  of  that  month. — M.J. 

Jamaica. — A  couple  of  novelties  have 
been  issued  here. 

A  Coat  of  Arms  appears  in  the  centre, 
value  in  numerals  in  top  corners,  repeated  in 
words  at  foot  ;  "  POSTAGE  AND  REVENUE  "  is 
also  added  under  the  Arms,  with  "JAMAICA" 

at  top.  Adhesives. 

^d.,  green  and  black;  CA;  perf.  14. 
a^d.,  ultramarine  and  black        ,, 

Leeward  Islands. — Mr.  J.  T.  Bolton 
informs  us  that  he  has  the  Jd.  lilac  and 
green,  of  1897,  with  the  Jubilee  surcharge 
"VR,"etc.,  inverted. 

Adhesive. 
\d.,  lilac  and  green,  of  1897,  wilh  inverted  Jubilee 
surcharge. 

Montserrat.— Here  again  the  M.C.  in- 
forms us  that  some  stationery  bearing  the 
new  design  has  appeared. 

The  list  is  the  same  as  that  for  Antigua, 
given  earlier  in  this  number. 

New  Zealand. — The  current  2s.  is  com- 
ing in  a  very  distinct  shade,  E^oen^s  W^eekly 
informs  us,  and  the  M.C.  lists  a  new  Regis- 
tration envelope. 

Adhesive. 
23.,  dark  blue-green;   wnik.   NZ  and  Slar  side- 
ways ;  perf.  1 1. 

Registration  Envelope. 
3d.,  dark  blue. 

South  Australi.v.- The  long  6d.  "I'ost- 
age  "  is  now  to  Ijc  found,  according  to  E-wcn's 
llWl.-ly,  in  a  lighter  shade  than  before  and 
perf  I  2  even.         Elusive. 

(jd,,  green  ;  perf.  iin  even  12. 

Southern  Nigeria.— -A  post  card  ufihc 
current  type  is  listed  by  the  A/.C. 
J'ost  Card. 
I  |>einiy,  carmine  on  cream. 


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NEW  ISSUES. 


Somali  LAND  Protectorate. — The 
P.J.  I.  describes  a  set  of  the  permanent 
issue  for  British  Somaliland,  or,  as  it  is 
called  on  the  stamps,  "somaliland  pro- 
tectorate." 

The  design  of  the  new  stamps  is  that  of 
the  last  issue  of  British  East  Africa  and 
British  Central  Africa.  Perf.  14;  watermark 
in  anna  values  Crown  and  C  A,  and  in 
rupee  values  Crown  C  C. 

Adhesives. 
\  anna,  green. 

1  ,,      carmine  and  grey. 

2  annas,  violet  and  lilac. 
2 J    ,,        ultramarine. 

3  ,,        dark  green  and  violet. 

4  ,,       black  and  dark  green. 
6     ,,       purple  and  green. 

8     ,,       light  blue  and  grey. 
12      ,,       orange  and  grey. 

1  rupee,  green. 

2  rupees,  violet  and  lilac. 

3  ))        S'^sy  ''■"'^  green. 

5  ,,        carmine  and  grey. 

Officials. 
\  anna,  surcharged  "o.H.M.S.,"  in  black. 


I  rupee  ,,  ,,  „ 

Post  Card. 
I  anna,  carmine  on  cream. 

Straits  Settlements.— There  would 
appear  to  be  a  new  issue  of  King's  Head 
stamps,  and  the  P.J.  I.  reports  two  values. 

They  are  stated  to  be  very  like  the  new 
Somaliland  issue,  but  with  the  King's  portrait 
framed  in  palm  trees.  Possibly  they  are 
fiscals.  Adhesives. 

I  cent,  green  ;  CA  ;  perf.  14. 
3  cents,  lilac         ,,  ,, 

Sudan. — The  5  m.,  black  and  carmine, 
with  the  multiple  watermark,  for  ordinary 
use,  has  appeared,  and  Messrs.  Whitfield 
King  and  Co.  send  a  specimen.  Another 
value  has  been  chronicled  with  the  "  O.S.G.S." 
overprint.  Adhesive. 

5  m.,  black  and  carmine  ;  multiple  wmk. 

Official. 

I  m.,  carmine  and  brown;  surcharged  "o.s.g.s." 

Tasmania.— The|d.,green(Lake  Marion), 
watermark  V  and  Crown,  and  perf.  1 1,  has 
reached  the  P.  R. 

Adhesive. 

id.,  green  (Lake  Marion);  wmk.  V  and  Crown; 

perf.  II. 

A  small  supply  of  the  is.,  watermarked 
V  and  Crown,  has  reached  the  Anstralia7i 
Journal  of  Philately,  though  the  issue  has 
not  yet  been  made  to  the  public. 


It  is  reported  also  that  the  lod.  value  has 

been  printed  with  the  above  watermark,  and 

awaits  issue  when  the  present  stock  runs  out. 

Adhesive. 

IS.,  rose  and  green  ;  wmk.  V  and  Crown. 

EUROPE. 

Austrian  Levant. — The  J/.C.  chronicles 

the  10  h.  cards  of  Austria  surcharged  "10 

centimes  10"  (formerly  "centimes"  only), 

in  black.  p^^^  Cards. 

10  centimes  on  10  h.,  red  and  black. 
10+10      ,      ,,         lo+ioh.      ,, 

Bosnia.— We  read  in  the  Metropolitan 
Philatelist  that  another  value,  the  35  heller, 
blue,  with  value  in  black  numerals,  already 
catalogued,  has  reached  Washington.  We 
had  not  chronicled  this  value  before. 

Adhesive.     35  heller,  blue,  value  in  black. 

Italy. — A  new  letter  card  is  listed  by  the 
M.  C.     It  is  of  the  current  type. 
Letter  Card. 
20  centesimi,  brown-red  on  yellow. 

Monaco. — The  5  c.  envelope  has  appeared 
in  altered  colour. — M.  C. 

Envelope.     5  centimes,  yellow-green. 

Portugal. — Mr.  J.  B.  Robert  writes  to 
say  there  will  shortly  be  issued  a  set  of 
Postage  Due  stamps. 

The  design  will  be  a  fancy  shield  in  the 
centre,  set  in  a  fancy  frame.  At  top  will  be 
the  inscription,  "porteado"  and  "coRREio" 

at  bottom.     The  values         ^  etc.,  ap- 

RECEBER, 

pear  on  the  shield.    The  different  denomina- 
tions and  colours  will  be — 

5  reis,  bistre-brown. 
10    ,,    orange. 
30    ,,    dark  grey. 
40    ,,    lilac. 
50    ,,    red. 
100    ,,    light  blue. 
All  on  white  paper,  and  perforated. 

Sweden. — We  are  glad  to  see  itannounced 
in  the  M.J.  that  the  new  5  krona,  listed  on 
page  248,  vol.  xii.,  is  to  be  considered  for 
permanent  use. 

AMERICA. 

Argentine  Republic — To  the  current 
set  has  been  added  a  6  centavos  stamp. 
Adhesive.     6  centavos,  black. 

Chili. — The  colour  of  the  surcharge 
"  DIEZ  centavos  "  on  30  c,  orange-red,  of 
1901,  listed  on   page  305,  vol.  xii.,  is  dark 


NEW  ISSUES. 


blue,  and  not  black.      By  artificial  light  it 
appeared  to  us  to  be  black. 

CoLOJiBiAN  Republic.  —  A)itioqida.  — 
Additions  are  made  by  the  Metropolitan 
Philatelist  and  the  M.  J.  to  the  new  set  of 
which  we  listed  two  values  on  pages  225  and 
274  of  vol.  xii. 

The  designs  of  the  four  lower  values  con- 
sist of  large  numerals  of  value  in  the  centre, 
while  the  peso  stamps  are  of  the  portrait 
type. 

All  bear  the  inscription,  "  1903  COLOMBIA 
DEPARTAiMENTO   DE    ANTIOQUIA."     Litho- 
graphed on  white  paper,  and  perforated. 
Adhesives. 
10  centavos,  yellow. 
20        ,,         violet. 
30        ,,         brown. 
40        ,,         green. 

2  pesos,  violet. 

3  ..      blue. 

Barranquilla. — The  A.  J.  P.  has  received 
the  following  new  varieties,  but  no  mention 
is  made  of  the  design. 

Adhesives. 
5  c,  bistre  ;  perf.   12. 
50  c. ,  rose  , , 

5  p.,  pale  brown  ;  perf.  12. 
10  p.,  claret ;  perf.  12. 

MekeeVs  Weekly  chronicles  a  10  c.  stamp 
of  the  "pier"  type. 

Adhesive. 
10  c,  blue,  on  pink  ;  "pier"  type. 

Bolivar. — Mr.  J.  T.  Bolton  writes  to  say 
that  the  50  c,  purple,  listed  on  page  305, 
vol.  xii.,  and  a  i  peso,  red,  which  we  do  not 
appear  to  have  chronicled,  at  least  under 
this  heading,  are  both  on  horizontally  laid 
paper.  Adhesive. 

I  peso,  red  ;  horizontally  laid  paper. 

Cauca. — The  10  c.  provisional,  chronicled 
on  page  204,  vol.  xii.,  as  imperf ,  also  exists 
perf  12,  Ewen's  Weekly  informs  us. 

Medellin. — Le  C.  de  T.-P.  reports  that  the 
JO  c,  black  on  rose,  of  Colombia,  1902 
(Type  79,  no  doubt),  has  been  overprinted 
"  Habilitado— Medellin— A  R,"  in  three  lines, 
vertically,  in  violet,  for  use  as  a  Returned 
Acknowledgment  Stamp. — M./. 

10  c,  bliick  on  rose ;  violet  surcharge. 

Santander. — Our  publishers  have  shown 
us  a  copy,  found  amongst  their  stock,  of  the 
I  c.  Type  S,  in  a  pale  grey-blue  shade,  and 
perf  \\\  instead  of  13A.  It  is  on  the  usual 
thin  paper. — M.J. 

1  c, ,  grey-blue  ;  /''/•   '  'J. 


Cuba. —  It  is  stated  that  a  new  issue  is  in 
course  of  preparation,  but  designs  are  at 
present  unknown. 

The  values  are  i,  2,  3,  5,  8,  10,  50  c,  and 
I  peso,  and  a  10  cents  Express  Delivery 
stamp. 

Honduras.— The  2  cents.,  rose,  of  the 
1898  issue  has  also,  it  is  reported,  been 
found  on  the  laid  paper. 

Adhesive.     2  cents. ,  rose,  laid  paper. 

Nicaragua.  —  A    batch    of    provisional 

Official  stamps  is  chronicled  in  the  A.J.  P. 

A  suitable  supply  of  errors  and  varieties 

is  provided. 

Officials. 

1  centavo  on  lo  c. ,  violet,  of  1902. 

2  centavos  on  3  c,  green,  of  1900. 

4  ,,         IOC,  violet,  of  1902. 

5  ,,  3c,  green,  of  1900. 

10  ,,         20  c,  brown,  Official  of  1900. 

30  ,,         20  c,  brown  ,, 

Black  surcharge. 

Panama. — Othervalues  than  those  already 
listed  of  the  Map  series  have  been  surcharged 
for  this  new  Republic,  and  unfortunately  all 
sorts  of  errors,  etc.,  have  been  made.  The 
latter  we  do  not  intend  to  chronicle,  as  we 
do  not  think  they  are  above  suspicion. 

The  surcharge,  we  are  told,  exists  in  black, 
red,  and  even  mixed  inks. 

Adhesives.     I  c,  green. 
10  c,  orange. 
50  c,  bistre. 
I  peso,  lake. 
Too  Late  Stamp.    5  c,  purple  on  rose. 

Paraguay. — The  M.C.  makes  additions 
to  the  new  set  in  the  altered  design.     See 

page  306,  vol.  xii. 

Adhesives, 
2  centavos,  orange. 
10        ,,         violet. 
20        ,,         vermilion. 
30        ,,  dark  blue. 

60        ,,         ochre. 

OTHER  COUNTRIES. 

Curasao,  Dutch  Indies,  and  Suki- 
NA.\i. — Mr.  J.  15.  Robert  informs  us  that 
three  high  values  of  the  new  type  will 
shortly  be  put  into  circulation. 

The  values  and  colours  arc — \  gulden, 
violet;  \\  gulden,  niarone  ;  and  2\  guidon, 
steel-blue.  The  stamps  will  be,  we  under- 
stantl,  of  large  size,  like  llic  hiyh  values  of 
the  molhcr  country. 

Fki:n(.  II  I'osT  Officks  AimoAD.— C/z/mi. 
—  It  appears  from  Ewen's  HWkly  that  the 
prox  i^ional  stamps  liblcd  on  pa^e  juCi,  \()l.  xii., 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'  MEETINGS. 


may  be  found  with  the  surcharges  in  the 

following  colours  :— 

30  c,  brown,  of  1894,  in  red  or  in  violet. 
5  c, yellow-green,  of  1898,  in  carmine  or  in  violet. 
10  c,  rose,  of  1902,  in  carmine  or  in  violet. 
15  c,  blue,  in  carmine  or  in  violet. 
15c.,  orange,  of  1902,  in  violet. 
30  c,  brown,  in  violet. 

Long-  Tcheoii.  —  We  are  glad  to  hear, 
through  the  M.  _/.,  that  the  set  announced 
for  this  place  has  been  suppressed,  without 
ever  being  put  in  use,  or  even  sent  to  the 
office  there. 

Liberia. — Mr.  H.  L.  Hayman  has  kindly 
sent  us  specimens  of  the  16  c,  24  c,  and 
32  c,  of  1892,  surcharged  respectively  in 
bold  letters  in  blue,  TEN  cents,  FIFTEEN 
cents,  and  TWENTY  cents. 

In  1892  the  postage  was  8  c.  the  -^  oz., 
but  in  1896,  when  the  postage  was  reduced 
to  5  c.  the  \  oz.,  the  issue  was  altered  to  suit 


the  current  postage  rates.  A  supply  of  the 
16  c,  24  c,  and  32  c.  was  left,  and,  in  order 
to  utilise  them,  they  have  been  overprinted 
as  described  above. 

Adhesives. 

TEN  cents,  in  blue,  on  16  c,  lilac. 

FIFTEEN  cents,  in  blue,  on  24  c,  green  on  buff. 

TWENTY  cents       ,,  ,,  32  c,  greenish  blue. 

Portuguese  Possessions. — Here  again 
a  set  of  Postage  Due  stamps  is  shortly  to 
appear. 

The  design  will  be  somewhat  similar  to 
that  selected  for  the  mother  country.  At 
top  "PORTEADO"  and  the  name  of  the 
Colony  will  appear.  Value  only  will  be 
seen  in  the  shield,  and  at  foot  "receber" 
will  take  the  place  of  "  CORREIO." 

Values  and  colours  are  at  present  unknown. 

We  are  indebted  to  Mr.  J.  B.  Robert  for 
this  early  information. 


^Ijjilalelic   Snmties'  S^tttiiigs. 


The  second  meeting  of  the  season  1903-4 
was  held  at  Effingham  House,  Arundel 
Street,  Strand,  on   Friday,  6th  November, 

1903,  at  7.45  p.m. 

Membei-s  present :  The  Earl  of  Crawford, 
E.  D.  Bacon,  Herbert  R.  Oldfield,  Robert 
Ehrenbach,  Franz  Reichenheim,  Rudolph 
Meyer,  J.  A.  Tilleard,  T.  Maycock,  Rudolph 
Frentzel,  C.  J.  Daun,  WiUiam  Silk,  jun., 
C.  McNaughtan,  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg,  R.  B. 
Yardley,  A.  R.  Barrett,  C.  Neville  Biggs, 
W.  Schwabacher,  H.  G.  Palliser,  L.  W. 
Fulcher,  Thos.  Wm.  Hall,  Gordon  Smith, 
and  B.  D.  Knox. 

The  chair  was  taken  by  the  Vice-Presi- 
dent, and  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  held 
on  the  23rd  October,  1903,  were  read  and 
signed  as  correct. 

The  Hon.  Secretary  read  a  letter  from  the 
Earl  of  Kintore,  G.C.M.G.,  resigning  his  mem- 
bership of  the  Society  in  consequence  of  his 
having  parted  with  his  collection  of  stamps, 
and  the  resignation  was  accepted  with  regret. 

The  Hon.  Secretary  also  read  a  letter 
from  Dr.  Lux  relative  to  the  exhibition  pro- 
posed to  be   held   in   Berlin  in  September, 

1904,  and  asking  for  the  support  of  the 
members  of  this  Society. 

Mr.  Ehrenbach  then  opened  a  discussion 
on  the  question,  "  Is  collecting  with  the  aid 
of  the  present  catalogues  and  albums  becom- 
ing too  difficult  for  beginners  ?"  in  the  course 
of  which  he  indicated  the  points  which,  in 
his  opinion,  should  be  specially  dealt  with 
in  catalogues  and  albums  under  the  head- 


ings "Design,"  "Methods  of  Separation," 
"Watermarks,"  "Paper,"  and  "  Surcharges," 
and  pointed  out  that  in  his  opinion  the  com- 
pilers of  catalogues  and  albums  went  so  far 
into  detail  as  to  render  the  subject  exceed- 
ingly difficult  for  beginners  to  understand 
and  appreciate.  A  short  discussion  followed, 
in  which  the  Earl  of  Crawford  and  Messrs. 
Gordon  Smith,  Oldfield,  and  Tilleard  took 
part,  and  a  vote  of  thanks  to  Mr.  Ehrenbach 
for  initiating  the  discussion  was  proposed, 
seconded,  and  carried  unanimously,  and  the 
proceedings  then  terminated. 


The  third  meeting  of  the  season  1903-4 
was  held  at  Effingham  House,  Arundel 
Street,  Strand,  on  Friday,  20th  November, 
1903,  at  7.4s  p.m. 

Members  present:  The  Earl  of  Crawford, 
W.  B.  Avery,  E.  D.  Bacon,  Franz  Reichen- 
heim, J.  C.  Sidebotham,  B.  D.  Knox,  William 
Silk,  jun.,  R.  B.  Yardley,  L.  S.  Wells,  F.  J. 
Williams,  H.  G.  Palliser,  L.  W.  Fulcher, 
L.  L.  R.  Hausburg,  Robert  Ehrenbach, 
Malcolm  S.  Cooke,  C.  Neville  Biggs. 

The  chair  was  taken  by  the  Vice-Presi- 
dent, and  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  held 
on  the  6th  November,  1903,  were  read  and 
confirmed. 

Mr.  Ehrenbach  in  the  absence  of  the  Hon. 
Secretary  and  Hon.  Assistant-Secretary  read 
the  correspondence. 

The  Chairman  informed  the  meeting  that 
he  had  on  the  occasion  of  the  Annual  Dinner 
sent  the  following  telegram  to  the  President, 
His  Royal  Highness  the  Prince  of  Wales : — 

"At  their  Annual  Dinner  the  Philatelic 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'  MEETINGS. 


23 


Society  of  London  have  the  honour  of 
drinking  your  Royal  Highness'  health  as 
their  President,  wishing  you  long  life  and 
every  blessing." 

To  this  a  reply  was  received,  unfortunately 
too  late  to  be  read  at  the  dinner.  It  reads 
thus : — 

"  I  heartily  thank  the  members  of  the 
Philatelic  Society,  London,  for  their  kind 
message  of  greeting  and  good  wishes. 

George." 

On  the  motion  of  Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon,  and 
seconded  by  Mr.  F.  Reichenheini,  it  was 
unanimously  resolved  to  enter  the  above- 
given  telegram  on  the  minutes. 

Mr.  W.  B.  Avery  then  gave  a  display  of 
his  fine  collection  of  the  stamps  of  British 
Guiana,  which  was  especially  strong  in  the 
first  and  early  issues. 

A  vote  of  thanks  to  Mr.  Avery  for  his  fine 
display  was  moved  by  Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon, 
seconded  by  Mr.  Neville  Biggs,  and  carried 
7ieiti.  con. 

The  business  then  terminated. 


The  fourth  meeting  of  the  season  1903-4 
was  held  at  Effingham  House,  Arundel 
Street,  Strand,  on  Friday,  4th  December, 
1903,  at  7.4s  p.m. 

Members  present :  The  Earl  of  Crawford, 
Franz  Reichenheim,  Rudolph  Frentzel,  L.  W. 
Fulcher,  Thos.  Wm.  Hall,  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg, 
T.  Maycock,  C.  J.  Daun,  W.  Schwabacher, 
H.  G.  Palliser,  Gordon  Smith,  C.  Neville 
Biggs,  E.  D.  Bacon,  R.  B.  Yardley,  Robert 
Ehrenbach,  A.  R.  Barrett,  and  five  visitors. 

The  chair  was  taken  by  the  Vice-President 
at  8  p.m.,  and  the  minutes  of  the  meeting- 
held  on  the  2oth  November  were  read  and 
confirmed. 

In  the  absence  of  the  Hon.  Secretary  and 
the  Hon.  Assistant -Secretary,  Mr.  E.  D. 
Bacon  read  the  correspondence. 

A  letter  from  Mr.  Wm.  Silk,  jun.,  resigning 
his  membership  was  read,  and  his  resignation 
was  received  with  regret. 

Mr.  F.  Reichenheim  read  a  paper  on 
"The  Stamps  of  France  (i 849-1900),"  in 
which  many  new  and  interesting  facts  were 
disclosed.  His  very  fine  and  interesting 
collection  was  inspected  during  the  reading 
of  the  paper,  enabling  his  audience  to  observe 
the  new  points  brought  to  light.  In  addition 
to  this,  lantern  slides  were  shown  illustrating 
the  varieties  in  the  40  c,  orange,  engraved 
and  lilliograi)hcd  ;  and  the  40  c.  Empire  ; 
and  also  tlirce  types  of  numerals  on  the  5  fr., 
Empiie. 

The  lantern  apparatus  of  Mr.  Hausburg 
was  operated  l)y  tlial  member. 

On  the  motion  of  Mr.  ICiuenbach,  seconded 
Ijy  Mr.  Gordon  Smith,  a  very  cordi.il  vote  of 
thanks  was  accorded  to  Mr,  V.  Reiclicnheim 
for  his  most  interesting  i)apcr,  tiie  result  of 
nuicl)  careful  philatelic  study.  Mr.  Hausburg 
was  joincil  in  llic  vole  for  iiis  sliare  of  the 
work. 

Tliere  being  no  further  business,  the  pro- 
ceedings then  tcitninalcd. 


ISirmtngljam  ^Ijtlatelic  ^orictg. 

Hon.  President — 

W.   B.   Avery,   Esq. 

Hon.  Secretary — ■ 

Jlr.  G.  Johnson,  b.a.,  208,  I'irchfield  Road,  Birmingham. 


Oct.  20th. — Display:  New  South  Wales 
and  Mauritius,  Mr.  W.  B.  Avery. 

The  following  were  unanimously  elected 
members :  Lieut. -Col.  G.  Chichester,  Messrs. 
C.  Nisseu,  Eugene  Egly,  I.  J.  Bernstein,  and 
Leon  de  Raaij. 

Messrs.  T.  W.  Peck,  F.  C.  Henderson, 
and  A.  H.  Stamford  were  thanked  for 
donations  to  the  permanent  collection,  and 
during  the  evening  Mr.  W.  A.  Callaghan 
presented  a  valuable  collection  of  the  stamps 
of  Great  Britain  and  received  a  special  vote 
of  thanks  for  the  same.  The  collection 
given  included  very  fine  copies  of  ^5,  five 
^r  (cross,  three  orbs,  three  crowns,  I.R. 
official  green,  and  King's  Head),  2s.,  brown, 
all  the  octagonals,  R.H.  and  Admiralty 
official  complete,  P.  O.  telegraphs  almost 
complete,  and  many  other  scarce  mint  or 
finely  used  stamps. 

Mr.  W.  B.  Avery  then  gave  a  display  of 
his  superb  and  unique  collections  of  New 
South  Wales  and  Mauritius.  In  New  South 
Wales  reconstructed  sheets  were  shown  of 
every  type  and  shade  of  Sydney  \'iew  and 
Laureated,  besides  a  marvellous  accumula- 
tion of  other  rarities.  In  Alauritius  the 
unused  id.  and  2d.  "  Post  Office,"  and  the 
other  early  issues,  some  in  reconstructed 
sheets,  excited  the  admiration  of  the  large 
and  appreciative  meeting. 

Oct.  29th. — Paper:  Portugal  and  Colonies, 
Mr.  G.  Johnson. 

Messrs.  W.  Armistead,  Wiseman,  Clarke, 
E.  Dodds,  O.  Crane,  and  Miss  F.  E.  Smith 
were  unanimously  elected  members. 

Votes  of  thanks  were  ordered  to  be  entered 
on  the  minutes  to  the  following  donors  to 
the  Society's  permanent  collection  :  Messrs. 
G.  W.  Martin  (valuable  lot  of  colonials  and 
foreign),  W.  B.  Avery  (mint  pair  of  Great 
Britain,  id.,  black,  V.R.),  C.  McNaughtan 
(early  Barbados,  etc.),  P.  Fabri,  11.  Le 
Cronier,  J.  Winch,  C.  A.  Stephenson,  K. 
IloUick,  A.  A.  Green. 

Messrs.  W.  Morley,  O.  K.  Trechinam,  and 
Rev.  G.  H.  Raynor  were  thanked  for  con- 
tributions to  the  Library. 

Mr.  G.  Johnson  then  read  his  paper  on 
the  stamps  of  Portugal  and  Colonies. 

COUKKCTIUN.S   TO    .\NNU.\I,    RKl'ORT. 

1.  In  the  list  of  donors  to  the  permanent 
collection  for  1902-3,  Mr.  1).  Davis's  name 
should  be  second  in  order  of  \aluo  given. 

2.  I'agc  19,  line  16,  siioukl  reail  "count  as 
Nos.  6  12." 

3;  Wants  list  of  Germany.  Samoa  should 
be  "all  except  1,  2,  9,  10." 

A  GiNKR.M,  Mkkting  was  held  at  Andcr- 
ton's  Hotel,  Fleet  Street,  E.C.,  on  Tuesday, 
November  241I1,  I<P3,  at  7.15  p.m. 


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PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'   MEETINGS. 


Present :  L.  E.  Bradbury,  W.  G.  Cool,  R. 
Frentzel,  W.  Schvvabacher,  J.  C.  Sidebotham, 
C.  R.  Sutherland,  Burton  F.  J.  Cooper, 
A.  H.  L.  Giles,  A.  B.  Kay,  J.  B.  Neyroud, 
F.  Reichenheim,  W.  T.  Standen,  U.  Thom- 
son, H.  Thompson,  K.  Wiehen,  W.  A.  Boyes, 
T.  H.  Harvey,  C.  J.  Daun,  W.  Jacoby,  F.  J. 
Melville,  A.  G.  Wane,  S.  Chapman,  C.  Stuart 
Dudley,  L.  W.  Fulcher,  W.  B.  Avery,  A.  Bag- 
shawe.  Baron  Anthony  de  Worms,  Baron 
Percy  de  Worms,  H.  A.  Slade,  and  one  visitor. 

Mr.  Franz  Reichenheim  was  voted  to  the 
chair. 

The  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  on 
October  27th,  1903,  were  read  and  signed 
as  correct. 

The  election  of  Lieut.  R.  C.  F.  Schomberg, 
W.  T.  Standen,  J.  F.  B.  Vandeleur,  Dr.  E. 
Webster,  Mrs.  Muntz,  J.  Winck,  and  A.  R 
Barrett,  as  ordinary  members  of  the  Society 
was  duly  confirmed. 

The  resignation  of  Mr.  R.  B.  Brown  was 
accepted  with  regret. 

Mr.  Fred  J.  Melville  presented  a  copy  of 
\i\s  A  B  C  of  Stamp  Collecting  io  the  Library, 
and  received  the  thanks  of  the  Society  for 
his  interesting  donation. 

Mr.  W.  B.  Avery  then  gave  a  display  of 
his  collections  of  the  stamps  of  Ceylon  and 
Straits  Settlements.  As  is  well  known,  Mr. 
Avery  ranks  high  among  the  great  specialists 
in  these  countries,  and  the  profusion  of  rarities 
handed  round  to  the  members  met  with  in- 
telligent approval.  At  the  conclusion  of  the 
display  a  vote  of  thanks  was  proposed  by 
Mr.  Sidebotham,  seconded  by  Mr.  Suther- 
land, and  carried  with  acclamation.  This 
elicited  a  graceful  response  from  Mr.  Avery, 
and  a  promise  of  future  philatelic  treats. 

Exchange  and  discussion  followed,  and  the 
meeting  tei-minated  at  9.15  p.m. 

H.  A.  Slade,  Hon.  Sec.  and  Treasurer. 

Ingleside,  St.  Alban.s. 


Suburban  ^tamp  (i>xi\im\%t 
Club. 

July  and  August  packets  came  back  from 
circulation  in  good  time,  and  sheets  were 
returned  and  balances  adjusted  with  the 
least  possible  delay. 

Sales  resulted  as  follows :  July,  £?>2  4s.  gd.; 
August,  ^99  3s.  I  id. 

Four  packets,  containing  165  sheets,  valued 
in  the  aggregate  at  ^2,091  14s.  yd.,  were  made 
up  for  the  November  circuit,  and  despatched 
by  the  24th  ult.  Some  very  good  contributions 
were  included,  and  members  will  find  no 
difficulty  in  making  a  selection  of  rarer  and 
medium  stamps  at  reasonable  quotations. 
West  Indians  and  British  Africans  were 
strongly  represented,  and  many  good  speci- 
mens of  old  Europeans  were  offered. 

During  the  past  two  months  eighteen 
applications  for  membership  were  accepted, 
and  seven  were  held  over  for  inquiries. 
Collectors  of  all  grades  are  eligible,  and 
requests  for  copies  of  rules,  etc.,  are  invited. 
It  should,  however,  be  borne  in  mind  that  at 


least  two  references  must  accompany  every 
application,  to  avoid  delay  and  prevent  mis- 
understanding. A  great  demand  exists  for 
the  better  class  of  stamps,  as  at  the  present 
time  buyers  outnumber  sellers  ;  philatelists 
will  therefore  find  the  Club  an  excellent 
medium  for  the  disposal  of  their  duplicates. 
H.  A.  Slade,  Secretary. 

Ingleside,  St.  Albans. 


351,  Fourth  Avenue,  New  York. 


The  one  hundredth  meeting  of  the  Board 
of  Governors  was  held  at  the  Club  House 
on  Monday  evening,  November  9th,  1903. 
Present:  Messrs.  Andreini,  Bruner,  Dewing, 
Luff,  Morgenthau,  Rich,  Scott,  and  Perrin. 
TheTreasurer's  report,  showingacash  balance 
in  bank  of  I477.11,  was  approved  as  read. 
The  President  transferred  to  the  Secretary 
the  incorporation  papers  of  the  Club,  and 
also  the  bond  of  the  Treasurer.  The  President 
and  Secretary  were  appointed  a  committee 
to  approve  the  bond  of  the  new  Treasurer. 
Moved  by  Mr.  Luff,  seconded  by  Mr.  Bruner, 
and  carried,  that  the  cost  of  medals  of  the 
Club  to  those  desiring  to  offer  them  as  prizes 
be  fixed  at  $6  each  for  bronze,  $12  each  for 
silver,  and  $75  each  for  gold  ones.  Moved 
by  Mr.  Morgenthau,  seconded  by  Mr.  Bruner, 
and  carried,  that  not  more  than  six  medals 
of  each  class  be  distributed  during  any  one 
year.  Mr.  Scott  was  authorised  to  have 
struck  twenty  medals  in  silver  and  twenty 
in  bronze,  and  to  have  suitable  cases  made 
for  each  one.  A  communication  was  read 
from  Mr.  Toppan,  offering  two  medals,  one 
of  silver  and  one  of  bronze,  for  a  competitive 
exhibition  of  the  postage  stamps  of  Siam. 
Mr.  Toppan's  offer  was  accepted  with  thanks. 
Mr.  Holland  offered,  through  Mr.  Luff,  two 
medals,  one  of  silver  and  one  of  bronze,  for 
a  competitive  exhibition  of  the  telegraph 
stamps  of  the  United  States  ;  accepted  with 
thanks.  Two  medals,  one  of  silver  and  one 
of  bronze,  were  offered  by  Mr.  Luff  for  a 
competitive  exhibition  of  the  postage  stamps 
of  Porto  Rico  ;  and  Mr.  Rich  offered  two 
medals,  one  of  silver  and  one  of  bronze,  for 
a  competitive  exhibition  of  the  stamps  of 
Straits  Settlements.  These  offers  were  also 
accepted  with  thanks.  The  Scott  Stamp 
and  Coin  Co.  made  an  offer  of  three  medals, 
one  of  gold,  one  of  silver,  and  one  of  bronze, 
for  a  competitive  exhibition  of  United  States 
postage,  official,  dues, newspaper,  and  revenue 
stamps,  with  the  proviso  that  no  'gold  medal 
be  awarded  unless  there  be  at  least  six 
entries.  The  offer  of  the  Scott  Stamp  and 
Coin  Co.  was  accepted  with  thanks.  The 
Collectors'  Club  will  also  award  two  medals, 
one  of  silver  and  one  of  bronze,  for  a  com- 
petitive exhibition  of  United  States  proofs 
and  essays.  The  dates  of  the  proposed  ex- 
hibitions have  been  set  as  follows :  December 
14th,  1903,  Siam  ;  January  nth,  1904,  U.S. 
Telegraph;  February  8th,  1904,  Porto  Rico; 
March    14th,   1904,    U.S.    Postage,    Official 


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Dues,  Newspapers,  and  Revenues ;  April 
nth,  1904,  Straits  Settlements;  May  9th, 
1904,  U.S.  Proofs  and  Essays.  Messrs. 
Andreini,  Morgenthau,  and  Perrin  were  ap- 
pointed judges  for  the  December  exhibition. 
An  appropriation  of  $100  was  voted  to  the 
Amusement  Committee  for  a  vaudeville  en- 


tertainment and  collation,  to  be  held  at  the 
Club  House  during  the  month  of  December. 
The  application  of  Mr.  B.  L.  Drew,  having 
been  posted  the  required  length  of  time,  was 
balloted  upon,  and  he  was  declared  to  have 
been  unanimously  elected  a  member  of  the 
Club.  Albert  Perrin,  Secretary. 


OImT£sponiiertce. 


ZANZIBAR   SURCHARGES. 

To  the  Editor  of  tin  "  London  Philatelist." 

Dear  Sir,— With  reference  to  Mr.  Wilmot 
Corfield's  article  "  The  Surcharge,"  etc.,  in 
the  Philatelic  Journal  of  India,  I  feel,  in  the 
interest  of  philatelists  generally,  and  more 
especially  those  who  are  interested  in 
countries  which  have  by  necessity  issued 
surcharged  stamps,  that  Mr.  Corfield's 
attention  should  be  drawn  to  the  following 
facts  : — 

As  the  stamps  of  Zanzibar  are  specially 
mentioned,  I  can  only  surmise  that  Mr.  Cor- 
field  cannot  be  aware  that  the  allegations 
brought  against  an  honourable  gentleman — 
Mr.  Remington,  the  then  Postmaster  of  the 
Zanzibar  Protectorate — were  so  amply  dis- 
proved, and  I  understand  Mr.  Corfield  holds 
a  somewhat  similar  position  in  India,  while 
Mr.  Remington  is  at  the  present  time  Post- 
master-General of  British  East  Africa. 

F^or  the  above-mentioned  facts,  I  would 
refer  your  readers  and  Mr.  Corfield  to  the 
Philatelic  Record,  vol.  .xix.  pp.  310  and  34; 
also  the  London  Philatelist,  vol.  vi.  p.  256. 
The  comparisons  made  in  the  article  between 
the  surcharges  on  Zanzibar  and  Somaliland 
are  scarcely  allowable,  considering  the  latter 
have  only  been  issued  quite  recently,  whereas 
the  stamps  in  the  former  case  were  over- 
printed in  1895-6,  eight  years  ago,  by  native 
workmen  in  the  office  of  the  Zanzibar 
Gazette,  and  on  reference  to  a  copy  of  the 
Gazette,  pretty  much  the  same  errors  will  be 
found. 


In  one  paragraph  Mr.  Corfield  refers  to 
the  surcharge  as  '"  vandalism,"  and  in  the 
paragraph  immediately  following  he  writes, 
"  It  is,  at  its  best,  an  artistic  afterthought." 
There  was  surely  not  much  thought  on  Mr. 
Corfield's  part  before  writing  this. 

Mr.  Corfield's  whole  argument  is  that  sur- 
charges were  not  necessary.  Surely,  as  in 
the  case  of  Zanzibar,  they  were  made,  as 
officially  proved,  to  provide  for  the  i\  anna 
or  penny  fee,  when  the  stamps  of  that  value 
were  exhausted. 

What  better  argument  of  bona  fides  can 
anyone  require  than  the  fact  that  Mr.  Rem- 
ington actually  had  the  stamps  surcharged 
i\  affixed  to  the  letters  by  the  Post  Office 
officials,  and  later,  to  prevent  any  further 
surcharge,  actually  used  stamps  prepared 
for  the  Postal  Union. 

I  can  add  my  testimony,  extending  over 
four  years,  devoted  to  making  a  specialised 
collection,  I  have  only  come  across  some 
fifteen  forgeries  in  the  stamps  of  Zanzibar, 
which  Mr.  Corfield  specially  attacks,  although 
such  action  must  cause  pain  and  annoyance 
to  a  gentleman  probably  Mr.  Corfield's 
senior  in  the  department  to  which  he  be- 
longs. 

In  conclusion,  I  would  recommend  a 
perusal  of  the  abo\e- mentioned  articles, 
which  are  as  interesting  as  any  reports  of 
a  ])resent-day  action  at  law. 

I  am,  dear  Sir, 

Yours  faitlifully, 

W.  \'.  Morten. 


%\\t  iHavhet. 


Messrs.  Ventom,  Bull,  and  Cooper 
Sale  of  November  19th  and  20th,  1903. 

"  Unused.  C     t. 

Queensland,  ist  issue,  id. , carmine- 
rose,  pair  on  |)iecc  .         .     2   18 
Ditto,  ditto,  6d.,  green,  ditto       .     2     8 

Victoiia,  I1S54,  Queen  on  throne, 
lithograplicd,  2(1.,  red-lihic,  a 
fine  horizontal  pair  used  on 
piece,  one  of  which  lias  the 
error  "  Tvo "         .  ..30 

Ditto,  Too  Latt,*  thinned  .         .20 

Collections :  575,  f,2G ;  6,794,  £2;}  ; 
and  1,01  r,  £ii<. 


Messrs.  Puttick  .xnd  Simp.son. 
Sale  of  November  24lh  to  26ih,  1903. 

*  Uniiseti. 

Great  Britain,  id.,"  \'  R,"*nogum 
Ditto,  id.,  red-brown,  roulcttcd, 

pair,  no  roulettes  at  bottom*  . 
Ditto,   IS.,  green,   Die   I.,  block 

of  four,*  little  creased     . 
Ditto,    Large    Crown,    pcrf.    16, 

2(1.,  blue,*  no  gum 
Ditto,  1855-7,  Sinai!  Garter,  4d., 

carmine,     ///i/f//.,    on     deep 

blue*    .  ... 

Ditto,  1867-78,  los.,  grey,*  miiu 


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6 

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10 

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16 

0 

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7 

0 

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13 

10 

0 
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17 

6 

5 

12 

6 

12 

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5 

17 

6 

Great  Britain,  1867-78,  ^i,  purple-    ^    ^-    '^• 
brown,*  small  tear  .         .1300 

Ditto,  1882-3,  Anchor,  5s.,  rose 

on  bluish,*  mint    .  .         .  7   15     o 

Ditto,  wmk.  Orbs,  £\,  brown- 
lilac,  small  tear*  .         -750 
Ceylon,  IS.,  lilac,  imperf.,*  no  gum     700 

Ditto,     IS.    gd.,     yellow-green, 

ditto,*  ditto  .  .         .476 

Ditto,  2s.,  blue,  ditto,* ditto,  close 
at  bottom  .  .         .750 

Ditto,  CA,  16  c,  lilac,*  mint      .     6  15     o 

Ditto,  24  c,  purple-brown,*  ditto     600 

Ditto,  5  Cents  on  24  c,  ditto,* 
little  soiled  .  .         .750 

Hong  Kong,  96  c,  yellow-brown,* 
no  gum 

Ditto,  4  c.,  slate,  12^,*  part  gum 
Straits    Settlements,    CC,    96   c, 
grey,  12^,*  mint . 

Ditto,  1 892-4, 32  c,  carmine-rose, 
error  without  surcharge,*  mint 
Cape  of  Good  Hope,  woodblock, 
id.,  scarlet,*  no  gum 

Ditto,  ditto,  4d.,  blue,*  creased  . 

Ditto,  Mafeking,  set  of  nineteen 

and  one  extra      .  .         .  10     5     o 

Mauritius,  "Post  Paid,"  1848,  id., 
bright  orange,  a  pair,  early 
impressions,  although  appar- 
ently unused,  they  have  really 
been  cleaned,  but  are  exceed- 
ingly fine,  with  good  margins, 
and  of  a  splendid  colour         .  40    o    o 

Ditto,  ditto,  2d.,  blue,  early 
medium  impressions,  a  vertical 
strip  of  three,  centre  stamp 
being  the  error  "  Penoe,"  large 
margins  and  very  fine,  lout  the 
top  and  bottom  stamps  have 
each  one  or  two  small  tears    .35     o    o 

Ditto,Large  Fillet,  2d.,  dark  blue  12  10    o 

Ditto,  Britannia,  is.,  dark  green, 

perf.*  .  .  ,.550 

Natal,  1870,  curved  "Postage "in 

red,  IS.,  green,  lightly  cancelled  16    00 
Niger  Coast,  HALFPENNY  sideways 
s.n6.  Half  Penny,  in  violet,  on 
2d.,  se  tenant*     ,  ,         .   10     o     o 

Ditto,  same  surcharge  diagonally 
and  "halfpenny,"  in  orna- 
mental capitals,  in  violet,  on 
2di.,  se  tenant*    .  .        .     9  15     o 

Ditto,  same  surcharge  in  ver- 
milion on  2id.,  diagonally  in- 
verted in  centre  of  strip  of  three, 
stamps  at  either  side  being  of 
the  type  Half  Penny,*  mint  .10    o    o 

Ditto,  same  surcharge,  in  black, 
on  2\A.  .  .        .  10    o    o 

Ditto,  Half  Penny,  in  vermilion, 

on  2^d.  .  .         .1800 

Ditto,  same  surcharge,  in  violet, 
on  2-id:,*  mint,  one  of  the 
rarest  of  these  provisionals    .   12  10    o 

Ditto,  "  HALF  PENNY,"  in  orna- 
mental capitals,  in  violet,  on 
2d.,*  mint  .  .        .260 

Ditto,  same  surcharge,  in  blue, 
on  2d.,*  mint,  one  of  the  rarest 
of  these  provisionals      .        .  19  10    o 


28  10    o 


9  10 


23 


9  10 


10    o    o 


Uganda,  1895,  10  cowries,  black,      &   ^■ 
altered  in  MS.  to  "  15"  .         .   12  10 
Ditto,  45  cowries,  violet,*  one  of 
the  rarest  of  these  stamps, only 
about  eight  copies  ai'e  known  18     o 
British  Columbia,  1861,  no  wmk., 
imperf,    2|^d.,   brown-rose,    a 
superb  unused  pair,  with  side 
margin  and  inscription   .         .  30     o 
Ditto,  1865,  wmk.  CC,  imperf., 

5c.,  rose,  good  margins  .         .  11     o 
Canada,  1 2d.,  black,  large  margins 
and    lightly     cancelled,     but 
damaged  in  top  right  corner  . 
Ditto,  wove  paper,  6d.,  purple- 
black,  on  thin  paper* 
Newfoundland,   is.,   orange,*  cut 
close     .  ... 

Nova  Scotia,  is.,  purple 
Barbados,  is.,  blue,  error,  a  little 
clipped,    and    with    penmark 
removed  (the  usual  condition 
in  which  this  stamp  is  found). 
Of  the  greatest  rarity — only 
nine  copies  believed  to  exist  . 
Ditto,  1878,  Provisionals,  id.  on 
half    of    5s.,    rose,    a    pair, 
numeral  7  mm.,  reading"  down- 
wards, perfs.  clipped  at  top     . 
Ditto,    ditto,    another    reading 

upwards  (left  half)* 
A  fine  catalogue. 

*  *  * 

Messrs.  Plumridge  and  Co. 
Sale  of  December  ist  and  2nd 

*  Unused. 

Bahamas,  perf.  13,  4d.,  rose,*  with 

_  gum    _  .  .  .         . 

British  Guiana,  1852,  i  c, blacken 

magenta 
British  Honduras,  CC,  12 J,  3  c.  on 

3d.,  brown 
Ceylon,  4d.,  rose,  imperf. 
Ditto,  gd.,  bistre-brown,  rough 
perf,*  full  gum    . 
Lagos,  2s.  6d.,  olive-black,*  mint . 
Nevis,  litho,  4d.,  orange,*  no  gum 

Ditto,  ditto,  6d.,  grey* 
Nova  Scotia,  id.,  red-brown,  hor. 

strip  of  thi-ee 
Philippines,   1869,  2  reales,  blue, 

Habilitado  inverted 
St.  Vincent,  Star,  5s.,  rose-red,  used 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  ditto,*  full  gum 
Ditto,  id.  on  half  6d. 
Ditto,  One  Penny  on  6d.,  yellow- 
green,*  mint 
Ditto,  4d.  on  is.,  ver.,  few  perfs. 

clipped 
Ditto,  1883,  CA,  14,  4d.,  bright 
blue,*  mint 
Sierra  Leone,  1862,  6d.,  imp.,  lilac 

on  white 
Straits  Settlements,  CC,  12^,  96c.,* 

no  perf  at  bottom 
Swazieland,  perf  1 1^  x  12,  5s., slate- 
blue,  the   error  "  Swazielan," 
with  surcharge  inverted . 
Tobago,  CA,  6d.,  stone 
Trinidad,  pin-perf.  12^,  6d.,  yellow- 
green    .  ... 


3   IS 


2  12 


3  15 


1903. 


6    o 


4  12     6 


S     o 


10 


THE 


30ni0n  fWIat^^t: 


THE    MONTHLY    JOURNAL    OF 


THE    PHILATELIC   SOCIETY,    LONDON. 


Vol.  XIII. 


FEBRUARY,    1904. 


No.    146. 


%hz  ^Tultiplication  of  perforations. 


HE  shoal  of  new  catalogues  for  1904  that  we  have  recently 
reviewed  has  now  doubtless  been  examined  by  the  great 
body  of  collectors,  and  we  are  convinced  that  the  pre- 
dominant feeling  in  almost  everyone's  mind  is  that  the 
amount  of  new  issues  and  varieties  is  simply  appalling. 
Even  to  the  person  who  only  specialises  a  few  countries, 
or  perhaps  one  continent,  the  amount  of  new  varieties  issued 
in  one  year  must  be  alarming ;  but  to  the  general  collector 
it  seems  to  our  mind  absolutely  prohibitive.  We  quite  fail 
to  see  how,  in  the  near  future,  a  collector  can  acquire  or  a 
dealer  supply  the  innumerable  varieties  requisite  for  a 
general  collection.  It  seems,  therefore,  that  ultimately  the 
general  collector  will  become  extinct,  and  this  will  create  a  grave  detriment 
to  the  future  of  Philately.  In  order  to  become  a  true  philatelist,  and  to 
acquire  the  faculty  of  specialising,  a  general  knowledge  of  stamps  is  an 
indispensable  foundation,  and  nothing  can  be  of  more  consequence  to  the 
future  of  Philately  than  the  preservation  of  the  general  collector. 

The  question  for  solution  therefore  is,  What  can  we  do  to  make  future 
general  collecting  feasible  ?  We  cannot  prevent  the  Portuguese  or  the 
Spanish  Government  from  issuing  at  one  fell  swoop  hundreds  of  surcharged 
varieties;  we  cannot  hinder  British  Colonies  in  their  use  of  postage  stamps 
for  advertising  themselves ;  nor  can  we  do  aught  when  Panama  issues 
surcharges  made  purposely  by  the  score.  As  regards  another  point — the 
multiplicati(jn  of  [)erforation.s — we  can,  however,  and  should  do  something 
in  order  to  make  easier  the  way  of  the  general  collector.  It  seems  to  our 
mind  that  varieties  of  perforations  should  not  be  catalogued  or  collected 
for  and  by  the  "gencralist"  unless  they  possess  a  special  significance*  in 

*  .Since  the  forcnoint;  was  wriiu-ii  wc  .sec  tlial  our  coiilcinponiry,  llic  f/ii/nU/u  Journal  of  drtat 
Ihilain,  has  a  well-reascjiied  arlicle  cm  (he  (juestion  ol  peiloralions  in  its  January  issue,  anil  we  are 
tjlad  to  note  that  it  endorses  tiie  altitude  tiial  is  taken  hy  this  journal  — in  sayiny  that  "a  perl'oiu- 
tion  attains  tlie  most  coUcctihlc  aspect  when  it  indicates  sonic  incident  in  the  life  uf  u  stamp." 


28  THE  MULTIPLICATION  OF  PERFORATIONS. 

marking  a  period  of  the  history  of  a  stamp  ;  i.e.  that  all  concurrently  issued 
varieties  of  perforation  should  be  ignored.  As  expressive  of  many  com- 
munications from  readers  that  we  have  from  time  to  time  received,  we  think 
it  may  not  be  without  use  to  quote  the  following  typical  plaintive  cry  from 
a  lady  collector : — "  I  have  always  preferred  British  Colonial  stamps  because 
they  seemed  to  me  simpler  and  more  straightforward  than  those  of  other 
countries,  and  because  they  had  not  so  many  worrying  varieties  of  per- 
forations and  surcharges ;  but  nowadays  we  seem  to  be  worse  off  than 
other  nations  as  regards  these.  I  used  to  think  the  stamps  of  such  nice 
old  countries  as  New  South  Wales  delightfully  simple  to  understand,  but 
1  am  now  really  lost  in  the  maze  of  perforations,  and  find  that  what  used 
to  be  quite  easily  managed  issues  are  now  beyond  fny  poor  powers  of  com- 
prehension or  available  funds.  Could  there  not  be  issued  some  guide  for 
collectors  made  by  other  collectors  which  could  inform  such  poor  creatures 
as  myself  what  we  should  collect  and  what  we  should  leave  on  one  side  ?  " 

In  this  case  we  know  that  our  correspondent  is  by  no  means  lacking  in 
philatelic  ability,  and  we  are  convinced  that  her  lament  is  one  that  is  widely 
echoed. 

It  is,  however,  far  less  easy  to  cite  the  remedy  than  to  diagnose  the 
complaint.  The  dealers  make  the  catalogue?,  and  make  them  well,  and 
the  collecting  public  is  practically  compelled  to  accept  what  is  therein 
printed.  We  feel  confident  that  the  makers  of  future  catalogues  must 
endeavour  to  cater  for  both  classes — general  collector  and  specialist — unless 
they  wish  to  see  the  former  class  extinguished.  The  only  way  to  attain 
the  dual  aim  is  to  clearly  designate  in  separate  type,  as  in  M.  Moens' 
Catalogues,  the  marked  varieties  that  are  essential  to  a  general  collection. 

Another  alternative  course  is  the  much-vexed  question  of  a  Collectors' 
Catalogue ;  *    but  however  desirable  this  might  be,  we  fear  that  it  is  not 

■*  Note. — Since  the  foregoing  was  written  we  read  the  following  pertinent  remarks  of  Mr.  E.  J. 
Nankivell  in  the  A./.  P.  on  the  subject  of  a  Collectors'  Catalogue.  We  note  that  our  friend  wisely 
abandons  the  question  of  prices,  which  was  always  impossible. — Ed. 

' '  A  remark  in  the  A.  J.  P.  for  October,  in  chronicling  some  Medellin  stamps,  once  more 
emphasises  the  ever-present  necessity  of  an  authoritative  catalogue  for  collectors.  You  chronicle 
the  issue  with  the  comment,  'We  list  them  for  what  they  may  be  worth.'  And  unless  some  one  takes 
the  trouble  to  expose  the  game,  even  though  they  be  a  bogus  lot,  they  will  duly  pass  into  the 
catalogues.  And  so,  I  believe,  numbers  of  arrantly  rubbishy  stamps  every  year  get  into  our 
catalogues,  simply  because  there  is  no  one  of  sufficient  authority  willing  and  ready  to  investigate  and 
revise.  Dealers  cannot  be  expected  to  do  this  work.  If  they  take  care  to  include  all  chronicled 
stamps,  that  is  as  much  as  the  stamp  collector  has  any  right  to  expect.  But,  all  the  same,  something 
more  is  every  year  becoming  more  and  more  necessary  for  the  collecting  public.  And  I  am  convinced 
that  some  day  it  will  be  recognised  that  what  I  have  advocated  for  so  many  years  will  be  as  necessary 
to  the  interests  of  the  dealer  as  those  of  the  collector.  The  overwhelming  increase  in  the  bulk  of 
catalogue  pages  that  is  going  on  at  an  ever-increasing  ratio  will  call  a  halt  some  day.  Some  day  the 
dealer  will  groan  under  the  unbearable  burden  of  multitudinous  issues,  and  will  rue  the  fact  that  he 
did  not  years  ago  apply  the  pruning  knife  of  merciless  investigation  for  himself.  Wet  blankets  and 
fossils  may  for  some  time  yet  stand  in  the  way  of  an  authoritative  collectors'  catalogue,  but  some  day, 
in  spite  of  all  stumbling-blocks,  it  will  have  to  come.  The  weeding-out  will  have  to  be  done  by  an 
authoritative  Society.  No  dealer-publisher  would  have  the  courage  to  apply  the  knife  as  it  will  have 
to  be  applied.  He  would  be  continually  getting  into  hot  water  with  some  client  or  agent  interested 
in  including  what  he  proposed  to  exclude.  Besides,  as  a  trader,  he  cannot  be  expected  to  conduct  his 
business  in  the  sole  interest  of  the  collector.  He  is  a  supply  agent.  No.  The  authoritative  catalogue 
will  have  to  be  the  work  of  the  premier  Society — the  Philatelic  Society  of  London.  No  other  Society 
would  carry  the  same  weight,  or  give  such  unquestionable  authority  to  its  decisions.     The  objections 


NOTES   ON   THE   FIRST  ISSUE   OF  FINLAND. 


29 


practicable.  There  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  present  state  of  things  is  an 
absolute  anomaly,  and  that  the  collector  and  not  the  dealer  should  be  in  a 
position  to  decide  what  is  best  for  the  general  welfare.  The  philatelic 
world  sadly  wants  a  Jockey  Club. 

that  have  hitherto  been  urged  against  the  Society  taking  up  the  work  are  due  more  to  mere  prejudice 
and  immature  consideration  than  to  anything  else.  I  have  heard  nothing  that  has  shaken  my  firm 
belief  that  the  work  could  be  successfully  undertaken  and  profitably  published  by  the  Society.  How- 
ever, the  idea  lies  dormant  for  the  time  being,  but  it  is  by  no  means  dead,  and  I  for  one  will  see  that 
it  crops  up  pretty  frequently.  Time  was  when  I  was  overpersuaded  to  include  pricing  in  my  suggestion. 
Experience  in  that  direction  has  convinced  me  that  the  dealer  alone  has  the  right  to  price  the  goods 
he  sells,  and  not  the  buyer." 


^^\t%  on  \\\t  Jfirst  iasxte  of  Jfinlani). 

By  M.  P..  CASTLE. 
Read  before  the  London  Philatelic  Society  on  January  8th,   1904. 


AVING  been  asked  to  improvise  something  for  submission  to 
the  meeting  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society  to-night,  I  have 
selected  the  stamps  of  Finland,  and  I  am  indebted  to  Mr.  W.  W. 
Mann  for  his  courtesy  in  lending  me  his  fine  collection  thereof 
I  have  selected  the  Finnish  stamps  for  two  reasons.  Firstly, 
because,  although  of  much  interest  and  variety,  they  have 
been  very  little  studied  or  exhibited  in  this  country;  and  secondly,  because 
there  has  lately  appeared  an  article  in  Stanley  Gibbons'  Monthly  Journal,  by 
M.  Hanciau  (October  and  November,  1903),  containing  information  of  great 
consequence  as  regards  the  early  issues  of  this  country. 

Finland  has  the  distinction  of  being  one  of  the  first  countries  to  avail 
themselves  of  Sir  Rowland  Hill's  system  of  prepaid  postage,  and  its  first 
issue  of  stamped  envelopes  took  place  on  January  ist,  1845,  almost  "sixty 
years  since."  I  believe  that  the  only  countries  which  have  a  longer  philatelic 
history  are  Great  Britain,  Switzerland,  and  Brazil.  It  was,  however,  not  until 
eleven  years  later  that  its  envelopes  were  given  companion  adhesive  stamps 
of  the  like  design.  The  question  of  the  status  of  the  new  discoveries  of 
M.  Hanciau  is  one  that  renders  necessary  a  brief  reference  to  these  envelopes 
and  their  design. 

The  pre-adhesive  postal  issues  of  Finland  consisted  of  both  envelopes  and 
letter-sheets. 

Issue  I.,  January  1st,  1845,  consisted  of  an  upright  oval  lokop.,  in  black, 
on  two  sizes  of  envelopes  (one  being  very  small),  and  of  a  2okop.,  red,  which 
I  have  never  seen  personally  and  which  has  always  been  a  much-debated 
stamp.  This  issue,  which  has  no  connection  with  the  adhesive  types,  lasted 
for  just  five  years,  and  was  superseded  by 

Issue  II.,  January  ist,  1850.  This  consists  of  the  transverse  oval  design, 
like  the  first  adhesive  stamps,  but  having,  besides  other  points,  no  pearls 
within  the  mouths  of  the  posthorns.       The  only  accepted    values  are    the 


30  NOTES   ON   THE   FIRST  ISSUE    OF  FINLAND. 

5  and  lo  kopecs,  and  they  are  found  on  three  varieties  of  paper  as  regards 
the  envelopes,  and  four  as  regards  the  letter-sheets.  These  envelopes  were 
superseded  by 

Issue  III.,  1856 (?  April).  This  issue  consisted  of  the  5  and  10  kopecs, 
and  is  very  similar  to  that  preceding,  but  has  a  white  dot  in  the  mouth 
of  each  posthorn,  and  another  between  the  crown  and  the  shield.  The 
5  kopec  is  also  found,  attributed  to  1858  by  M.  Moens,  in  his  catalogue 
(1892),  with  larger  white  points  in  the  horns.  No  letter-sheets  are  found  here, 
but  only  envelopes  of  the  size  of  145  x  1 14  mm. 

As  it  is  only  as  regards  Issues  II.  and  III.  that  the  types  of  adhesives 
and  envelopes  are  similar,  I  need  not  dwell  further  on  the  envelopes,  merely 
remarking  that  the  transverse  oval  continued  to  be  employed  for  envelopes 
in  conjunction  with  the  superseding  upright  type. 

The  hitherto  accepted  representations  of  the  adhesive  stamps  of  this 
transverse  oval  type  are  four  in  number,  and  two  {b)  quoted  in  Mr.  Moens' 
catalogue. 

1856  (?  February). 

(a)  White  wove  paper. 
5  kop.,  blue. 
10     „      rose. 

(1^)   Thin  greyish  paper. 

5  kop.,  blue  (?)  (Moens). 
10    „      rose  (Moens). 

{c)  Vertical-laid  paper,  broad  lines. 
10  kop.,  rose. 

{d)  5  kop.,  blue,  1858,  with  large  pearls. 

All  the  foregoing  are  of  the  Type  III.  of  the  envelopes,  having  the  pearls 
in  the  posthorns.  Personall).  I  have  never  seen  either  of  the  two  values  on 
thin  greyish  paper. 

I  now  come  to  the  somewhat  startling  announcement  made  by  M.  Hanciau 
in  his  article.  The  first  issue  of  adhesives  is,  according  to  that  gentleman, 
assigned  to  March  ist,  1856,  and  consists  of  Type  II.  of  the  envelopes  without 
pearls  in  both  values.  The  second  issue  includes  also  a  10  kop.  on  "white 
laid  paper,  with  fine  close  vertical  laid  lines,"  and  the  third  issue  (assigned 
to  April  (?),  1858),  consisting  of  the  5  kop.  with  the  enlarged  dots  (as  men- 
tioned in  my  reference  to  the  envelopes).  It  will  be  seen,  therefore,  that  the 
amended  list  of  the  first  issue  of  transverse  oval  design  is,  according  to 
M.  Hanciau  : — 

March  ist,  1856.     No  pearls. 

5  kop. 
10     „ 

April  (?),  1856.     Pearls. 

5  kop.,  thin  grey  paper. 
10     „ 


NOTES   ON   THE  FIRST  ISSUE   OF  FINLAND.  31 

5  kop.,  white  paper. 
10     „ 

10     „     wide  vertically  laid  paper. 
10     „     narrow      ,,  ,, 

April (?),  1858.     Large  pearls. 
5  kop.,  white  laid  Q)  paper  (wide  lines). 

The  colours  are  uniformly  blue  for  the  5  and  rose  for  the  10  kopecs,  and 
M.  Hanciau  states  that  every  variety  exists  tete-beche,  i.e.  printed  (as 
exemplified  by  stamps  shown  to  the  meeting)  in  rows  that  are  upside  down 
to  each  other. 

It  will  be  seen  that  M.  Hanciau  has  increased  the  number  of  generally 
accepted  varieties  of  Issue  I.  of  Finland  from  four  to  no  less  than  nine. 
So  important  a  bouleversevient  of  the  accepted  order  of  things  as  regards 
the  first  issue  of  a  country's  stamps  has  rarely  occurred,  and  philatelically 
it  is  of  such  consequence  as  to  merit  the  closest  and  deepest  attention  of 
collectors. 

I  may  say  at  once  that  had  anyone  but  M.  Hanciau  announced  this 
startling  piece  of  intelligence,  I  should  have  scarcely  credited  it :  but  so 
splendid  a  philatelist  could  hardly  be  caught  tripping  to  such  an  extent  as 
to  acknowledge  all  these  varieties  without  the  most  ample  verification. 
M.  Hanciau  chronicles  all  the  varieties  as  tete-bCxhe ;  this  is  very  important, 
not  that  this  method  of  printing  has  great  philatelic  value,  but  as  proving  that 
the  stamps  in  question  were  adhesives  and  not  cut  envelopes.  M.  Hanciau 
states  that  he  has  not  seen  the  first  10  kop.  (no  pearls),  but  apparently  lias 
seen  the  5  kop.,  and  as  no  other  like  remark  is  made,  I  presume  that  he 
has  also  seen  the  other  new  varieties.  I  must  here  quote  his  remarks  on 
this  issue. 

"  I  have  not  seen  the  5  kopecs,  but  it  must  necessarily  exist,  as  the  Circular 
of  the  28th  February,  1856  (see  below),  can  only  have  appeared  after  the 
printing  of  the  stamps  had  taken  place,  in  time  for  the  different  post  offices 
to  be  supplied  by  March  ist. 

"There  were  no  20  kopec  adhesives  issued,  to  correspond  with  the  envelopes 
of  that  value,  of  1850.  The  reason  for  this  is  evident;  it  had  been  shown 
that  the  higher  value  was  very  little  called  for,  and  also  it  was  easily  made  up 
when  required  by  means  of  two  10  kopecs  stamps,  which  was  not  the  case  in 
using  the  envelopes. 

"  No  sooner  had  the  order  been  given  for  printing  the  stamps  than  the 
postal  authorities  were  seized  with  dread,  and,  terrified  at  having  dared  to 
issue  postage  stamps,  they  began  to  doubt  whether  they  would  not  im- 
mediately be  counterfeited.  What  was  to  be  done  ?  After  mature  con- 
sideration, it  was  decided  to  insert  in  the  die  so-called  secret  marks,  which 
would  be  sure  to  escape  the  notice  of  the  forgers  ;  and  as  it  was  also  essential 
that  the  secret  should  be  well  kept,  the  Department  did  not  fail  to  address 
the  following  Circular  upon  the  subject  to  every  post  office  in  the  country, 
persuaded  that  its  contents  would  never  be  revealed  : — 


32  NOTES   ON  THE  FIRST  ISSUE   OF  FINLAND. 

'"CIRCULAR   NO.  248  (confidential). 

" '  The  Imperial  Senate  having,  under  date  of  the  12th  of  the  current  month 
of  February,  given  permission  for  what  are  termed  "  franking  stamps  "  {Porto 
or  Frimarken),  to  be  employed  as  an  experiment,  during  this  year  and  the 
next,  upon  correspondence  sent  by  post,  not  only  within  Finland,  but  also 
addressed  to  Russia  and  abroad,  and  that  these  stamps  of  two  kinds — red  of 
the  value  of  10  kopecs,  and  blice  of  5  kopecs — should  be  printed  from  the 
same  die  as  that  employed  for  the  stamped  envelopes  previously  issued,  the 
Imperial  Senate  has  decided  :- — 

'"I.  That,  partly  as  a  means  of  identification,  and  partly  also  for  the 
detection  of  any  forgeries  of  the  dies  of  the  said  stamps,  they  shall  be  pro- 
vided with  a  secret  mark,  consisting  in  the  insertion  in  the  bell  of  each  of 
the  two  Posthorns  placed  beneath  the  Arms  of  a  little  point,  engraved  so 
that  after  the  printing  it  remains  uncoloured ;  this  is  notified,  confidentially, 
to  the  Postmasters. 

" '  2.  That  the  stamps  in  question  are  to  be  issued  to  the  public,  either 
singly  or  in  complete  boxes  containing  100  copies. 

" '  Helsingfors,  at  the  Imperial 

"  '  Post  Office  Department, 

"'February  28th,  1856. 

"  '  (Signed)  C.  G.  Tamelander, 

C.  G.  MOLLER.'  " 

I  must  confess  that  the  reading  of  this  circular  letter  of  February  28th, 
1856,  does  not  to  me  suggest  that  these  stamps  had  been  printed  without  the 
pearls,  but  rather  points  out  that  when  printed  they  should  possess  this  modi- 
fication. I  not  only  fail  to  see  any  direct  evidence  of  the  first  issue,  but 
rather  consider  that  the  circular  points  the  other  way.  In  the  case  we  must 
fall  back  upon  the  stamps  themselves.  Of  these  but  one  specimen  is  known, 
of  the  10  kopecs  described  in  the  Tiuibre-Poste  for  March,  1895,  and  this 
would  be  but  slender  evidence  were  its  paternity  other  than  that  of  M. 
Hanciau.  I  have  personally  never  come  across  any  of  these  stamps  that  I 
could  accept  as  genuine  adhesives  except  the  usual  Types  5  and  10  with 
pearls  on  white  paper,  the  latter  on  vertically  laid  paper,  and  the  5  k. 
with  enlarged  pearls;  and  I  must  frankly  confess  that  I  should  much  like  to 
see  specimens  of  the  other  values  and  varieties  as  now  enumerated.  I  am 
ojoen  to  be  converted,  but  I  cannot  as  yet  acknowledge  my  conversion. 
There  was  a  somewhat  dangerous  reprinting  of  later  issues  a  very  few  years 
back  made  for  an  exalted  personage,  including  the  5  kopecs  with  large 
pearls  and  the  10  with  small.  The  use  of  the  same  dies  for  envelopes  and 
adhesives  also  complicates  the  difficulties  for  the  ordinary  collector,  and  for 
myself,  except  in  the  common  variety  of  10  kopecs,  I  have  never  accepted 
specimens  as  conclusive  that  did  not  show  at  least  a  portion  of  an  adjoining 
stamp. 

Since  writing  the  foregoing  I  have  received  an  interesting  letter  from 
M.  Breitfuss,  of  St.  Petersburg,  who  has  always  been  a  student  of  the  Russian 


NOTES   ON  THE  FIRST  ISSUE   OF  FINLAND.  33 

stamps  and  possesses  one  of  the  largest  collections  in  the  world.  M.  Breitfuss 
writes :  "  Have  you  seen  the  article  by  M.  Hanciau  in  Stanley  Gibbons' 
Monthly  Journal  ovl  the  first  issue  of  the  adhesives  of  Finland,  and  have  you 
carefully  read  what  he  says  therein?  Have  you  ever  seen  the  5  kopec  stamp  with- 
out pearls  ?  The  local  collectors  here  are  of  opinion  that  it  is  a  cut  envelope 
used  as  an  adhesive.  Also  as  regards  the  5  and  10  kopecs  on  thin,  hard, 
grey  paper,  we  take  them  to  be  cut  out  from  envelopes  of  those  denomina- 
tions. These  envelope  dies  were  impressed  at  the  time,  and  on  the  request  of 
private  firms,  on  all  kinds  of  paper,  amongst  them  being  those  printed  on 
thin,  hard,  grey  paper."  (I  had  specimens  of  these  in  my  general  collection, 
and  regarded  them,  especially  the  5  kopecs,  as  of  great  rarity. — M.  P.  C.) 
"The  stamp  also  mentioned  in  the  article — 10  kopecs  on  narrow  ribbed 
{gestrei/te)  paper — we  here  hold  to  be  a  reprint  of  1862,  as  the  5  kopecs,  blue, 
and  the  20  kopecs,  black,  are  found  on  identically  the  same  paper.  As  regards 
the  5  kopecs,  blue,  of  1858,  with  large  pearls  in  the  posthorn,  this  exists  only 
on  smooth,  wove  paper  and  not  on  laid  ;  this,  however,  is  probably  due  to  a 
clerical  error."* 

I  do  not  quite  gather  that  our  friends  at  St.  Petersburg  accept  the  last 
stamp  as  an  adhesive ;  and  if  they  do  not,  it  appears  clear  that  Russian 
philatelic  opinion  is  not  at  present  inclined  to  accept  any  of  the  new  varieties, 
nor  beyond  the  usually  catalogued  four— 5  and  10  kopecs  with  pearl  on  white 
paper,  10  kopecs  on  wide  laid  paper,  and  the  5  with  large  pearls. 

M.  Hanciau,  as  I  have  before  remarked,  catalogues  all  the  varieties 
printed  tete-bcche.  It  does  not,  however,  imply  that  he  has  seen  all  these 
stamps — in  which  case  the  envelope  question  would  be  ruled  out  and  the 
issue  left  as  between  original  and  reprinted  adhesives — but  as  he  has  described 
the  manner  of  printing  he  has,  doubtless  correctly,  assumed  that  all  these 
issues  would  be  printed  in  like  manner.  The  question  therefore  of  stamps 
se  tenant  IS  all  important,  and  I  hardly  think  that  these  stamps  can  be  accepted 
until  they  have  been  seen  undivided.  Even  then  the  question  of  reprinting 
would  have  to  be  faced.  The  first  two  varieties,  according  to  M,  Hanciau,  were 
issued  three  days  after  the  date  of  the  proclamation  ordering  the  alteration  of 
the  design,  and  only  about  a  month  before  the  pearl-in-horn  type  appeared.  It 
.seems  hardly  likely  that  as  the  notice  appeared  before  the  issue  of  the  stamps, 
in  which  notice  it  is  stated  that  the  authorities  had  fear  of  forgeries,  they 
would  have  issued  the  stamps  without  pearls.  Judging  by  Russian  methods 
of  administration  of  half  a  century  ago,  it  would  .seem  far  more  likely  that, 
even  if  printed,  the  whole  issue  would  be  kept  back  pending  the  completion 
of  the  alterations.  These  alterations  were,  moreover,  of  such  a  simple  nature 
that  but  very  little  delay  would  have  been  neccs.sary.  The  authorities  may, 
however,  have  printed  some,  and  the  one  that  M.  Hanciau  refers  to  may  be 
a  providentially  preserved  specimen  from  an  official  source. 

With  regard  to  all  these  five  ncvj  varieties,  I  can  only  reiterate  that  it  is 
passing  strange  that  none  of  us  .should  have  lit  upon  any  of  them.  I  can 
find  none  in  the  Tapling  Collection;  neither  had  I  any  cither  in  my  old  or  my 
luiropean  collection  ;  nor  have  M.  Breitfuss  or  his  colleagues  ever  seen  these 

'    I  iiDW  uiiilcrslaiul  tli;il  lliis  is  a  clerical  error  arisinjj  from  llic  traiihlalion. — M.  1'.  C. 


34  NOTES   ON   THE  FIRST  ISSUE    OF  FINLAND. 

stamps ;  nor  are  they  mentioned  in  the  catalogue  of  Finnish  stamps  issued 
by  the  Helsingfors  Philatelic  Society. 

I  submit,  therefore,  that  before  accepting  these  five  stamps  for  admission 
to  the  catalogues  their  exact  status  should  be  more  clearly  defined.  I  have 
the  very  highest  admiration  for  M.  Hanciau  as  a  philatelic  writer  and  a 
student ;  he  is  undoubtedly  one  of  the  first  trinity  of  philatelists  in  the  whole 
vi^orld,  and  it  is  with  all  submission  that  I  venture  to  question  his  decision. 
At  the  same  time,  these  sweeping  alterations  in  and  additions  to  the  first  issue 
of  an  important  philatelic  country  are  of  the  highest  moment,  and  should 
be  fully  corroborated  before  their  final  acceptance  at  the  hands  of  the 
collecting  public. 

M.  Breitfuss  sends  me  also  an  interesting  littl^  note  as  regards  the  error 
5  kopecs,  black  on  yellow,  of  1866.  He  writes :  "  I  have  to-day  been  shown 
a  very  interesting  discovery — i.e.  10  and  5  kopecs,  both  black  on  pale  yellow 
(chamois),  side  by  side  on  a  letter,  but  unfortunately  not  se  tenant.  The 
stamps  have  both  been  obliterated  with  a  pen-stroke  cross,  and,  beside,  the 
stamps  bear  the  obliterations  '  NYCARLEBY  4  Nov  1868'  and  'ANjV  both 
within  single-lined  frames,  and  the  envelope  was  addressed  to  Herr  H.  O. 
Fontell,  in  Kristianestad.  The  error  is  undoubtedly  genuine,  and  identical 
with  my  copy  which  I  bought  from  Mr.  Peckitt  five  years  ago,  and  which 
emanated  from  the  collection  of  Mr.  R.  Ehrenbach.  These  stamps  belong  to 
a  well-known  philatelist  here,  who  is  also  a  member  of  your  society."  It 
would  appear  that  M.  Breitfuss  regards  these  two  stamps  as  having  un- 
doubtedly once  been  found  together,  and  if  so  this  would  prove  that  the 
5  kopecs,  black,  was  an  error  (or  one  of  some)  in  the  sheet  of  the  10  kopecs. 
You  will  find  a  copy  of  this  stamp  in  Mr.  Mann's  collection,  and  I  can  only 
say  that  I  regard  it  as  an  extreme  rarity,  and,  in  my  opinion,  twenty  times  as 
rare  as  the  Cape  errors  ! 

My  notes  on  the  Finnish  stamps  are  but  an  improvisation,  and  I  have  no 
intention  of  dwelling  upon  the  many  other  points  of  interest  that  appertain 
to  these  stamps,  and  which  you  will  observe  for  yourselves  in  the  specimens 
now  submitted.  I  can  but  urge  that  the  issues  of  Finland  are — though  not 
of  classic  beauty — replete  with  philatelic  interest,  and  that  it  is  a  country 
that,  notably  as  regards  used  specimens,  offers  a  very  favourable  field  to  the 
specialist.  There  are  numerous  and  important  varieties  that  are  of  the 
greatest  rarity,  while  the  new  discoveries  are  by  no  means  exhausted,  for 
I  well  remember  that  I  had  far  more  stamps  on  my  want  list  for  Finland  than 
for  any  other  country  in  Europe. 


'^ht  Jliikesibe  (Stamps  of  Portugal 

By  J.  N.  MARSUEN. 

A  Paper  read  kefore  the  Philatelic   Society,   London,   on   December  iqth,    1902. 

{Contimied  fro7n  page  z^if,  vol.  xii.  )*' 


Issue  XI.     1875-76.     D.  Luiz. 

HE  stamps  issued  from  1875  to  1886  form  a  very  complicated 
list,  as  what  were  intended  to  be  separate  and  distinct  issues 
overlap  one  another,  and  nearly  every  one  appeared  on  a 
separate  date.  I  shall,  however,  as  near  as  I  can,  endeavour 
to  keep  to  chronological  order. 

In  order  to  provide  a  stamp  to  frank  newspapers,  patterns, 
etc.,  to  countries  of  the  Postal  Union,  one  of  15  reis,  of  the  embossed  type 
then  in  use,  was  issued  on  the  2nd  August,  1875.  The  colour  given  in 
the  announcement,  which  appeared  in  the  Government  gazette  {Diario  do 
Gouverno)  of  the  28th  July,  1875,  is  pale  brown  {castanho  claro),  but  during 
its  long  life  it  appeared  in  many  shades,  from  a  deep  rich  chestnut-brown 
to  a  pale  brown  with  a  shade  of  pink  in  it,  the  latter  designated  "  fawn  "  by 
Stanley  Gibbons  and  others.  The  stamp  appeared  perforated  both  12^ 
and   13^. 

There  are  three  varieties  of  type  on  the  ordinary  paper,  which,  as  in  other 
values  of  this  type,  varies  in  thickness.  In  No.  i  the  "  i  "  and  the  "  5  "  in  the 
right-hand  upper  corner  are  wide  apart,  and  the  "  5  "  in  the  left-hand  lower 
corner  is  vertical.  In  No.  2  the  figures  in  the  right-hand  upper  corner  are 
exactly  as  in  No.  i  ;  but  the  "  5  "  in  the  left-hand  lower  corner  leans  to  the 
left,  precisely  in  the  same  way  as  it  does  in  the  next  variety.  No.  3  is  like 
No.  2,  except  that  the  figures  in  the  right-hand  upper  corner  are  closer 
together.  No.  2  appears  to  be  a  very  rare  variety  ;  it  is  printed  in  a  rich 
brown,  and  I  have  never  seen  any  other  copy  than  the  one  I  possess. 

The  stamps  perf  13 J-  are  known  only  in  fawn  and  in  varieties  i  and  3. 

Curiously  enough,  varieties  i  and  3  appear  also  in  the  reprints,  a  circum- 
stance which  may  be  accounted  for  when  it  is  remembered  that  there  were 
two  reprintings,  both  of  which  took  place  when  the  stamp  in  question  was  in 
use. 

Towards  the  end  of  1875  it  was  decided  to  suppress  the  stamps  of  120 
and  240  reis,  and  to  substitute  in  their  places  stamps  of  150  and  300  reis, 
bearing  respectively  the  same  colours  as  the  stamps  to  be  suppressed. 
Exactly  when  this  took  place,  and  for  what  reason,  I  have  been  unable  to 

*  On  page  234  of  the  October  muiihcr  Loiidoii  Philatelist,  in  the  Synopsis,  after  "25  reis,  var.  5, 
deep  rose,"  the  nine  st.imps  .at  )netl  should  have  come  at  tlic  end  of  page  214  (September);  also,  on 
page  234,  the  Reprints  should  read— 

Reprints. 

I'erf.  12A.     240  reis,  lilac. 

IVrl'.  134.     5  reis,  etc.  J.   N.   M. 


15 

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15 

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15° 

( 

15° 

( 

300 

36      '  THE  ADHESIVE  STAMPS  OF  PORTUGAL. 

discover  in  the  Government  gazette,  but  the  stamps  were  most  probably- 
issued  at  the  beginning  of  1876,  and  their  raison  d'etre  was  possibly  due  to 
some  modifications  or  alterations  in  the  Postal  Union  rules. 

There  are  two  varieties  of  type  of  the  150  reis,  blue.  In  No.  i  the  "  5  "  in 
the  upper  left-hand  corner  is  as  nearly  as  possible  vertical,  and  in  No.  2  it 
leans  to  the  right. 

There  is  only  one  variety  of  the  300  reis. 

Both  the  150  and  the  300  reis  are  to  be  met  with  perforated  \2\  and  13 J. 
The  150  reis  is  not  a  very  common  stamp,  especially  in  the  unused  state;  but 
of  the  300  reis,  that  perforated  I2-|-  is  the  rarer. 

Reprints  of  both  stamps  exist — the  150  reis,  perforated  13 J,  in  two  very 
distinct  shades,  and  the  300  reis,  perforated  both  I2|  and  13I-. 

SYNOPSIS. 
Issue  XI.     1875-76.     D.  Luiz. 

Paper  varying  in  thickness.     Perf.  \2\. 
15  reis  (variety  1) ;  brown,  pale  brown,  fawn. 
2) ;  deep  brown. 
3) ;  brown,  pale  brown,  fawn, 
i);  blue,  pale  blue. 
2);  deep  blue,  bright  blue,  blue, 
lilac,  pale  lilac. 

Perf.  I  si- 

15  reis  (variety  i);  fawn. 

15    >'    (      ..      3);  fawn. 
150    ,,    (      ,,      2);  deep  blue,  blue. 
300    ,,  bright  lilac,  lilac,  pale  lilac,  brown-lilac. 

Reprints. 

On  the  thick  reprint  paper.     Perf.  12  J. 
300  reis  ;  pale  lilac. 

Perf  13I. 
15  reis  (variety  i);  fawn. 
15    „    (      „      2);  pale  brown. 
150    ,,    (      ,,      2) ;  blue,  pale  blue. 
300    „  bright  lilac. 

Issue  XII.    July,  1876. 

We  now  come  to  a  stamp  which  in  its  design  and  manufacture  differs 
entirely  from  anything  that  has  gone  before.  The  2|-  reis,  representing  one- 
eighth  of  a  penny,  was  issued  for  the  franking  of  newspapers  within  the 
country  and  to  the  Azores  and  Madeira.  It  was,  however,  allowed  to  frank 
correspondence  also,  and  was  often  so  used.  It  is  a  most  uninteresting- 
looking  stamp,  bearing  the  value  in  figures  in  the  centre,  and  was  designed 
and  engraved  by  Senhor  Azedo  Gneco.  With  this  stamp  we  are  introduced 
to  a  new  printing  machine,  which  printed  twenty-eight  stamps,  i.e,  a  full 
sheet,  at  a  time,  and  not  single  stamps,  as  had  heretofore  been  the  case.  The 
original  die  was  in  steel,  and  galvanotype  reproductions  made  from  it  to 
the  number  of  twenty-eight,  which  were  then  clamped  in  a  frame,  seven 
horizontal  rows  of  four. 


THE  ADHESIVE  STAMPS  OF  PORTUGAL.  yj 

The  stamp  may  be  met  with,  as  in  some  of  the  succeeding  issues,  on  pale 
bluish  and  pale  yellowish  papers,  both  thick  and  thin  ;  but  I  think  the  slight 
tint  in  the  paper  was  influenced  by  the  impression  or  the  gum,  and  is  not 
of  much  account. 

It  exists  in  a  great  variety  of  shades,  perforated  12^-  and  13-I-.  Those 
perforated  i\\  did  not  appear  till  ten  years  later,  and  with  others  will  form 
the  subject  of  a  separate  issue. 

SYNOPSIS. 

Issue  XII.    July,  1876. 

On  thick  and  thin  paper.     Perf.  i2|. 
2\  reis  ;  dark  to  pale  olive-green. 

Perf.  13I. 
2\  reis ;  dark  to  pale  olive-green. 

Reprints. 

On  thick  reprint  paper.     Perf.  12^. 
2\  reis ;  pale  ohve-green. 

Perf.  1 3 J. 
2\  reis ;  pale  olive-green. 

Issue  XIII.     1879.     D.  Luiz, 

This  issue  does  not  call  for  any  very  lengthened  treatment,  being  merely 
changes  of  colour  in  the  10  and  50  reis. 

The  10  reis  now  appears  in  blue-green  instead  of  yellow.  It  first  ap- 
peared in  July,  1879,  perforated  I2|  and  13^.  I  have  found  very  little,  if  any, 
differences  in  the  thickness  of  the  paper.  It  is  probable  that  there  was  only 
one  printing,  as  the  stamp  was  in  use  so  short  a  time — barely  a  year — in  the 
new  colour. 

The  50  reis  first  appeared  in  May,  1879,  in  blue,  and  very  slight  differences 
are  to  be  met  with  in  the  thickness  of  the  paper.  I  agree  with  Mr.  Ehren- 
bach,*  that  there  are  three  varieties  of  type,  and  they  all  exist  with  both 
perforations  \2\  and   13^. 

The  10  reis,  blue-green,  has  not  been  reprinted,  but  reprints  of  the  50  reis 
exist  perforated  13 J  in  variety  No.  5,  i.e.  with  the  figures  in  the  right-hand 
corners  closer  together. 

SYNOPSIS. 

Issue  XIII.     1879.     D.  Luiz. 

Perf.  \2\. 
10  reis ;  blue-green. 

50    „    (variety  3);  blue. 
50    .,    (     >,       4) ;  pale  blue. 
50    ,,    (     ,,       5) ;  deep  blue  to  pale  blue. 

Perf.  1 3 J. 
10  reis ;  blue-green. 

50    „    (variety  3);  blue. 
50    „    (     „       4);  pale  blue. 
50    ,,    (     ,,       5) ;  dec[)  blue  to  pale  hlue. 
*   London  Philatelist,  .'\u(;usl,  191J2. 


38  -  PHILATELIC  NOTES. 

Reprint. 

On  thick  reprint  paper.     Perf.  13I. 
50  reis  (variety  5) ;  blue. 

Issue  XIV.    January,  1880.    D.  Luiz. 

The  stamp  of  this  issue  was  copied  from  the  Italian  issue  of  1863,  and 
was  engraved  on  steel  by  Senhor  Pedroso  Gomes  da  Silva.  Like  the  2\  reis, 
it  was  reproduced  twenty-eight  times,  and  printed,  in  sheets  of  twenty-eight 
stamps.  Slight  differences  of  shade  and  paper  are  to  helmet  with,  and  it 
exists  perforated  both  12J  and   13 J. 

The  reprint  also  exists  in  two  shades. 

* 

SYNOPSIS. 
Issue  XIV.    January,  1880.     D.  Luiz. 

Perf.  \2\. 
25  reis  ;  milky  blue,  slight  shades. 

Perf.  13I 
25  reis;  milky  blue;  slight  shades. 

Reprint. 

On  thick  reprint  paper.     Perf.  13I. 
25  reis,  milky  blue  (2  shades). 

(To  be  continued.) 


Plttktdic  ^otes. 


NIGER   COAST  PROTECTORATE:    A   NEW   VARIETY. 


HITHERTO  unknown  variety  of  the  id.,  surcharged  on  half  2d.,  green 
and  carmine,  Niger  Coast  Protectorate,  S.  G.  No.  9,  has  lately  been 
discovered  amongst  a  number  of  the  stamps  of  this  country,  which  were 
brought  over  by  a  gentleman  for  many  years  resident  in  that  district,  and 
disposed  of  in  London  as  an  ordinary  variety.  The  copy  is  a  used  one,  with 
the  postmark  distinctly  over  the  surcharge.  The  difference  between  the 
ordinary  variety  and  this  one  lies  in  the  colour  and  size  of  the  surcharge — 
the  former  is  carmine  instead  of  vermilion — and  the  size  of  the  figure  of 
value,  4f  mm.  high,  and  nearly  i  mm.  wide,  and  base  of  figure  nearly  2\  mm. 
long,  instead  of  12  mm.  high,  2  mm.  broad,  and  base  5 J  mm.  broad  as  in  the 
ordinary.  The  stamp  is  from  the  top  row  of  a  pane,  which  seems  to  bear 
out  the  theory  arrived  at  by  Mr.  A.  G.  Griffith  in  his  letter  (copy  of  which  is 
appended),  that  this  small  figure  of  value  was  first  tried,  and  not  being  found 
large  enough  was  then  altered  to  the  one  of  a  larger  size  a..d  more  easily 
seen,  and  naturally  the  top  row  would  be  the  first  surcharged.  Perhaps  some 
of  our  readers  can  throw  some  further  light  upon  the  subject. 


OCCASIONAL  NOTES.  39 

Copy  of  letter  from  Mr.  A.  G.  Griffith. 

"  I  now  return  you  the  id.  on  half  of  2d.  Niger  Coast  stamp,  on  which 
you  asked  my  opinion.  The  postmark,  which  is  of  the  usual  sort  in  use  at 
the  time,  is  evidently  over  the  surcharge,  and  though  I  did  not  know  that 
such  a  type  of '  1 '  had  ever  been  issued,  I  should  say  the  stamp  was  all  right. 
It  is  evidently  a  variety  of  the  Opobo  surcharges  issued  by  Acting  Vice- 
Consul  Tanner  in  1894,  marked  No.  9  in  Gibbons'  Catalogue.  There  was 
(and  is)  no  printing-press  of  any  sort  or  kind  at  Opobo,  and  the  probability 
is  that  this  is  a  sort  of  essay.  He  (Tanner)  probably  cut  the  die  himself 
out  of  a  piece  of  wood,  and  after  doing  one  stamp  (or  possibly  several)  of  the 
sheet  with  this  small  '  1,'  he  may  have  thought  a  larger  '  1 '  would  be  better, 
and  therefore  surcharged  the  rest  with  the  larger  and  generally  known  type 
of  '  1 ' ;  but  as  each  individual  2d.  (or  any  other  value)  stamp  had  to  be 
accounted  for  in  the  monthly  account  of  '  stamps  sold  and  remaining  on 
hand'  (rendered  by  outstations  to  the  G.P.O.  at  Old  Calabar),  these  essays 
(or  this  one  essay!)  would  go  in  and  be  used  z.%  part  of  the  issue,  and  probably 
no  account  was  taken  of  how  many  were  of  one  type  of  '  1 '  and  how  many 
of  the  other ;  and  poor  Tanner  is  dead,  so  I  can't  get  him  to  tell  me,  even  if 
he  remembered ! 

"  I  have  never  seen  another  of  this  stamp,  and  I  think  what  I  have  said 
would  be  the  probable  explanation  of  its  existence." 


kcasisixal  Mntcs. 


STAMP  SCANDAL  IN  FRANCE. 

NDER  the  above  title  a  paragraph  has  recently  appeared  in  the  Standard 
to  the  following  effect : — 

"  Philatelists  in  Paris  are  much  disturbed  by  a  '  slump '  which  has  recently 
taken  place  in  the  prices  of  a  number  of  rare  stamps  belonging  to  the  colonies 
of  Sainte  Marie,  Nossi  Be,  Soudan,  Diego  Suarez,  and  Benin.  Though  the 
Government  withdrew  these  stamps  some  time  ago,  they  recently  began  to 
make  their  appearance  on  the  market.  An  inquiry  shows  that  after  the 
stamps  were  withdrawn  the  residue  were  burned  before  a  committee  of  high 
officials  from  the  Colonial  Office.  It  is  presumed  that  by  some  means  a 
subordinate  was  able  to  save  or  purloin  some  of  the  sheets,  and  that  they 
are  now  being  thrown  on  the  market.  The  sudden  fall  in  prices  has  caused 
a  good  deal  of  feeling  among  collectors." 

There  is  already  enough  cause  for  dis.satisfaction  with  the  issues  of  the 
French  Colonies  vi^thout  the  scandal  of  "  saving "(!)  stamps  ordered  for 
destruction  ! 


146/^ 


40  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 


DEATH  OF  BARON  ARTHUR  DE  ROTHSCHILD. 

E  regret  to  have  to  record  the  decease  of  so  well-known  a  collector  of 
the  olden  time  as  Baron  Arthur  de  Rothschild,  which  occurred  shortly 


before  Christmas  at  Monte  Carlo.  We  are  indebted  to  an  esteemed  cor- 
respondent on  the  Continent  for  the  greater  part  of  our  information  hereon, 
and  have  delayed  our  notice  somewhat  on  that  account.  Baron  Arthur  de 
Rothschild  was  born  in  1852,  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  in  1867,  began  his 
celebrated  collection,  but  at  this  early  stage  of  his  career  his  finances  were 
naturally  limited  and  he  did  not  aim  at  making  a  big  show  in  each  country. 
In  1870  M.  Rothschild  took  up  his  residence  in  Brussels,  where  he  pursued 
an  active  and  honourable  career,  especially  taking  a  prominent  part  in  all  the 
charities  in  connection  with  the  then  raging  Franco-German  war.  It  was  in 
the  Belgian  capital  that  he  made  the  acquaintance  of  M.  Moens,  to  whose 
firm  he  was  very  deeply  indebted  for  the  fine  collection  that  he  ultimately 
formed.  It  may  indeed  be  said  the  control  and  even  the  formation  of  his 
collection,  which  M.  Rothschild  was  now  in  a  position  to  indulge  in  to  a  wide 
extent,  were  entirely  vested  in  the  hands  of  the  Brussels  firm.  This  is  an 
experience  that  many  of  us  would  like  to  have  undergone,  as  a  collection 
formed  from  M.  Moens'  superb  stock  at  the  prices  of  1870  would  represent 
but  a  minute  fraction  of  its  present-day  value.  Under  the  tutelage  of 
M.  Moens,  stamps,  principally  unused,  post  cards,  envelopes,  and  other  entires 
were  included  in  the  scheme  of  collection,  which  grew  apace  until  it  occupied 
some  fifty  volumes.  Our  correspondent  is  unable  to  give  us  details  of  the 
contents,  but  we  are  assured  that  it  embraced  most  of  the  great  rarities, 
although  it  had  not  the  "  Post  Office  "  Mauritius.  The  great  feature  was  the 
superb  unused  stamps  of  the  older  issues  that  were  practically  all  supplied 
by  M.  Moens.  M.  de  Rothschild,  doubtless  owing  to  the  high  pressure  of 
a  busy  life,  practically  ceased  to  continue  the  collection  after  1883,  and  its 
subsequent  fate  has  always  been  a  mystery.  It  has  been  stated  variously 
that  it  was  sold  in  England,  in  France,  and  in  Belgium,  but  no  one  has  ever 
been  found  to  acknowledge  its  purchase.  Our  correspondent  feels  assured 
that  the  collection  still  remains  intact  in  the  library  of  the  late  Baron  de 
Rothschild  at  Paris,  an  opinion  that  we  fully  share,  as  a  collection  of  such 
importance  could  not  have  changed  ownership  without  the  fact  leaking  out. 
It  must  to-day  possess  a  great  value,  and  as  an  old-time  collection,  a  high 
degree  of  interest,  both  of  which  qualifications  will  increase  while  it  continues, 
as  it  doubtless  will,  to  slumber  peacefully  among  archives  of  the  Baron's 
library. 

Baron  A.  de  Rothschild  also  contributed  to  philatelic  literature,  notably 
by  articles  in  the  Timbre- Poste,  and  was  the  author  (or  joint  author)  of  a  work 
published  by  M.  Moens  entitled  Uhistoire  de  la  Poste  mix  lettres.  As,  how- 
ever, in  the  case  of  the  collection  itself,  M,  de  Rothschild  availed  himself 
liberally  of  the  co-operation  of  M.  Moens,  and  it  may  safely  be  said  that  the 
reputation  of  the  late  collector  and  his  collection  alike  were  in  great  measure 
due  to  the  invaluable  and  constant  assistance  rendered  by  the  house  of  Moens. 


OCCASIONAL   NOTES.  41 


RARITIES  AT  AUCTION. 


HE  recent  phenomenal  sale  by  auction  of  the  "  Post  Office "  Mauritius 
\  is  apparently  not  to  be  the  only  feature  of  this  kind  during  the  present 
season,  as  there  are  some  very  important  stamps  to  be  sold  at  the  auction  of 
Messrs.  Ventom,  Bull,  and  Cooper  on  March  3rd  and  4th.  Included  in  this 
sale  will  be  a  copy  of  that  rarest  of  all  philatelic  birds,  the  inverted  swan  of 
West  Australia,  of  which  we  believe  only  six  or  seven  copies  are  known  ;  it 
is  unquestionably  the  great  rarity  among  Australian  issues.  The  specimen  in 
question  is  a  fine  copy  in  the  pale  blue  shade,  with  the  angles  uncut,  with  an 
obliteration  that  clearly  shows  the  inverted  centre,  and  it  should  command 
a  very  high  price. 

Another  remarkably  fine  lot,  and  one  which,  like  the  Western  Australia, 
has  never  yet  been  offered  at  auction,  consists  of  a  block  of  five  penny 
Sydneys,  unused,  three  stamps  in  the  upper  and  two  in  the  lower  row,  with 
the  broad  margin  (nearly  an  inch)  of  the  sheet  on  the  right  hand.  We  under- 
stand that  these  stamps  are  from  Plate  I.  on  the  hard  paper,  and  lake-rose  in 
colour,  and  that  their  condition  leaves  nothing  to  desire.  The  auctioneers 
claim  that  this  block  is  unique,  and  we  think  with  justice,  as  we  know  of  no 
unused  blocks  of  Plate  I.  of  the  penny  Sydney.  It  is  confidently  anticipated 
that  this  very  fine  block  will  ensure  a  very  keen  competition  with  a  commen- 
surate price. 

Another  very  interesting  and  choice  lot  consists  of  an  entire  unused  sheet 
of  the  Transvaal  Queen's  Head  surcharged  id.,  in  black,  on  the  6d.  value, 
which  is  being  disposed  of  by  order  of  the  executors  of  the  late  Mr.  Crowder, 
and  emanated  from  the  collection  of  Dr.  Viner.  Although  not  in  the  same 
plane  of  extreme  rarity  as  the  forenamed  Australians,  an  uncut  sheet  with  all 
its  interesting  varieties  of  type  exists  but  in  few  collections,  and  cannot 
fail  to  command  a  healthy  competition. 


PRELIMINARY  PROGRAMME  OF  THE  INTERNATIONAL  POSTAGE 
STAMP  EXHIBITION,   BERLIN,  igo4. 

Division  I.    General  Collections. 

Stmnps. 
Class  I.     Unused. 

„      2.     Unused  and  used,  mixed. 
{a)  Large  collections. 
ip)   Medium 

ic)  Small  „  up  to  5,000  stamps. 

For  smaller  collections,  which  arc  conspicuous  by  their  good  and  accurate 
arrangement  as  also  by  their  condition,  prizes  in  valuable  stamp.s  will  be 
offered. 

Entires. 
Class  3.     Unused. 

„      4.     Unused  and  used,  mixed, 
(rt)  Major  collections. 
ib)  Minor  collections,  up  to  1,000  pieces. 


42  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

Division  II.    Special  Collections. 

A.    Germany  and  Colonies. 
Class  5.     German  Empire  and  Colonies ;  also  Colonies  alone. 
„      6.     German  States. 

{a)    General  collections,      (aa)    Unused,      (bb)    Unused  and 

used,  mixed. 
{b)    Collections  of  single  States. 

Entires. 
Class  7.     German  Empire  and  Colonies. 
„     8.     German  States. 

B,    Great  Britain  and  Colonies. 

Stamps. 
Class    9.     General  collections. 

„      10.     Collections  of  the  Motherland  or  of  single  Colonies. 

C.    Single  Collections  of  European  Stamps,  exclusive  of 
Germany  and  Great  Britain. 
Stamps. 
Denmark,  Iceland,  Sweden,  Norway,  Danish  Colonies. 
France,  French  Colonies,  Monaco. 
Italy,  Italian  States. 

Netherlands,  Dutch  Colonies,  Belgium,  Luxemburg. 
Portugal,  Portuguese  Colonies. 
Spain,  Spanish  Colonies. 
Switzerland. 

Austria,  Hungary,  Bosnia. 
Russia,  Poland,  Finland. 
Bulgaria,  Montenegro,  Roumania,  Servia. 
Greece,  Turkey,  South  Bulgaria,  Eastern  Roumelia. 

Entires. 
Class  22.     Single  countries  appearing  under  A  and  B. 
Exhibits  in  Classes  11  to  22  may  consist  of  a  single  country,  or  a  single 
colony. 

D.    General  Collections  of  Europe. 

Stamps. 
Class  23.     {a)  Unused. 

{b)  Used  or  mixed. 

Entires. 
Class  24.     Unused,  used,  or  mixed. 

E.    Countries  outside  Europe. 
Class  25.     United  States  of  America  (stamps). 
,,      26.  „  „  (entires). 

„  27.  Other  American  countries.  N.B. — The  exhibits  in  this  class 
may  also  consist  of  the  stamps  or  entires  of  only  one  single 
State. 


Class 

II. 

12. 

13- 

14. 

15- 

16. 

17- 

18. 

19. 

20. 

21. 

OCCASIONAL  NOTES.  43 

Class  28.  Other  countries,  exclusive  of  America  and  the  European 
Colonies.  N.B. — The  exhibits  in  this  class  may  also  consist 
of  the  stamps  or  entires  of  only  one  single  country. 

F.    Stamps  on  Letters. 

Class  29.     (a)  German  States. 
{b)  Other  countries. 

G.    Rarities. 

(Stamps  and  entires.     N.B. — Pairs,  blocks,  and  sheets  are  taken 
each  as  one  piece.) 
Class  30.     Confined  to  Collectors. 

{a)  Exhibits  of  more  than  fifty  specimens. 
ih)  Exhibits  of  less  than  fifty-one  specimens. 
Class  31.     Open  to  Dealers  only. 

H,    Various. 

Class  32.     {a)  Obliterations. 

{b)  Curiosities  and  other  specialities. 

if)  Essays,  Proofs,  etc. 

{d)  Reprints. 

{e)   Forgeries. 
Class  33.     {a)  Telegraph  and  Telephone  Stamps. 

{U)  Fiscal  Stamps. 

{c)  Local  Stamps  (Rural,  Semtsvo,  Postmaster,  etc.). 

(<^)  Private  Postage  Stamps. 

Division  III.    Appliances  of  all  kinds. 

Class  34.     Literature. 

{a)  Library  indexes. 

[b)  Philatelic  works  and  journals.     Exhibited  by  the  pub- 
lisher or  the  author. 
Class  35.     Albums. 

{a)  For  stamps. 
{J))  For  entires. 
Class  36.     Technical  aids,  e.g.  magnifying  glasses,  tweezers,  mounts,  etc. 

It  is  intended  to  offer  one  gold  medal  and  several  silver  and  bronze 
medals  in  every  group. 

We  have  hitherto  delayed  the  publication  of  the  foregoing  list  for  the 
reasons  previously  stated  in  this  journal — that  the  prizes  to  be  awarded  to 
European  stamps  seemed  out  of  all  proportion  to  those  devoted  to  the  other 
countries,  and  that  therefore  some  modification  of  the  programme  was  to  be 
expected.  We  understand  that,  on  the  representation  of  foreign  members  of 
the  Berlin  I'^xhibition  Committee,  tiiis  question  is  under  consideration,  and 
we  shall  hope  ere  long  to  be  enabled  to  make  an  announcement  on  the 
subject,  but  meanwhile,  as  hearty  well-wishers  to  the  success  of  the  exhibition, 
we  gladly  give  all  publicity  to  the  scheme. 


[      44      ] 


Eeiikto. 


PEMBERTON   &   CO.'S  PRICE   LIST.* 

HIS  is  the  second  appearance  of  Messrs.  Pemberton  and  Co.'s 
Catalogue,  but  the  title  has  been  changed  from  that  of  last 
year,  and  the  work  is  not  continued  on  the  same  lines.  In 
the  first  edition  no  unused  stamps  were  quoted,  but  only 
in  two  separate  columns  "Fine  used"  and  "Ordinary  used"  ; 
whereas  in  the  present  work  this  feature  is  confined  to  the 
British  stamps,  the  remaining  Colonies  being  quoted  both  unused  and  used. 
Messrs.  Pemberton's  Catalogue  does  not  go  too  deeply  into  minor  varieties, 
and  will  therefore  be  very  acceptable  to  many  collectors  who  wish  to  limit 
the  scope  of  their  ambitions.  It  is,  however,  fairly  inclusive,  and  very  free 
from  mistakes ;  it  is,  further,  excellently  printed  and  illustrated  throughout, 
so  may  safely  be  recommended  to  collectors  as  a  useful  guide. 

*  Price  List  of  British  and  British  Colonial  Stamps,  igo4.     P.  I>.  Pemberton  and  Co.,  229,  High 
Holborn,  London. 


l^tto  Issxtes. 


NOTES    OF    NEW,    AND    VARIATIONS  OF   CURRENT,    ISSUES. 
(Varieties  of  Obsolete  Stamps,  and  ©iscoveries,  will  be  found  under  "Philatelic  Notes.") 

We  do  not  profess  to  chronicle  everything,  but,  with  the  kind  help  of  correspondents,  ai-e  desirous  that 
all  the  i7nportant  novelties  may  be  included.  Speculative  stamps — i.  e.  those  not  really  required  for 
postal  ptirposes — will  be  cotisidered  on  their  nierits,  and  Jubilee  issues  will  not  be  chronicled. 

Members  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society,  and  other  readers  generally,  are  invited  to  co-operate  with  us 
in  making  the  columns  as  interesting  as  possible.  Our  foreign  readers  ca?t  especially  help  us  in 
this  direction,  by  sending  copies  of  any  official  documents  relative  to  changes  in  the  current  issues, 
or  early  intimation  of  any  new  issue,  accompanied,  when  possible,  by  a  specimen  ;  such  information 
will  be  duly  credited  to  the  correspondent,  and,  if  desired,  the  speci?)ien  promptly  returned. 
Address:  Editor  "London  Philatelist,"  Effingham  House,  Arundel  Street,  Strand, 
London,  W.C. 

♦- 


BRITISH    EMPIRE. 

Great  Britain. — Admiralty  Official. — 
Other  values,  the  i^d.  and  3d.,  have  been 
discovered  by  Ewetis  Weekly  in  Type  11  of 
the  King's  Head  set.  A  third  type  is  believed 
to  exist. 

Admiralty  Official.      I^d.,  Type  2. 
3d.         „ 

The  2-^-d.  "i.R.  official"  King's  Head 
chronicled  so  long  ago  appears,  from  Ewer^s 
Weekly,  to  have  been  issued  about  May, 
1903. 

Bermuda.— Another  value  of  the  Arms 
or  Graving  Dock  type  has  been  announced. 
Adhesive.     Jd. ,  grey-green  and  black. 


British  Central  Africa.— In  the  Hst 
of  new  King's  Head  stamps  given  on  page 
177,  vol.  xii.,  a  is.  value  is  not  included. 

We  thought  this  strange  at  the  time,  and 
now  find  from  Ewen's  Weekly  that  this 
value  does  exist.  Messrs.  Whitfield  King 
and  Co.  have  received  the  £1  value  already 
chronicled. 

Adhesive,      is.,  blue  and  black  ;  CA;   14. 

Canada. — MekeeVs  chronicles  a  i  c.  post 
card,  pink  on  buff,  in  the  King's  Head  type. 
This  card,  it  is  stated,  appeared  early  in 
December,  and  is  styled  a  "  Business  Post 
Card." 

It  is  not  issued  to  the  public,  and  sold 


NEW  ISSUES. 


45 


"On 

Service,' 


only  in  lots  of  loo  or  more  to  the  trade  for 
advertising  purposes. 

Post  Card. 
I  c. ,  pink  on  buff. 

Cape  of  Good  Hope.— We  are  told  there 
is  a  id.  wrapper  of  the  King's  Head  set. 
Wrapper,     id.,  carmine  on  buff. 

Ceylon. — From  Ewen's  Weekly  we  find 
that  another  value  of  the  adhesives  has 
received  the  Service  overprint  and  that  ad- 
ditions are  made  to  the  new  stationery. 

Official. 
2   cents,   red-brown.    King's    Head,    surcharged 

in  black. 

Envelopes. 

2  c,  indigo  on  green,  with  printed  inscription  at 

top,    "District    Letter    Envelope,    price   2^ 

Cents This  envelope  will  not  pass  through 

more  than  one  Post  Office,  will  only  be  de- 
livered when  called  for,  and  will  not  be  re- 
directed." 
6  c,  brown  on  white.     (Value  in  words). 

India. — Ewen's  Weekly  hus  been  informed 
that  3  and  5  rupee  stamps  of  the  King's 
Head  set  can  be  had  if  specially  applied  for 
at  Bombay. 

Adhesives. 

3  rupees,  green  and  brown. 

5       ,,       violet  and  ultramarine  ;  wmk.  Star,  and 
perf.  14. 

Kishengarh. — The  new  stamp  chronicled 
on  page  19  turns  out  to  be  of  the  value 
\  anna  instead  of  \  anna.  The  following  is 
taken  from  the  M.J. :  "The  stamps  are  litho- 
graphed in  sheets  containing  eight  stamps, 
all  separately  drawn,  and  therefore  forming 
eight  varieties  of  type,  differing  from  one 
another  most  conspicuously  in  the  spacing 
of  some  of  the  lines  in  the  background  ;  the 
design  itself  has  been  very  carefully  copied, 
but  still  there  are,  of  course,  slight  variations. 
The  arrangement  of  the  sheet  is  peculiar  ; 
the  draughtsman  evidently  intended  to  pro- 
vide for  sheets  of  ten,  in  two  horizontal  rows 
of  five,  but  thought  better  of  it,  and  left  two 
blank  frames  for  stamps  at  the  left  of  the 
second  row." 

St.  Lucia. — On  page  248,  vol.  xi.,  we 
chronicled  2d.  and  2s.  values,  and  the  M.  C. 
now  states  that  this  is  a  mistake,  and  that 
these  stamps  do  not  exist  for  St.  Lucia  in 
the  King's  Head  type,  though  they  do  for 
St.  Vincent. 

SiKRUA  LkoNK.— A  penny  baml  is  noted 
by  the  M.  C. 

Wrapper,     id.,  carmine  on  luifl. 

South  Australia.— We  gather  from  tlu- 
Australian  Philatelist  that  the  gd.,  as  wull 


as  the  6d.,  long  "Postage"  is  now  perforated 
an  even  12. 

Adhesive,     gd.,  lake;  perf.  an  even  12. 

Straits  Settlements. — Another  value 
of  the  new  set  has  been  listed  by  Ewetis 
Weekly. 

If  these  stamps  are  not  fiscals,  why  is  the 
word  "  Postage "  omitted  from  the  design  ? 
Perhaps  they  are  intended  for  both  postal 
and  fiscal  duty. 

Adhesive.     4  c,  lilac  on  red  ;  CA  ;   14. 

Johore. — The  S.  C.  F.  gives  the  following 
description  of  a  new  post  card  : — 

"It  bears  in  centre  of  inscription  the 
Arms  of  the  State  in  orange  relief,  with 
'Post'  in  left,  'Card'  in  right,  and  'Johore' 
in  slightly  smaller  type  below  the  Arms. 
The  instructions  are  given  in  both  English 
and  native  characters,  printed  in  black  on 
a  deep  buff  cardboard.  The  peculiarity  of 
this  card  is,  that  whilst  it  is  quite  correctly 
an  official  issue,  it  bears  no  stamp  of  value." 
Post  Card. 
Orange  and  black  on  deep  buff,  no  value. 

Western  Australia. — We  see  from  the 
Australian  Philatelist  that  the  current  2s. 
stamp  is  coming  perf.  11. 
Adhesive. 

2S.,  red  on  yellow  ;  V  and  Crown  ;  perf.  11. 

EUROPE. 

Austria. — There  are  a  few  more  varieties 
of  perforation  to  be  added  to  the  lists : — 
Type  II.       I  kr. ,  perf.  13    x  10^. 

2     ,,  ,,        lO^  X  12^. 

15    ,,        ,,      12J  X  10^. 
Type  13.     50   ,,       ,,     ioixi2i. 
„     12.       I  gl.       ,, 
Current  types,  without  the  shiny  bars,  perf.  loj 
and  12^  compound. 
I,  3,  6,  40  heller. 
I,  2,  4  kroner. 

For  Offices  in  the  Turkish  Empire. 

Issue  of  1890-92,  perf  loi  and  12.^  compound. 

10  para  on  3  kr. 

20       ,,        5  kr. 

liWMax.—Eweti's  Weekly  tells  us  that 
the  80  pf.,  lilac,  exists  on  toned  paper,  and 
was  issued  more  than  a  year  ago. 

Adhesive.     80  pf.,  lilac  ;  toned  paper. 

Bulgaria. — A  new  letter  card  is  an- 
nounced, the  reduction  of  the  inland  letter 
rate  from  15  to  10  st.  requiring  it. 

Letter  Card.      10  slot.,  carmine  on  bluish. 

France.  —  A  post  card  of  the  Sower 
type  has  been  issued. 

Post  Card. 
10  c,  carmine  on  green  ;  Sower  type. 


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NEW  ISSUES. 


Hungary. — A  new  value  of  the  1900-1 
design,  12  filler,  has  appeared,  and  Messrs. 
Whitfield  King  and  Co.  send  a  specimen. 

We  are  told  that  the  4  filler  stamp  has 
been  withdrawn  from  circulation. 
Adhesive.      12  filler,  violet  and  black;  perf.  12. 

Portugal. — Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and 
Co.  send  us  a  set  of  Postage  Due  stamps 
which  we  find  agree  with  the  description 
we  gave  on  page  20,  except  that  the  colour  of 
the  30  c.  is  green,  of  the  50  c.  carmine,  and 
of  the  100  c.  dull  blue.  All  are  perforated  1 1^. 

A  20  reis  value  is  to  be  added  shortly. 

Spain. — A  sheet  or  two  of  the  current 
5  c,  green,  in  an  imperf.  condition,  states  the 
M.J..,  reached  Cadiz,  and  were  sold  there. 

A  block  is  known  postmarked  "  Cadiz — 
24  Die  03."     The  number  on  the  back  is 

177,994- 

Adhesive.     5  c. ,  dark  green  ;  imperf. 

AMERICA. 

Argentine  Republic. — Another  value 
has  been  added  to  the  current  set. — Ewen's 
Weekly.       ji^hesive.     4  c,  yellow. 

Colombian  Republic. — Antioqicia. — To 
our  lists  of  the  1903  issue  must  be  added  : — 
Adhesives. 

4  pesos,  red  (J.  Manuel,  Restrepo). 

5  ,,      red-brown  (Fernandez,  Madrid). 

Barraiiquilla. — Mekeel's  states  that  the 
10  c.  (Pier  type  ?)  is  found  in  dark  blue  on 
greenish,  and  also  in  dark  blue  on  buff. 

Adhesives. 
10  c. ,  dark  blue  on  greenish  (Pier  type?). 
10  c.  ,,  buff  ,, 

Tolima. — A  new  set  has  appeared,  de- 
scribed by  the  A.  J.  P.  as  follows  : — 

"  We  have  received  a  new  issue  of  stamps 
from  Tolima,  all  badly  lithographed,  as  is 
usual  in  that  part  of  the  world.  The  design 
consists  of  the  national  Coat  of  Arms  in  a 
circle  in  the  centre,  with  'departmento 
DEL  tolima  '  curved  around  it ;  at  the  top, 
'  CORREOS— REPUBLICA  DE  COLOMBIA  '  in 
two  lines  ;  the  value  in  words  and  figures  at 
the  bottom  and  also  in  figures  in  the  upper 
spandrels.  It  will  be  observed  that  there 
are  two  varieties  of  the  50  centavos  and 
three  of  the  10  pesos. 

Adhesive  staj?!ps. 
Imperforate. 
10  c,  dull  blue.  I  2  p.,  grey. 

I  p.,  brown.  (  5  p.,  scarlet. 

Perforated  12. 


4  c,  black  on  green. 
10  c,  dull  blue. 
20  c. ,  yellow. 
50  c,  black  on  rose. 


50  c,  black  on  buff. 

1  p. ,  brown. 

2  p.,  grey. 

5  p.,  scarlet. 


10  p.,  black  on  green. 

10  p.,  black  on  grey-blue. 

10  p.,  black  on  green,  glazed." 

CoSTA  Rica. — An  addition  to  the  new 
stationery  is  made  by  the  M.  C. 

Envelope.     10  centimes,  yellow-brown. 

Panama. — We  have  received  from  Messrs. 
Whitfield  King  and  Co.  the  i  cent.,  green, 
map  stamp  surcharged  in  carmine  "  Panama" 
each  side,  with  "  COLOMBIA "  at  top  barred 
out  with  the  same  coloured  ink.  Our  friends 
tell  us  they  have  the  whole  set  up  to  i  peso 
with  this  surcharge.  Plenty  of  varieties 
may  be  found.  The  full  set  has  also  reached 
us  from  Mr.  H.  L'Estrange  Ewen. 

If  we  understand  correctly,  the  above  m.ay 
be  considered  the  third  and  latest  kind  of 
surcharge.  There  would  appear  to  be  also  a 
set  of  these  "map"  stamps  with  "COLOMBIA" 
obliterated  by  a  bar  of  the  colour  approach- 
ing that  of  the  stamp,  and  the  word  "  Panama" 
being  in  different  coloured  inks  to  suit  the 
different  colours  of  the  stamps. 

Paraguay. — Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and 
Co.  send  us  a  set  of  four  Unpaid  Letter 
stamps  of  artistic  design. 

A  fancy  figure  of  value  appears  in  the 
centre,  with  the  inscription,  "  franqueo 
OFFICIENTE."  In  a  curved  band  at  top  we 
read,  "republica  del  Paraguay,"  and 
"centavos"  at  foot.  All  are  of  yellow- 
green  colour,  as  all  four  denominations  are 
printed  on  the  same  sheet.,  in  which  there  are 
four  panes  of  25,  each  pane  consisting  of 
stamps  of  a  different  value. 

Postage  Due. 
2  centavos,  yellow-green;  litho.  ;  perf.  iij. 

4  ,,  !!  ,>  I) 

10        ,)  >,  ))  J, 

20        ,,  ,,  ,,  ,, 

OTHER  COUNTRIES. 

Eritrea. — The  new  Unpaid  Letter  stamps 
have  also  been  surcharged  for  use  in  this 
colony. — M.  J. 

Postage  Due.     50  lire,  yellow. 
100    ,,     blue. 

French    Colonies. — French    India. — 

Ewetis     Weekly     lists     some     provisional 

stamps. 

Adhesives.     Issue  of  1892  surcharged. 

0,05,  in  carmine,  on  25  c,  black  on  rose. 

0,10  ,,  ,,  ,, 

0,15  ,,  >.  ,. 

0,40,  in  black,  on  50  c,  rose. 

Fiscal  stamp,  Effeis  de  Commerce,  cut  in  half  and 
surcharged  in   three  lines,   ' '  Inde  Fjaise — 
PosTES — 0,05." 
0,05,  in  black,  on  half  of  (no  value),  blue. 


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47 


Indo-China. — The  15  c,  grey,  of  1899- 
1901,  surcharged  with  the  figure  "  5 "  in 
black,  reaches  us  from  Messrs.  Whitfield 
King  and  Co. 

Adhesive. 

"S,"  in  black,  on  15  c,  grey,  of  1899-1901. 

Madagascar. — A  pictorial  set  is  announced 
for  this  colony.  Eweris  Weekly  lists  the 
values  and  colours,  but  does  not  give  par- 
ticulars of  the  design. 

Adhesives. 


I  c 

brown-violet. 

30  c. 

orange-red. 

2  C. 

black-brown. 

40  c. 

violet. 

4c. 

brown. 

50  c, 

bistre. 

Sc. 

yellow-green. 

75  c, 

yellow. 

10  c. 

red. 

I  fr. 

green. 

ISC 

carmine. 

2fr. 

,  grey-green 

20  c. 

orange. 

Sfr. 

.  black. 

25  c. 

blue. 

Philippine    Islands  —We    understand 
from  the  A.J.  P.  that  the  new  2  c.  of  the 
U.S.A.  has  been  surcharged  for  use  here. 
Adhesive. 
2  c. ,  carmine  ;  new  type. 


Russian  Levant. — Another  value  has 
been  added  to  the  list  of  Russian  stamps 
surcharged  for  use  here. 

Adhesive. 
20  paras  on  4  k. ,  rose. 

Spanish  Colonies.— On  the  authority  of 
a  foreign  journal,  Eweiis  Weekly  states  that 
"fiscal  stamps  of  the  1903  issue  have  been 
surcharged  with  a  female  figure  representing 
the  Goddess  of  the  Arts  and  Commerce,  sur- 
rounded with  the  inscription  '' Posesioites  Es- 
palwlas  de  Africa  Occidental^  plus  the  Arms 
of  Spain  on  a  white  ground  and  the  words 
'  Habilitado  Para  Correos,  10  cen.  de  peseta' 
in  four  lines.     Truly  a  marvellous  collection 
to  crowd  into  one  surcharge.     The  values 
are  : — 
Fiscal  stamps,  surcharged  10  c. ,  for  postal  use. 
25  c,  black  ;  surcharge  red. 
50  c. ,  orange  ,,         blue. 

1  p.  25  c,  rose    ,,         black. 

2  p.,  red- brown   ,,  ,, 
2  p.  50  c.  ?            ,,         blue. 
5  p.,  black            ,,         red." 


Ijjihit^lic   Sntuties'  llleethtgs. 


1l0nb0n  ^Ijilatcltc  ^oaetg. 


Council  for  the  Year  1903-1904. 
President — 
H.R.II.  The  Phinck  of  Wales,  k.g.,  etc. 
Vice-President — The  Eakl  ok  Crawford,  k.t. 
lion.  Secretary—}.  A.  Tilleakd. 
Hon.   Treasurer — C.  N.  Biggs. 
lion.  Assistant  Seoetary — H.  R.  Oldfiei.d. 
lion.  Librarian — L.  W.   FuLCHER. 
E.  D.  Bacon.  L.  L.  R    Hausbuug. 

M.  P.  Castle,  j.p.  {Hon.  Vice-/'resideiif.) 
C.  J.  Daun.  C.  E.  McNaughtan. 

R.  Emrenhacii.  K.  Ke[Ciienhiim. 

T.  W.  Hall.  Gordon  Smith. 


The  fifth  meeting  of  the  season  1903-4 
was  held  at  Effingham  House,  Arundel 
Street,  Strand,  on  Friday  the  18th  De- 
cember, 1903,  at  7.45  p.m. 

Members  present :  M.  P.  Castle,  Herbert 
R.  Oldficld,  Franz  Rcichcnhcim,  Rudolph 
Meyer,  A.  K.  iJarrctt,  T.  Maycock,  W.  V. 
Morten,  W.  Schwabachcr,  H.  ('..  Palliser, 
L.  W.  Fulcher,  C.  McNauglilan,  L.  I..  R. 
Hausburg,  and  three  visitors. 

The  chair  was  taken  by  llic  lion.  Vice- 
President,  and  the  minutes  of  tiic  meeting 
held  (m  the  41I1  December,  1903,  were  read 
and  signed  as  correct. 

Letters  were  read  from  Dr.  Tivy  .ind  from 
Captain  C.  K.  Pereira  resigning  their  mcm- 
bershi|)of  the  Society,  and  such  resignations 
were  acce|)lc<l  witli  regret. 


Mr.  Castle  then  proceeded  to  read  some 
general  notes  upon  the  earlier  issues  of  New 
Zealand,  and  subsequently  some  detailed 
notes,  accompanied  by  a  display  of  the 
various  issues  concerned. 

Mr.  Castle  was  able  to  indicate  various 
varieties  not  hitherto  chronicled,  the  details 
of  which  will  appear  when  the  paper  is 
published  in  tlie  London  Philatelist;  and  he 
showed  some  specimens  of  retouched  stamps, 
further  information  with  reference  to  which 
is  likely  to  be  forthcoming  at  a  later  date. 

A  vote  of  thanks  to  I\Ir.  Castle  was  pro- 
posed by  Mr.  McNaughtan,  and  seconded 
by  Mr.  Hausburg,  attention  being  specially 
called  to  the  display  of  the  used  stamps  in 
magnificent  condition  which  were  contained 
in  Mr.  Castle's  collection.  The  Hon.  Vice- 
President  suitably  responded,  and  the  pro- 
ceedings then  terminated. 

The  sixth  meeting  of  the  season  1903-4 
was  held  at  Effingham  House,  Arundel 
Street,  Strand,  on  Friday  the  8th  January, 
1904,  at  7.45  p.m. 

Mcml)ers  present :  M.  P.  Castle,  E.  D. 
Hacon,  llcrl)crt  R.  Oldlield,  Franz  Rcichcn- 
hcim, Kudolpji  Meyer,  R.  P.  Vardley, 
Rudulpii  I''rent/.e],  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg, 
Henry  ilelley,  T.  Maycock,  L.  \V.  Fuldicr, 
VV.  Sclnvabacher,  11.  (L  Palliser,  J.  A. 
Tilleard,  Robert  Ehronbach,  Cordon  Smith. 

The  chair  was  taken  by  the  Hon.  \'ice- 
President,  ;uul  the  minutes  of  the  meeting 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'   MEETINGS. 


held  on  the  i8th  December,  were  read  and 
signed  as  correct. 

A  letter  was  read  from  Lieutenant- Colonel 
Tapp  resigning  his  membership  of  the 
Society,  and  the  same  was  accepted  with 
regret. 

The  meeting  then  proceeded  to  the  election 
of  Mr.  William  Sanders  Fiske,  proposed  by 
the  Hon.  Secretary,  and  seconded  by  the 
Hon.  Assistant  Secretary,  who,  after  ballot, 
was  declared  duly  elected. 

A  member  produced  for  the  inspection  of 
members  an  apparently  tete-beche  pair  of 
Porto  Rico  stamps  hitherto  not  catalogued — 
which  as  a  matter  of  fact  does  not  exist,  the 
stamps  being  two  ordinary  copies  which  had 
been  joined  together  so  as  to  present  the 
appearance  of  an  unsevered  pair. 

The  other  business  of  the  evening  com- 
prised a  display  of  the  stamps  of  Finland, 
kindly  lent  by  Mr.  W.  W.  Mann,  such  display 
being  accompanied  by  special  notes  prepared 
and  read  by  Mr.  Castle.  A  vote  of  thanks, 
both  to  Mr.  Castle  and  Mr.  Mann,  was  pro- 
posed by  Mr.  Ehrenbach,  who  called  attention 
to  the  fact  that  the  stamps  of  this  country  in 
unused  condition  were  perhaps  more  difficult 
to  obtain  than  those  of  any  other  country, 
and  at  the  present  day  it  would  probably  be 
impossible  to  obtain  so  full  and  complete  a 
collection  as  that  shown  to  the  members, 
which  contained  many  varieties  now  practic- 
ally unobtainable. 

The  resolution  was  seconded  by  Mr.  Bacon, 
and  carried  unanimously.  Mr.  Castle  re- 
sponded, and  the  proceedings  shortly  after- 
wards terminated. 


The  seventh  meetmg  of  the  season  1903-4 
was  held  at  Effingham  House,  Arundel 
Street,  Strand,  on  Friday  the  22nd  January, 
1904,  at  7.4s  p.m. 

Members  present :  M.  P.  Castle,  L.  L. 
R.  Hausburg,  Herbert  R.  Oldfield,  E.  D. 
Bacon,  C.  Neville  Biggs,  C.  J.  Daun,  R.  B. 
Yardley,  Thomas  William  Hall,  T.  May- 
cock,  W.  Schwabacher,  L.  W.  Fulcher,  C. 
McNaughtan,  Gordon  Smith,  A.  R.  Barrett, 
Edward  J.  Nankivell. 

The  chair  was  taken  by  the  Hon.  Vice- 
President,  and  the  minutes  of  the  meeting- 
held  on  the  8th  January  were  read  and 
signed  as  correct. 

The  Hon.  Assistant  Secretary  reported 
that  the  Hon.  Secretary  was  unavoidably 
absent  from  the  meeting  in  consequence  of 
illness,  and  the  members  generally  expressed 
regret  and  sympathy  with  Mr.  Tilleard,  and 
trusted  he  would  shortly  recover  his  usual 
health. 

The  meeting  then  proceeded  with  the  elec- 
tion of  the  undermentioned  gentlemen,  who, 
after  ballot,  were  declared  duly  elected,  sub- 
ject to  the  receipt  of  the  forms  which  had 
been  sent  them  by  the  Hon.  Secretary  :  Mr. 
Karl  Schmidt,  proposed  by  Mr.  F.  Breitfuss, 
seconded  by  Mr.  M.  P.  Castle  ;  Mr.  Georges 
Kirchner,  proposed  by  Mr.  F.  Breitfuss, 
seconded  by  Mr.  M.  P.  Castle. 

Mr.  Hausburg  then  read  some   notes  on 


the  stamps  of  South  Australia,  accompanied 
by  a  display  of  his  very  fine  collection  of 
this  country,  and  a  vote  of  thanks  was  moved 
by  Mr.  McNaughtan,  who  pointed  out  that 
although  the  study  of  these  stamps  presented 
many  difficulties,  the  interest  in  such  study 
fully  compensated  for  the  difficulty  involved, 
and  that  there  were  few  finer  specimens  of 
postage  stamps  than  the  copies  of  the  earlier 
issues  of  this  colony  as  printed  by  Messrs. 
Perkins  Bacon  and  Co. 

In  seconding  the  vote  of  thanks  Mr.  Gor- 
don Smith  intimated  that  further  information 
as  to  these  stamps  still  remained  to  be  ob- 
tained, and  that  the  last  word  upon  them 
had  not  been  said. 

The  Hon.  Vice-President,  before  putting 
the  resolution,  made  some  few  remarks,  in 
the  course  of  which  he  highly  praised  the 
collection  shown,  and  stated  that  it  was  the 
finest  example  of  a  specialist  collection  and 
worthy  of  the  highest  traditions  of  the  Society. 
The  vote  of  thanks  was  duly  carried  ;  and 
after  Mr.  Hausburg  had  suitably  responded, 
the  proceeding's  terminated. 


Itrmingljam  |IIjtlatelir  ^orut^. 

Hon.  Pi'csldent — 

W.   B.   AvEKY,   Esq. 

Ho7i.  Secretary — 

Mr.  G.  Johnson,  h.a.,  208,  Birchfield  Road,  Birmingham. 

Nov.  I2TH. — Paper:  "  South  Australia,"  by 
Mr.  R.  Holhck. 

The  following  were  unanimously  elected 
members  :  Captain  C.  Moroin,  Messrs.  W. 
K.  Skip  with,  J.  Duncan,  A.  Sepetsiotis. 

Mr.  R.  Hollick  then  gave  his  display  of 
the  stamps  of  South  Australia,  with  notes  on 
them.  The  number  and  superb  condition  of 
the  early  issues  seemed  to  partly  account 
for  their  scarcity  with  other  collectors.  All 
the  catalogued  and  several  uncatalogued 
varieties  were  shown.  One  of  the  rarest 
stamps  was  the  9d.,  wmk.  broad  Star,  in  the 
shade  usually  associated  with  the  thin- 
pointed  star. 

Dec.  3rd. — A  very  successful  auction  was 
held,  and  over  250  lots  of  the  members' 
duplicates  were  sold.  Mr.  J.  H.  Telfer, 
who  officiated  as  auctioneer,  was  accorded  a 
very  hearty  vote  of  thanks. 

The  following  were  then  unanimously 
elected  members  :  Messrs.  S.  T.  Ashford,  J. 
Campbell,  G.  Zarmikian,  C.  J.  Preater,  J.  J. 
Arthur,  L.  Sullivan,  E.  H.  Hall,  W.  H. 
Lawson,  B.  W.  King,  T.  Lemaire,  L.  H. 
Brierley,  and  Dr.  T.  Stewart  Adair. 

Messrs.  C.  Wells,  L.  S.  Wells,  P.  T. 
Deakin,  A.  Waroquiers,  J.  C.  auf  der  Heide, 
G.  Zarmikian,  H.  Clark,  W.  R.  S.  Fiddian, 
and  J.  H.  Smyth  were  thanked  for  con- 
tributions to  the  Permanent  Collection,  and 
Messrs.  J.  Campbell  (Haddington),  D.  Ben- 
jamin, and  W.  Swire  for  catalogues  and 
periodicals. 

The  next  auction  will  be  held  on  February 
25th  and  26th,  for  which  lots  must  reach  the 
Hon.  Secretary  by  January  25th. 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'   MEETINGS. 


49 


A  GENERAL  meeting  was  held  at  Ander- 
ton's  Hotel,  Fleet  Street,  E.G.,  on  Tuesday, 
December  isth,  1903,  at  7  p.m. 

Present :  Messrs.  L.  E.  Bradbury,  W.  G. 
Cool,  R.  Frentzel,  F.  Reichenheim,  C.  R. 
Sutherland,  R.  Meyer,  A.  G.  Wane,  K. 
Wiehen,  T.  H.  Harvey,  A.  B.  Kay,  H. 
Thompson,  D.  Thomson,  L.  W.  Fulcher, 
F.  J.  Melville,  W.  T.  Standen,  W.  A.  Boyes, 
S.  Chapman,  R.  B.  Yardley,  J.  C.  Side- 
botham,  T.  Wickham  Jones,  H.  R.  Oldfield, 
and  H.  A.  Slade. 

Mr.  H.  R.  Oldfield  took  the  chair  as  Hon. 
Vice-President. 

The  minutes  of  tlie  meeting  held  on 
November  24th,  1903,  were  read  and  signed 
as  correct.  The  election  of  S.  T.  Ashford, 
A.  Bagshawe,  and  C.  J.  Preater,  as  ordinary 
members  of  the  Society,  was  duly  confirmed. 

Mrs.  E.  Watkin  presented  a  set  of  forged 
Mafekings  to  the  Forgery  Collection,  and 
Mr.  Cool  was  requested  to  acknowledge  the 
donation  with  thanks. 

Mr.  T.  Wickham  Jones  was  then  intro- 
duced by  the  Chairman,  and  proceeded  to 
exhibit  his  collection  of  the  stamps  of  Japan. 
The  display,  which  was  accompanied  by 
copious  notes  and  explanations,  was  a  reve- 
lation to  the  majority  of  members,  both  as 
regards  the  completeness  of  the  various  per- 
forations, plates,  etc.,  and  the  presence  of 
the  many  rarities  with  which  the  country 
abounds. 

Mr.  Fulcher,  in  proposing  a  vote  of  thanks, 
and  Mr.  Yardley,  in  seconding  the  same, 
were  both  of  opinion  that  Mr.  Wickham 
Jones's  collection  was  facile  princeps,  not 
only  in  Great  Britain,  but  probably  the  best 
in  existence,  several  of  the  varieties  shown 
being  of  greater  rarity  than  the  "  Post  Office  " 
Mauritius.  The  vote  of  thanks  was  then 
put  by  the  Chairman  and  carried  with 
acclamation. 

Mr.  Wickham  Jones,  in  replying,  expressed 
satisfaction  at  his  reception  by  the  Herts 
Philatelic  Society,  and  promised  to  lay  more 
of  his  treasures  before  the  Society  on  some 
future  occasion. 

The  meeting  was  brought  to  a  close  at 
9.10  p.m. 

H.  A.  Slade,  Hon.  Sec.  and  Treasurer. 

In(;i,kside,  St.  Albans,  December  \ith,  1903. 


mt  Boston  m.^.  f  bilati'lic 
^od^tii. 

President— V[.  H.  Loml>.-ird. 

yice-J' resilient — C.  1''.  Kuilifuclis. 

Secretary—C  A.  Howes,  55,  Kilby  .Street,  lioston. 

Treasurer — L.  L.  Green. 

Su/it.  0/  Auctions  and  Sales— ].  II.  Lyons. 

PROGRAMME   FOR    1904. 

Jan.  19.  lixliihition  of  Korcinn  Revenues  hy 
Mr.  Ilowiird  1'.  Harris,  Mcniliers 
will  1)L'  surprised  as  well  as  pleased 
with  this  exhibition. 


Mar.    15. 


April 

May 


June   21. 


Feb.  16.  Banquet  for  men;ibers  and  friends,  in- 
cluding the  ladies,  at  the  Quincy 
House  at  7  p.m.  A  suitable  enter- 
tainment will  be  provided.  Tickets, 
Si.  50  each.  Owing  to  the  fact  that 
the  majority  of  the  members  live 
outside  the  city  proper,  evening 
dress  will  not  be  expected. 
Stereopticon  exhibition  and  talk  on 
Recent  Discoveries  in  United  States 
Envelope  Die  Varieties,  1864  issue, 
by  Mr.  V.  M.  Berthold. 
19.  Competition  :  Netherlands.  Percent- 
age rating  :  completeness,  rarity, 
and  condition,  30  per  cent,  each  ; 
arrangement,  10  per  cent. 
17.  Exhibition  of  Original  Covers,  with 
incidental  anecdotes  by  Mr.  John  F. 
Seybold.  The  finest  collection  of 
this  character  in  America,  and 
whenever  and  wherever  shown  has 
attracted  unusual  attention. 
Exhibition  :  Luxemburg,  with  talk 
by  Mr  M.  H.  Lombard.  Com- 
petition :  Panama.  All  questions 
arising  to  be  decided  by  the  judges. 
Percentage  rating  :  completeness, 
rarity,  and  condition,  30  per  cent, 
each  ;  arrangement,  10  per  cent. 

Sept.  20.  Competition  :  All  United  States  ad- 
hesive postage  stamps  bearing  the 
head  of  Franklin.  Percentage  rating: 
completeness,  rarity,  and  condition, 
30  per  cent,  each  ;  arrangement,  10 
per  cent. 

Oct.  18.  Exhibition  :  Confederate  States,  with 
talk  by  Mr.  H.  E.  Deats.  Be- 
lieved to  be  the  best  all-round 
collection  of  Confederate  States  ever 
gathered  together,  and  Mr.  Deats  is 
unquestionably  the  highest  authority. 
Exhibition  :  United  States  telegraph 
stamps,  with  talk  by  Mr.  Joseph  S. 
Kich,  the  recognised  expert  on  these 
stamps. 
Exhibition  :  United  States  envelopes, 
with  talk  by  Mr.  Geo.  L.  Toppan. 
This  will  prove  one  of  the  most 
interesting  meetings  of  the  year. 

Dec.  20.  Exhibition  of  Philippine  Islands 
stamps,  with  talk  by  Messrs.  J. 
Vl.  Bartels  and  F.  Apthorp  Foster. 
Uncalalogued  Variety  Competition  for 
Silver  Cup.  Open  to  all  philatelists. 
Varieties  must  not  be  listed  in  Scott, 
Stanley  Gibbons,  nor  Senf 


Wist  Otolkrtora'  dLlub. 

351,    FOUKTH    AVKNUE,    NeW    VOKK. 


Nov.    15. 


The  one  hundred  and  first  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Governors  was  held  at  the  Club 
House  on  Monday  evening,  Dec.  14th,  1903. 
Present:  Messrs.  Anclrcini,  liruncr.  Dewing, 
Luff,  Morgenthau,  Rich,  Scott,  and  Perrin. 
The  Treasurer's  report,  showing  a  cash 
balance  of  ^413.10  exclusixc  of  reser\e  fund, 
was  approved  as  read.  TIic  report  of  the 
House  Committee  was  accepted  as  read. 
The  judges  appointed  to  award  the  n^edals 
for  tlie  competitive  exhibition  of  tile  stamps 
of  Siam  submitted  their  report.  Upon  open- 
ing the  envelopes  containing  the  names  of 


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the  exhibitors  it  was  found  that  the  silver 
medal  had  been  awarded  to  Mr.  Alex,  Hol- 
land, and  the  bronze  medal  to  Mr.  John  N. 
Luff,  that  the  collection  entered  under  the 
name  of  "  Butler  "  was  the  property  of  Mr. 
P.  F.  Bruner,  and  that  Mr.  Jos.  S.  Rich  had 
entered  his  collection  under  the  title  "  Lord 
Crawford."  The  report  of  the  judges  was 
accepted  with  thanks. 

The  following  judges  were  appointed  to 
award  the  medals  of  the  next  competition 
(U.S.  Telegraph),  to  be  held  February  8th  : 
John  W.  Scott,  E.  B.  Power,  P.  F.  Bruner, 
and  due  notice  is  hereby  given  that  all  ex- 
hibits are  to  be  sent  to  Mr.  J.  W.  Scott, 


36,  John  Street,  at  least  two  days  before  the 
date  of  exhibition.  The  Club  having  been 
offered  the  purchase  of  two  houses,  a  com- 
mittee composed  of  Messrs.  Luff,  Rich,  and 
Bruner  was  appointed  to  look  into  the 
matter  and  make  a  report  at  the  next  meet- 
ing. Maurice  Herbert  having  failed  to 
qualify  as  a  member,  his  name  was  dropped 
from  the  roll.  The  application  of  Mr. 
Benno  Loewy  having  been  posted  the  re- 
quired length  of  time,  was  balloted  upon  and 
he  was  declared  to  have  been  unanimously 
elected  a  subscribing  member  of  the  Club. 
Adjourned  at  9  p.m. 

Albert  Perrin,  Secretary. 


%\it  Jftaiiet. 


Note. — Under  this  title  will  be  inserted  all  the  information  that  may  refer  in  any  way 

to  the  fijiancial  aspects  of  Philately,  e.g.   the  sales  or  values  of  stamps,   the  state 

of  the  Market,    Trade  publications,  etc. 


The  Value  of  English  Colonial 
Stamps. — The  new  edition  of  Messrs.  Stanley 
Gibbons'  Catalogue — which  as  regards  our 
own  stamps  smacks  more  of  "revision"  than 
of  "lowering" — has  the  following  remark  in 
the  preface  : — 

"  The  question  of  \h.&  prices  quoted  in  this 
Catalogue  has  received  our  most  careful 
attention.  These  have  been  most  carefully 
revised  and  lowered  where  justified,  but  we 
cannot  close  our  eyes  to  the  fact  that  our 
stock  of  Old  English  Colonial  stamps  is 
becoming  exhausted,  and  the  difficulty  of 
replenishing  it  now  has  been  enormously 
increased  compared  with  our  experience  of 
a  few  years  ago." 

The  vogue  for  British  Colonial  stamps 
seems  to  increase  year  by  year  in  this 
country,  and  if  this  is  to  go  on,  there  must 
assuredly  be  a  steady  rise  in  all  the  older 
issues.  The  quantity  even  now  available,  in 
fine  condition,  of  many  issues  is  remarkably 
small.  ^  ^  ^ 

Messrs.  J.  W.  Scott  and  Co. 

Sale  of  the  W.  A.  Smith,  jun.,  collection 
of  October  26th-29th,  November  30th,  and 
December  ist-3rd,  1903.  £   s     d 

St.  Louis,  1846,  IOC,  Type  3    §84=17  10    o 
Barbados,   id.  on   half   5s.,  small 

" D,'"  straight  serif        $26.50=    5   10 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  slanting  serif 

$26.25=  5  9 
Ditto,  ditto,  large  "d"  $26.25=  5  9 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto    .  $26.50=    5   10 

Bolivia,  500  c,  black,  eleven  stars 

$18.25 
Brazil,  300  r.,  italic  figures  $12.75 
British  Guiana,  1850,  i  c,  magenta 

$27=   5  12     6 
Ditto,  1862,  1  c.  Pearls,  rouletted 

$34=   7     I     8 


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2  13 


*  Unused. 

Buenos  Ayres,  3  pesos,  green  $16  = 
Ceylon,  4d.,  dull  rose,  imperf. 

$20.50  = 
Ditto,  8d.,  yellow-brown,  ditto 

$50  = 
Colombian  Republic,  1862,  20  c, 
red,  pen  can.        .  $17  = 

Ditto,  1863,  50  c,  red,  error 

$75  = 
Ditto,  Antioquia,  1868, 2^  c,  blue 

$42  = 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  5  c,  green 

$43.50  = 
Ditto,  Bolivar,  1863,  10  c,  ditto 

$19  = 
Grenada,  4d.  on  2s.,  orange,  pair, 

one  with  upright  "d"*  $30  = 
Lagos,  10s.,  brown-violet*  $56  = 
Mauritius,    1848,    2d.,    blue,   early 

state      .  .  $35  = 

Newfoundland,    is.,  orange,  large 

margins  .  $85  = 

Natal,  first  issue,  id.,  rose,  ditto 

$26.50  = 
New  South  Wales,  1 85  3, 8d. ,  orange, 

imperf.  .         $16.10  = 

Oil  Rivers,  5s.  on  2d.,  green  and 

carmine*  .  $45  = 

Ditto,  los.  on  5d.,  lilac  and  blue* 

$49  = 
Oldenburg,  1858,  Jrd,  green* 

$12.75  = 

Peru,  \  peso,  rose       .  $40.50  = 

Prussia,    1856,    2    sg.,   dark   blue, 

vert,  pair*  .  $86  = 

Roumania,  1858,  27  paras      $200  = 

Ditto,  ditto,  54  paras,  on  entire 

$80  = 
Ditto,  ditto,  108  paras,  ditto 

$165  = 
Russian  Levant,   1865,  20  k.,  blue 
and  red  .  $28  = 


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Russian  Levant,  1865,  2  k.,  brown      £   s. 

and  blue              .          $27.50=   5  14 
St.  Vincent,  4d.  on  is.,  vermilion 

S43-5o=  9  I 
Spain,  2  reales,  1851*            §133  =  2714 

Ditto,  ditto,  1852*  .               ^75  =  15  12 
Straits   Settlements,    1867,    12   c, 

double  sur.*         .               $25=    5  4 

Switzerland,  double  Geneva    $74=15  8 
Ditto,  Winterthur,  2\  c,  pair  on 

entire                    .  '           $20=  4  3 

Tuscany,  2  soldi,  hor.  pair       $65  =  13  10 

Ditto,  60  crazie,  on  entire     $60=12  10 


Two  Sicilies,  \  t..  Arms 


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We  have  reported  the  sale  of  the  photo- 
graphed stamps  only,  want  of  space  prevent- 
ing our  including  many  fine  lines  of  this 
grand  sale. 

*  *  * 

Messrs.  Ventom,  Bull,  and  Cooper. 

Sale  of  December  3rd  and  4th,  1903. 

"  Unused. 

Great  Britain,  1847-54,  id.,  red- 
brown,  rouletted .  .         .     2 

Oldenburg,  1859,  Jrd,black  on  green *2 

Hong  Kong,  1891,  Jubilee,  2  c, 
rose,  long  narrow  "  K  "   . 

Labuan,  1893,  provisional,  "two 
cents" on  40  c., amber,  with  in- 
verted surcharge,  used  on  piece 

British  East  Africa,  pi'ovisional, 
surcharged  in  manuscript,  \ 
anna  A.  B.,  on  2  annas,  vermilion 
Ditto,  surcharged  in  violet  with 
a  hand-stamp,  \  anna  A.D.,  on 
2  annas,  vermilion 

Gold  Coast,  20s.,  green  and  red    . 

Sierra  Leone,  C  A,  4d.,  blue,*  mint 
Ditto,    1894,  ^d.  on    i^d.,  lilac, 
CC,*  part  gum    . 

Transvaal,  1878,  6d.,  blue  on  blue, 
wide  roulette 

Zanzibar,  provisional,  2\,  in  red,  on 
i^  anna,  sepia,  a  horizontal 
pair,  one  of  which  is  surcharged 
"Zanzidar,"  a  little  torn  into  . 

British  Columbia,  10  c 
Ditto,  $  I,  ditto 

Canada,    6d.,     grey-lilac, 
slightly  creased  . 

New  Brunswick,  is.,  violet    . 

Newfoundland,  is.,  orange- ver., 
cut  close 

Nova  Scotia,  is.,  violet,  very  fine  . 

Bahamas,  i86i,no  wmk.,  11^  to  12, 
id.,  carminc-lakc* 

British  Guiana,  1862,  2  c,  Grapes  . 

Grenada,  Ijroad-pointed  Star,  2id. 
and  4d.,*  mint     . 

Nevis,  1st  issue,  4d.,  rose,* full  gum 

St.  Vincent,  1883  4,  perf.  14,  4d., 
Ijright  I)lue* 

Trinidad,  litlio.,  id.,  lilue,  early 
Ditto,  1H59,  6d.,  green,  imperf.  . 
Ditto,     1896,    I  OS.,    green    and 
ultramarine,'*  mini 

Turks  Islands,  1893,  Ad.  on  4d., 
grey,*  mint 

Collection  :  6,929,  £i,o. 


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Sale  of  December  17th  and  i8th,  1903 
Great    Britain,    1862,    is.,   green,     L    ^■ 
block  of  four*    .  .         .     3  12 

Ditto,   1887,   IS.,  ditto,  block  of 

sixty*    .  .  ..500 

Holland  and  Colonies,  collection 

of  474*  .  .         .800 

Ditto,  ditto  of  378*  .         .700 

North  Borneo,  1 886-9,  \  c,  magenta, 

perf.  12*  .  .         .220 

Natal,    1866,  "Postage"  15  mm, 

id.,  bright  red*   .  .         .200 

Ditto,  1875,  "postage"  on  is., 

green,  double  sur.  .         .180 

Swazieland,  ^d.,  grey, with  inverted 

surcharge,  block  of  four,*  mint     280 
Ditto,  -^d.,  grey,  with   inverted 
surcharge,  a  mint  vertical  pair, 
one  with  error  "Swazielan"    .376 
Western  Australia,  first  issue,  is., 

brown,  hor.  pair .  .         .200 

Sale  of  January  7th  and  8th,  i 
Austrian     Mercury,    6    kr.,    dull 

yellow* 

Tuscany,  i860,  i  c,  purple,  block 

of  ten  and  two  singles,*  mint . 

Moldavia,  54  paras, *slightly  creased 

Ceylon,  is.  9d.,  green,  imperf.* 

Ditto,  2    R.,   50  c,   lilac-rose,* 

four  perfs.  clipped 
Ditto,  C  A,  24  c,  purple-brown,* 
mint      .  ... 

Hong  Kong,  CC,  18  c,  lilac,*  perf. 

at  bottom  slightly  clipped 
India,  first  issue,  \  anna,  red* 
Ditto,  Scinde  Dawk,   \   annas, 
white,  blue,  and  red 
Straits     Settlements,    first    issue, 
12  c,  double  sur.* 
Ditto,  Perak,  1895-9,  i,  2,  3,  5, 

and  25  dollars,*  mint 
Ditto,  Selangor,  1895-8,  i,  2,  3, 
5,  10,  and  25  dollars,  all*  but 
the  10  and  25  dollars  have  each 
the  perfs.  partially  clipped  one 
side       .  .  .         .     3  12     o 

Ditto,  Federated  Malay  States, 
1900,  surcharged  on  stamps  of 
I'crak,  I,  2,  5,  and  25  dollars, 
all*  mint 
British    Central  Africa,    1895,  ;^i, 
orange,*  mint,  fine 
Ditto,   ^10,  vermilion,  unused, 
but  slight  defect  in  top  right- 
hand  corner,  and  three  perfs. 
missing  at  side    . 
Ditto,  ^25,  bluc-grecn,*  seven 

|ierfs.  partially  clipped    . 
Ditto,     1896,    /,'io,    vermilion,* 
mint      .  ... 

Ditto,  ^25,  green* 
Natal,  ul.  on  6d.,  rose,  surcharged 

four  times*  .  .         .400 

Seychelles,  15  c.  on  16  c,  inverted 

sur.,  strip  of  three*  .  .3100 
Sierra  Leone,  first  issue, 6d., imperf.*  300 
British  Columbia,  first  issue,  2Ad., 

imperf.*  .  .         .676 

Nova  Scotia,  6d.,  yellow-green*    .     3  15     o 


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British  Guiana,  1876,  96  c,  drab,* 

mint      .  ... 

Ditto,  Officials,  1875,  ^  c.,  rose,* 

ditto     ..  ... 

Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  12  c,  lilac,* 

ditto      .  ... 

Nevis,  1883,  6d.,  green* 

St.  Vincent,  id.  on  half  6d.,  pair*     5     7 

Ditto,  1885, 4d.,  red-brown,*  mint 

Queensland, first  issue,  id.,imperf.* 

Tasmania,  first  issue,  id.,  blue,  pair,* 

with  gum,  but  creased     . 

Ditto,  1857-70,  2d.,  sage-green, 

block  of  six*       .  .         .510 

Victoria,  first  issue,  3d.,  blue,  rou- 

letted,  pair  .  ..24 

Collection,  1,857  (Colonials),  ^21  ss. 


Messrs.  Puttick  and  Simpson. 


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Sale  of  December  8th  and  9th, 

*  Unused. 

Grenada,  1881,  broad-pointed  Star, 
2-|d.,  claret,*  mint 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  4d.,blue,*  ditto 
Ditto,  1888,  4d.  on  2s.,  upright 

"d,"*  ditto 

Ditto,  1 89 1,  2^d.  on  8d.,  double 

sur.,  one  inverted 

Montserrat,  1884,  CA,  4d.,  blue,* 

no  gum 
Nevis,  1 861,  IS.,  green* 

Ditto,  1 867, 1  s.,  blue-green,*  mint 
Ditto,  4d.,  orange,  litho.,*  ditto 
Ditto,  6d.,  grey,  ditto,  ditto 
Ditto,  1883-90,  6d.,  green  . 
St.  Vincent,  5s.,  Star,*  mint  . 

Ditto,  id.,  orange,  perf.  12,*  mint 
Tobago,  £\,  hlac,  CC,*  ditto 

Ditto,  6d.,  stone,  CA,*  ditto 
Trinidad,  Lady  McLeod,  on  entire 
Turks  Islands,  is.,  prune, perf.  little 

clipped 
British  Guiana,  1850,  8  c,  green, 
slightly  torn  into,  on  entire     . 
Ditto,  ditto,  12  c,  pale  blue,  cut 
round    .  .  .         . 

Ditto,  1853,  I  c,  ver.,*  part  gum 
Ditto,  1856,  4  c,  magenta,  very 
fine       .  .  .         . 

Ditto,  1856,  4  c,  magenta* 
Ditto,  i860,  24  c,  deep  green*  . 
Ditto,  1862,  4  c,  blue,  No.  16    . 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  No.  22   . 
Fiji,  2d.,  in  black,  on  12  c.  on  6d., 

rose,*  no  gum 
New    South  Wales,    Sydney,   2d., 
deep  blue,  "  Crevit"  omitted  . 
Ditto,  ditto,  3d.,  emerald-green 

on  bluish  laid      . 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  on  yellowish 
ditto     .  .  .         . 


1903. 

330 
280 

4  12     6 

2  17     6 


5  5 
3  3 
9  o 
7  10 


13 


s 

6 

5 
0 

0 
0 

14 
15 

0 
10 

0 
0 

12 
6 
6 

0 
0 
6 

0 
0 
0 

7 

0 

0 

4 

12 

6 

6 

10 

0 

4 

15 

0 

5 

5 

0 

4 

12 

6 

5 

10 

0 

8 

10 

0 

4 

12 

6 

6 

6 

0 

4 

0 

0 

4 

4 

0 

6 

0 

0 

10 

IS 

0 

New   Zealand,   1855,  half  of    is.,     £    s.   d. 
green,  used  as  6d.,  on  entire 
original  .  .         -55° 

Ditto,  1856,  blue  paper,  half  of 
IS.,  green,  used  as  6d.,  on  en- 
tire original ;  this  stamp  has 
been  cut  from  the  envelope 
and  replaced 
Ditto,  1862-3,  pelure  paper,  im- 

perf,  id.,  ver.*     . 
Ditto,    1872,  perf   10x12^,  6d., 
blue,*  no  gum 
Queensland,  1 868-79,  Q  ^'^^  Crown, 

2d.,  blue,  perf.  13x12 
South  Australia,  1871,  4d.,  purple, 

perf  10,  V  and  Crown*.         .  15 
Tasmania,  id.,  red-brown,  pelure 

paper,*  with  gum 
Victoria,  1862,  6d.,  orange     . 
Western  Australia,  1857, 2d.,  brown 
on  red,*  no  gum 
Ditto,  1861,  6d.,  purple  on  bleute, 

rough  perfs..  Swan* 
Ditto,  ditto,  IS.,  dark  green,*  no 
gum      .  .  .         . 

Ditto,  1865,  2d.,  mauve,  error,* 
no  gum 


Messrs.  Plumridge  and  Co. 
Sale  of  December  15th  and  i6th,  1903. 

*  Unused. 

British  Guiana,  1852,  i  c,  magenta, 

close  at  top  and  bottom  .         .2176 
Ceylon,  8d.,  yellow-brown,  rough 

perfs.    .  .  ..300 

Ditto,  4d ,  rose,  C  C,  block  of 

four,*  mint.  .  .         .160 

Ditto,  8d.,  red-brown,  ditto,  ditto  i  18  o 
Mauritius,  1877,  one  shilling  on  5s.  100 
North  Borneo,  1886-9,  ic.,  orange, 

perf  12  .  .         .150 

Orange  River  Colony,  |d.,  figure 
of  value  omitted,  in  block  of 
six,  mint  .  .         .240 

Ditto,  ditto,  6d.,  value  omitted, 

in  strip  of  three,  used  on  entire     240 
Ditto,  ditto,  IS.,  value  omitted, 

mint     .  .  .260 

Ditto,  ditto,  id.,  purple,  letter 
"  I "  omitted,  in  mint  pair  with 
normal  stamp      .  .         .220 

Ditto,  ditto,  same  variety  in  strip 

of  three,  mint       .  .         .200 

U.S.A.,  Justice,  90  c.,*  mint .         .     2  17     6 
Virgin  Islands,  1899,  Jd.,  green,  the 
two  errors,  two  copies  of  each, 
used  on  entire      .  .         .     i    10     o 

Ditto,  Jd.,  the  error  "HALF,"  two 
copies,  and  the  rare  error 
"  FOUR  PENCF,"  all  fine,  used 
on  entire  .  .         .     5   10     o 


— <-(S2Si 


THE 


3m\&m  iWlaWist: 


THE    MONTHLY    JOURNAL    OF 

THE    PHILATELIC   SOCIETY,    LONDON. 


Vol.  XIII. 


MARCH,    1904. 


No.   147. 


Wxt  l^xtBxhtni  of  the  philatelic  (Societg 
of  ^oniion. 


HERE  have  been  many  notable  events  in  the  history  of  the 
Philatelic  Society  of  London,  but  none  have  transcended  in 
interest  or  importance  the  reading  of  the  paper — elsewhere 
reproduced — by  His  Royal  Highness  the  Prince  of  Wales, 
the  President  of  the  Society,  at  the  meeting  of  March  4th, 
His  very  welcome  attendance  in  person,  combined  with  the 
popularity  of  the  subject  to  be  dealt  with,  attracted  such  a 
large  number  of  members  that  for  fear  lest  the  Society's  own 
rooms  should  not  be  sufficiently  large  the  meeting  was  held 
at  the  Examination  Hall  of  the  Royal  Colleges  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  situated  on  the  Thames  Embankment. 

The  President's  very  interesting  and  able  paper  was  read 
by  him  in  a  manner  that  left  nothing  to  be  desired.  Every  word  was  dis- 
tinctly heard  throughout  the  large  room,  and  the  reading  was  followed  with 
the  greatest  attention  by  every  member  present.  The  mover  and  seconder 
of  the  vote  of  thanks  gave  expression  to  their  high  appreciation  of  the 
President's  notes  on  our  own  country's  stamps,  and  we  are  convinced  that 
this  feeling  will  be  shared  by  everyone  that  has  the  well-being  of  Philately 
at  heart.  The  London  Society  is  indeed  fortunate  in  the  knowledge  that  the 
Prince  is  no  roi-fatm'ani  in  stamp  matters,  but  an  able  philatelist  and  an 
enthusiastic  collector.  The  members  of  the  Society  should  be  especially 
grateful  to  the  Prince  when  the  enormous  calls  on  his  time  arc  considered, 
and  it  is  a  great  compliment  to  the  London  Philatelic  Society  that  its 
President  should  spare  so  much  of  his  valuable  time  in  the  preparation  and 
reading  of  a  paper  for  the  benefit  of  his  fellow-members.  In  so  doing  he 
has  given  clear  proof  of  his  zeal  as  a  collector  and  his  abilities  as  a  philatelist, 
and  once  more  demonstrated,  as  indeed  was  well  known,  that  his  interest 
in  I'hilately  increases  with  every  succeeding  year  of  his  collecting. 


54     THE  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY  OF  LONDON. 

It  has  been  recently  made  manifest  by  the  Vice-President  of  the  Society — 
unfortunately  now  away  from  England — how  important  and  interesting  is  the 
collection  of  essays,  proofs,  and  other  matters  connected  with  the  history  of 
postage  stamps.  The  paper  of  His  Royal  Highness  travels  upon  these  lines, 
and  will  be  found  to  be  replete  with  information  as  to  the  history  and  creation 
of  the  recent  issues  of  our  country.  The  Prince  has  of  course  had  ex- 
ceptional facilities  to  become  acquainted  with  all  that  preceded  the  prepara- 
tion of  the  recent  issues  of  British  stamps,  and  with  all  the  stages  of  the 
work  of  their  production.  That  he  has  fully  availed  himself  of  these  facilities 
is  evidenced  alike  by  the  completeness  of  his  paper  and  the  remarkably 
interesting  display  of  stamps,  essays,  and  designs,  constituting  a  most  valuable 
contribution  to  the  philatelic  history  of  the  British  stamps,  and  one  that  will 
be  of  the  greatest  value  and  assistance  to  the  future  philatelic  historian. 

It  is  difficult  to  convey  an  adequate  idea  of  the  variety  and  interest  of 
His  Royal  Highness's  exhibit,  but  among  the  most  noticeable  objects  we 
may  mention — 

Twenty-eight  essays  for  new  stamps,  designed  by  Messrs.  De  La  Rue  and 
Co.,  but  not  adopted. 

The  original  sketch  of  the  King's  head  by  Herr  Emil  Fiichs,  from  which 
the  portrait  was  taken,  kindly  lent  for  the  occasion  by  the  Board  of  Inland 
Revenue. 

A  photographic  proof  of  the  design  adopted,  with  the  King's  autograph 
approval  on  it. 

Proofs  from  the  temporary  plates  prepared  to  show  the  effect  of  the  design 
in  the  stamps. 

Proofs  of  the  head  dies  and  of  the  completed  dies  of  all  the  stamps,  in- 
cluding those  for  post  cards,  wrappers,  etc.,  and  embossed  envelopes. 

Proofs  from  a  temporary  plate  prepared  at  the  King's  command  in  view  of 
a  change  in  some  of  the  stamps  contemplated,  but  abandoned  or  postponed, 
and  essays  of  colour  for  same. 

Proof  from  die  of  £$  stamp,  prepared  before  it  was  decided  to  abandon 
this  value. 

Essays  of  colour  for  the  id.  and  2|d.  values,  and  copies  of  the  latter  value 
from  sheets  first  delivered,  in  mauve  on  blue  paper,  as  originally  registered 
before  this  was  discarded  for  blue  on  white. 

All  the  official  stamps  in  mint  unused  pairs,  and  a  complete  collection  of 
all  the  issued  stamps,  including  post  and  letter  cards,  envelopes,  wrappers, 
and  stamped  telegraph  forms. 

Perhaps  the  most  interesting  exhibit  was  two  panes  of  id.  stamps  from 
the  new  plates  prepared  at  end  of  last  year  for  printing  stamps  for  making 
up  into  books,  in  which  the  third  and  fourth  stamps  in  each  horizontal  row 
make  a  tete-beche  pair,  the  heads  being  reversed  in  the  three  right-hand 
columns  of  each  pane,  an  arrangement  necessary  for  the  binding  when  the 
stamps  are  cut  up  in  making  the  books.  The  stamps  in  sheets  will  of  course 
never  be  issued  entire,  but  only  in  book  form  after  being  cut  up,  so  there 
is  no  chance  of  acquiring  the  tete-beche  stamps  ! 


NOTES   ON  THE  POSTAL  ISSUES  OF  THE   UNITED  KINGDOM.     55 

We  are  but  rendering  what  is  justly  due  to  the  Royal  President  of  the 
London  Philatelic  Society  in  stating  that  his  paper  and  display  constitute  a 
scientific  and  valuable  addition  to  Philately,  and  one  that  is  in  every  way 
worthy  of  the  best  traditions  of  the  Society.  His  Royal  Highness  has  shown 
that  he  possesses  that  "infinite  capacity  for  taking  pains"  that  is  an  absolute 
necessity  in  the  making  of  a  true  philatelist,  and  he  has  made  a  contribu- 
tion to  the  annals  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society  which  will  ever  remain  in 
the  grateful  remembrance  of  its  members. 

To  his  other  qualifications  for  the  post  of  President  His  Royal  Highness 
adds  the  virtue  of  modesty,  as  evidenced  by  the  closing  words  of  his  paper, 
which  we  venture  to  repeat,  in  the  hope  that  the  President's  excellent  example 
and  advice  may  bear  good  fruit : — 

"  Our  Honorary  Secretary  has  made  frequent  appeals  to  the  younger 
members  to  assist  in  the  work  of  the  Society  by  reading  papers  on  their 
observations  in  the  course  of  their  studies.  If  the  result  of  this  endeavour 
of  a  '  prentice  hand '  should  be  to  encourage  others  of  the  younger  members 
of  the  Society  to  contribute  to  the  business  of  the  meetings  in  the  next 
season,  no  one  will  be  better  pleased  than  your  President." 


^ato  m  the  Postal  SsBxtes  of  the  Snitei  ^ingbom 
iuting  the  present  ^etgrt. 

A  Paper  read  at  a  Meeting  of  the  Philatelic  Society,  London,  held  on  the 

4TH  March,  1904. 

By  the  President,  H.R.H.  THE  PRINCE  OF  WALES,  K.G.,  Etc. 


HE  whole  of  the  contemplated  changes  in  the  postal  issues 
of  the  Mother  Country,  consequent  on  the  accession  to  the 
throne  of  King  Edward  VH.,  having  been  completed,  the 
present  would  seem  to  be  a  convenient  time  to  put  together 
what  is  known  of  the  history  of  the  stamps  issued  by  the 
home  authorities  during  the  present  reign. 
As  usual,  the  press  was  well  in  advance  of  the  times,  and  as  early  as  the 
month  of  February,  1901,  there  were  many  rumours  and  surmises  as  to 
the  "  inevitable  change."  At  the  same  time,  that  the  authorities  were  not 
slow  in  dealing  with  the  subject  is  evident  from  a  reply  to  questions  asked  in 
the  House  of  Commons  by  Mr.  Hennikcr  Heaton  on  the  nth  March.  The 
Secretary  to  the  Treasury  then  stated  that  the  necessary  steps  were  being 
taken  for  the  issue  of  new  postage  stamps,  but  it  was  not  expected  that 
they  would  be  ready  for  some  months  to  come.  The  nature  of  the  other 
questions  asked  may  be  gathered  from  the  replies,  in  which  it  was  stated 
that,  except  in  the  case  of  the  id.,  id.,  and  is.  stamps,  all  adhcsivcs  then 
in  use  bore  figures  clearly  indicating  their  value,  and  that  the  same  plan 
would   probably  be  continued  ;    that   the  three  stamps  named  were  of  so 


56      NOTES   ON  THE  POSTAL  ISSUES   OF  THE    UNITED  KINGDOM 

distinctive  a  character  that  it  was  not  thought  necessary  to  show  their  value 
in  figures  as  well  as  words ;  that  it  was  considered  undesirable  that  the 
new  designs  of  the  proposed  stamps  should  be  submitted  to  the  public 
before  adoption ;  and  that  there  was  no  sufficient  reason  for  altering  the 
colour  of  the  id.  stamp  from  mauve  to  red. 

From  the  last  answer  it  would  appear  that  the  obligations  of  this  country 
to  the  Postal  Union  had  been  overlooked.  The  colour  of  the  Jd.  stamp 
had  already  been  changed  to  green,  in  conformity  with  the  arrangements 
come  to  at  the  Berne  Convention  ;  and  the  alteration  in  the  id.  stamp, 
although  not  definitely  decided  upon,  had  already  been  so  far  considered, 
that  in  1900  an  essay  had  been  prepared,  in  which  the  stamp  was  printed  in 
its  ordinary  colour,  but  upon  red  paper. 

The  first  public  sign  of  impending  changes  was  a  notice  in  the  London 
Gazette  for  the  19th  April,  1901,  by  which,  for  the  first  time  in  the  postal 
history  of  the  country,  certain  stamps  were  demonetised.  It  was  intended 
to  leave  available  only  the  dies  of  current  stamps ;  viz.  the  id.  of  December, 
1881  ;  the  5s.,  los.,  and  £\  of  April,  1884;  the  ;^5  of  March,  1882;  the 
lod.  of  1890;  and  the  other  values  comprised  in  the  "Jubilee"  issue  of 
1887.  It  was  no  doubt  by  an  oversight  that  the  dies  of  the  8d.  and  2s, 
values  were  omitted,  so  that  these  stamps  still  remain  available  for  postage, 
although  philatelists  would  probably  hesitate  to  pass  through  the  post  their 
unused  copies  of  the  brown  2s. ! 

Meanwhile  the  authorities  had  been  busily  occupied  with  the  question 
of  the  new  stamps.  The  Government  contractors  prepared  and  submitted 
four  designs  for  the  id.  stamp,  with  three-quarter  face  and  quarter-face 
portraits  of  the  King  looking  to  right,  and  the  same  with  the  portraits 
reversed  ;  and  in  addition  two  designs  for  a  set  of  the  "  unified  "  stamps,  from 
Jd.  to  IS.,  with  similar  portraits  looking  to  right.  The  portraits  were 
taken  from  photographs  purchased  by  the  contractors,  and  the  heads  were 
drawn  upon  a  lithographic  stone,  and  the  necessary  essays  printed  by 
lithography. 

In  Messrs.  De  La  Rue  and  Co.'s  designs  no  change  was  contemplated  in 
the  frames  of  the  stamps,  and  the  essays  submitted  consist,  in  each  case, 
of  the  current  stamps  with  the  lithographed  portrait  of  the  King  substituted 
for  that  of  the  late  Queen. 

Specimens  of  all  of  these  essays  (none  of  which  were  approved)  will 
be  found  with  the  stamps  shown  in  illustration  of  these  notes,  and  whatever 
our  views  may  be  as  to  the  current  issue,  I  think  all  will  agree  that  the 
adoption  of  the  contractors'  designs  would  not  have  been  an  improvement. 

On  the  24th  May  an  answer  to  a  further  question  in  the  House  of 
Commons  gave  the  public  some  insight  into  what  was  being  done:  The 
Secretary  to  the  Treasury  was  asked  whether  the  designs  for  the  new  postage 
stamps  had  been  entrusted  to  an  Austrian  sculptor,  and  if  so,  whether  this 
was  due  to  the  fact  that  there  was  no  British  artist  competent  for  the  work. 
Mr.  Austen  Chamberlain  replied  that  it  was  the  case  that  the  portrait  of  His 
Majesty  the  King,  which  had  been  used  in  the  preparation  of  the  designs  to 
appear  on  the  new  postage  stamps,  was  by  a  foreign  artist,  there  being 
in  existence  an  excellent  profile   portrait  only  executed   last  year  by  an 


DURING   THE  PRESENT  REIGN.  57 

Austrian  sculptor,  resident  in  London,  but  that  it  was  not  to  be  inferred  that 
no  British  artist  was  considered  competent  for  the  work. 

On  the  7th  June  a  further  question  was  asked,  inquiring  whether  the 
advice  of  the  President  of  the  Royal  Academy  or  other  distinguished  artist 
had  been  taken  in  regard  to  the  designs  for  the  new  stamps.  In  reply  it  was 
stated  that  the  officer  responsible  for  the  new  stamps  was  the  Postmaster- 
General,  who  consulted  the  views  of  the  King  as  to  the  portrait  to  be  used  ; 
that  His  Majesty  chose  one  executed  in  the  previous  year  by  a  gentleman 
long  resident  in  London,  whose  work  enjoyed  a  high  reputation  in  this 
country ;  and  that  as  the  portrait  was  considered  to  be  specially  well  adapted 
for  the  purpose,  it  had  not  appeared  necessary  to  invite  designs  from  other 
artists,  or  to  seek  further  advice. 

The  artist  to  whom  reference  is  made  is  Herr  Emil  Fuchs,  who,  for  the 
purposes  of  the  new  stamps,  prepared  an  original  drawing,  for  which  the 
King  was  pleased  to  grant  a  sitting. 

By  the  courtesy  of  the  Board  of  Inland  Revenue  I  am  able  to  produce 
the  original  sketch  for  inspection  by  members  attending  this  meeting. 

It  was  determined  to  adopt  a  new  design  for  the  frame  of  the  ^d.,  id., 
2jd.,  and  6d.  stamps,  and,  in  the  case  of  the  bicoloured  series,  to  utilise  the 
dies  and  plates  of  the  Queen  Victoria  stamps  for  the  second  colours,  so  that 
new  dies  would  only  be  required  for  the  parts  printed  in  the  same  colours  as 
that  of  the  portrait.  The  design  for  the  new  frame  and  border  was  prepared 
by  Messrs.  De  La  Rue  and  Co.,  under  Herr  Fiichs'  instructions,  from  a 
sketch  furnished  by  him. 

From  the  original  sketch  a  photograph  was  taken.  The  design  for  the 
border  was  also  photographed,  and  the  two  prints  so  obtained  were  placed 
together,  and  a  fresh  photographic  impression  taken  of  the  whole.  This  was 
submitted  to  the  King,  and  was  approved  by  His  Majesty,  the  original,  with 
the  written  approval,  being  now  in  my  collection,  and  shown  amongst  the 
stamps  exhibited  this  evening. 

Temporary  copper  plates  were  then  engraved  to  indicate  the  effect  that 
would  be  obtained.  From  these  plates  proofs  were  taken  for  approval,  and 
amongst  the  stamps  shown  to-night  will  be  found  three  of  the  proofs  referred 
to.  In  the  first  the  centre  has  been  filled  in  with  a  photograph  of  the  head, 
which  will  show  more  clearly  the  portrait  as  prepared  by  the  artist.  In  the 
other  proofs  the  head  is  engraved,  and  although  in  this  operation  some  of 
the  delicacy  of  the  original  work  has  been  lost,  the  general  effect  has  been 
retained,  and  the  portrait  is  satisfactory  and  pleasing.  The  third  proof  only 
differs  from  the  second  in  the  posing  of  the  head,  and  is  the  one  approved  by 
Herr  Fiichs  on  behalf  of  the  King,  subject  to  a  slight  reduction  in  the  width 
of  the  wreath,  a  suggestion  made,  I  believe,  by  the  Queen. 

The  preparation  of  the  dies  was  then  proceeded  with,  and  proofs  arc 
shown  from  the  preliminary  head  dies  in  the  sizes  requisite  for  the  various 
adhesive  stamps.  In  the  engraving  of  the  dies  the  character  and  expression 
of  the  portrait  has  undergone  considerable  change,  and  the  result  is  by  no 
means  so  satisfactory,  in  general  effect,  as  in  the  case  of  the  temporary 
plates.  The  new  working  dies  for  the  several  values  were  then  put  in  hand, 
and  I  am  able  to  show  proofs  from  all  the  dies  so  prepared. 


58      NOTES  ON  THE  POSTAL  ISSUES  OF  THE    UNITED  KINGDOM 

The  first  stamp  to  be  completed  was  the  ^d.,  which  was  registered  at 
Somerset  House  on  the  26th  September,  1901,  the  date  of  registration  of  the 
id.  being  the  i6th  of  the  following  month.  For  the  last-named  value  it  was 
necessary  to  consider  the  question  of  colour,  and  essays  were  accordingly 
prepared,  consisting  of  impressions  in  mauve  on  white  paper,  two  shades  of 
mauve  on  red  paper,  and  seven  distinct  tints  of  pink,  lake,  or  red,  on  white 
paper,  from  which  the  choice  was  made. 

Of  these  essays  I  am  able  to  show  all  except  the  one  actually  chosen,  but 
the  copies  of  the  issued  stamps,  which  are  on  the  same  page  with  the  essays, 
were  taken  from  the  first  deliveries  at  Somerset  House,  and  form  therefore  a 
correct  standard  of  the  colour  adopted. 

It  was  at  first  in  contemplation  to  issue  some  of  the  new  stamps  on  the 
King's  birthday,  the  9th  November,  1901,  but  it  was  found  impracticable  to 
have  the  supplies  ready  in  time,  and  the  first  issue  was  accordingly  postponed 
to  the  commencement  of  the  new  year. 

The  2|d.  and  6d.  values  were  both  registered  on  the  3rd  December,  1901. 
The  sheet  of  the  first  named,  registered  at  this  date,  is  in  mauve  upon  blue 
paper,  and  a  few  thousand  sheets  were  printed  in  this  colour,  and  were 
delivered  at  Somerset  House.  These,  however,  were  never  issued,  as  it  was 
decided  to  adopt  a  blue  stamp  upon  white  paper.  Nine  essays  were  accord- 
ingly prepared  in  varying  shades  of  blue,  and  the  stamp,  in  the  chosen 
colour,  was  re-registered  on  the  17th  December. 

All  being  now  in  readiness  for  the  issue  of  the  four  first  values,  a  Notice 
was  published  by  the  General  Post  Office  on  the  17th  December,  announcing 
that  on  and  after  the  ensuing  1st  January  the  four  new  stamps  would  be  on 
sale  at  the  various  post  offices  in  the  United  Kingdom,  and  that  new  stamps 
of  other  denominations,  also  bearing  the  King's  portrait,  would  be  issued 
afterwards. 

In  the  Post  Office  Circular  of  the  same  date  postniasters  were  informed 
that  during  the  last  three  or  four  days  of  the  month  the  controllers  of  stamps 
in  London,  Edinburgh,  and  Dublin  would  be  in  a  position  to  supply  the  new 
^-d.,  id.,  2jd.,  and  6d.  stamps.  They  were  directed  to  apply  in  the  usual 
manner,  but  upon  separate  requisition  forms,  headed  "  New  Stamps,"  for 
a  stock  not  exceeding  a  fortnight's  supply,  but  that  no  stamp  of  the  new 
issue  might  be  sold  before  the  ist  January,  and  counter  clerks  were  urged  to 
endeavour  to  get  rid  of  their  old  stock  by  selling  it  to  purchasers  who  did 
not  specially  ask  for  the  new  stamps.  Attention  was  also  called  to  the 
necessity  for  avoiding  mistakes,  in  consequence  of  the  colour  of  the  new 
6d.  stamp  being  similar  to  that  of  the  then  current  id.  stamp. 

The  public  notice  referred  to  was  distributed,  with  the  circular,  for 
exhibition  in  all  post  offices,  and  both  the  circular  and  the  notice  contained 
a  list  of  all  the  adhesive  stamps  bearing  the  portrait  of  the  late  Queen, 
which  (with  the  stamps  embossed  or  printed  on  envelopes,  wrappers,  post 
cards,  and  letter  cards)  would  be  still  available.  The  notice  concludes,  "  No 
other  stamps  are  valid  in  payment  of  postage  ";  but,  as  we  have  seen,  this  is 
not  accurate,  as  the  8d.  and  2s.  values  had  not  been  demonetised  by  the 
order  of  the  Commissioners  of  Inland  Revenue  issued  in  April,  1901. 

The  remaining  values  of  the  new  series  appeared  from  time  to  time 


DURING   THE  PRESENT  REIGN.  59 

during  1902,  the  last  of  the  general  issue  of  adhesive  postage  stamps  to 
be  prepared  being  the  lod.,  registered  on  the  28th  June  and  issued  on  the 
3rd  July,  1902.  The  stock  of  this  value  was  delivered  before  the  stamp  had 
been  registered,  as  also  was  the  case  with  the  5d.,  while  the  4d.  had  actually- 
been  in  use  for  a  few  days  before  it  was  registered  at  Somerset  House. 

In  the  case  of  the  four  highest  values,  the  stamps  were  prepared  and 
delivered  some  months  before  their  issue,  which  was  no  doubt  delayed, 
pending  the  exhaustion  of  the  stock  of  the  old  stamps  of  the  same  denomi- 
nations. Thus  the  2s.  6d.,  registered  27th  December,  1901  ;  the  5s.,  registered 
13th  February,  1902;  and  the  los.,  registered  on  the  25th  of  the  same 
month  (all  of  which  were  delivered  shortly  after  the  dates  of  registration) 
were  not  issued  until  the  5th  April,  1902  ;  while  the  issue  of  the  £\,  registered 
and  delivered  on  the  5th  March,  1902,  was  deferred  until  the  i6th  June. 

There  does  not  appear  to  be  anything  special  to  record  in  regard  to  the 
issued  stamps,  beyond  the  fact  that  it  was  apparently  found  that  the  new 
working  die  for  the  lod.  stamp  would  not  fit  the  old  second-colour  plate,  so 
that  a  new  second-colour  die  had  to  be  prepared. 

Before  leaving  the  general  issue,  attention  may  be  called  to  the  fact  that 
it  was  originally  intended  to  include  all  the  values  in  use  at  the  commence- 
ment of  the  reign,  except  the  4-^-d.,  which  was  no  longer  required.  A  die  was 
accordingly  prepared  early  in  1902  for  the  £%  stamp,  but  before  any  progress 
was  made  in  the  preparation  of  a  printing  plate  it  was  decided  by  the  Post 
Office  to  discontinue  the  use  of  this  value.  A  proof  from  this  die  will  be 
found  amongst  the  stamps  shown. 

In  October,  1902,  at  the  request  of  the  King,  who,  it  was  understood,  was 
of  opinion  at  the  time  that  the  designs  of  the  Transvaal  stamps  were  to  be 
preferred  to  that  of  the  |d.,  id.,  2^d.,  and  6d.  stamps  of  this  country,  an 
essay  was  prepared,  with  a  view  to  a  change  in  these  values.  A  small, 
temporary  engraved  plate  was  made  and  employed,  in  conjunction  with  the 
head  die  of  the  Transvaal  stamp,  and  from  this  impressions  were  printed 
in  various  colours,  the  id.  duty  alone  being  used  to  save  time.  The  idea  of 
change  was  afterwards  abandoned  or  postponed,  chiefly,  it  is  understood,  on 
the  score  of  expense.  The  stamps  shown  include  proofs,  in  black,  from  the 
plate  referred  to,  and  also  the  various  essays  of  colour. 

The  special  issue  for  use  in  British  post  offices  in  the  Levant  has  been 
continued  with  the  new  series,  by  overprinting  the  2\(\.,  5d.,  lod.,  and  2s.  6d. 
values  with  the  respective  Turkish  values  of  40  and  80  paras,  and  4  and 
12  piastres.  The  last  of  these  was  not  received  from  the  printers  until 
the  29th  August,   1903. 

The  present  reign  has  seen  some  extension  of  the  employment  of 
"Official"  stamps  by  various  departments  of  State,  the  additions  being  in 
issues  for  the  "  Admiralty,"  the  "  Board  of  Education,"  and  the  "  Royal 
Household."  The  number  of  values  used  varies  considerably  in  the  different 
departments,  and  in  the  case  of  the  "  Royal  Household  "  is  confined  to  the 
i^d.  and  id.  alone. 

In  some  instances  the  departments  had  need  of  a  supply  of  values  whicii 
had  not,  at  the  time,  been  issued  in  the  new  designs,  and  it  was  consequently 
necessary  to  use  stamps  bearing  the  portrait  of  the  late  Queen. 


6o      NOTES   ON  THE  POSTAL  ISSUES  OF  THE    UNITED  KINGDOM 

In  this  way  the  6d.  (Queen's  Head)  was  overprinted  "  ARMY  OFFICIAL " 
in  November,  1901  ;  the  5d.  and  is.,  "board  of  EDUCATION,"  in  February, 
1902  ;  the  6d.  and  is.,  "I.R.  OFFICIAL,"  in  June  and  November,  1901  ;  and  the 
Jd.  (green),  5d.,  and  lod.,  "O.w.  OFFICIAL,"  in  November,  1901,  and  April  and 
May,  1902,  respectively,  and  these  must,  of  course,  be  included  in  the  issues 
of  the  present  reign. 

In  some  cases  the  number  of  Queen  Victoria  stamps  so  employed  was 
very  small.  Of  the  is.  "I.R.  OFFICIAL"  only  2,400  were  ordered,  and  of  the 
lod.  "o.w.  official"  only  800  were  printed.  In  the  overprinting  of  the 
5d.  and  is.  stamps  for  the  Board  of  Education,  owing  to  a  misunderstanding 
as  to  the  quantity  ordered,  60,000  at  5d.  and  30,000  at  is.  were  prepared  and 
supplied  to  the  department,  but  of  these  55,200  at  5d.  and  28,000  at  is.  were 
returned  for  destruction,  leaving  for  use  4,800  of  the  former,  and  2,000  of  the 
latter,  these  being  the  numbers  actually  required.  It  will  be  seen  from  these 
details,  which  are  taken  from  the  latest  official  information,  that  the  figures 
given  in  the  Supplement  to  British  Isles  will  require  a  slight  alteration. 

Some  friendly  critic  will  perhaps  ask  why  no  mention  has  been  made 
of  two  other  Queen's  Head  stamps,  viz.  the  Jd.  (green)  overprinted 
"LR.  official,"  and  the  is.  (bicolour)  "GOVT.  PARCELS."  It  has  been 
conjectured  in  the  Supplement  to  British  Isles  that  these  stamps  were  only 
issued  in  April,  1901,  because  their  appearance  had  not  been  noticed  at 
an  earlier  date.  The  overprinting  warrant  for  the  |d.  Inland  Revenue  is 
dated  the  i6th  June,  1900,  and  the  stamps  were  delivered  on  the  17th  July. 
The  requisition  for  the  stamps  would  only  be  made  because  the  stock 
required  replenishing,  and  it  is  very  unlikely  that  a  supply  would  have  been 
asked  for  nine  months  before  it  was  actually  required,  especially  in  the  case 
of  a  value  so  largely  employed.  No  account  is  kept  of  the  actual  date 
when  the  new  stamps  were  first  used,  but  the  authorities  have  no  doubt 
that  it  would  be  very  shortly  after  they  were  supplied,  and  it  would  seem 
safer  to  fix  the  date  of  issue  of  Official  stamps  as  on  or  about  the  date  when 
they  are  delivered  to  the  departments. 

The  same  remarks  apply  to  the  is.  "GOVT.  PARCELS,"  which  was  pre- 
pared in  pursuance  of  an  overprinting  warrant  dated  13th  October,  1900, 
the  stamps  being  delivered  on  the  14th  November,  and  taken  into  stock 
immediately  afterwards. 

Amongst  the  King's  Head  stamps  overprinted  "  I.R.  OFFICIAL,"  and  listed 
in  one  of  the  latest  Catalogues,  the  6d.  is  included  ;  but,  as  a  matter  of  fact, 
up  to  the  present  time  this  value  has  not  been  so  overprinted.  The 
Catalogue  in  question  is  dated  1904,  and  the  stamp  may  have  been  included 
in  anticipation  of  what  might  happen  during  this  year,  but  the  correction 
now  made  may  save  trouble  to  collectors,  who  naturally  try  to  obtain  copies 
of  stamps  which  are  chronicled  as  having  been  issued. 

A  note  in  the  London  Philatelist  for  February  states  that  the  2jd.  value 
of  this  series  is  supposed  to  have  been  issued  in  May,  1903,  but  I  have  a 
copy  with  dated  postmark  of  April,  1902. 

The  first  plate  used  for  the  "ADMIRALTY  OFFICIAL"  overprint  became 
defective,  and  it  was  consequently  necessary  to  make  a  second  plate,  which 
differs  somewhat  from  the  first  in  the  type  employed.     The  new  plate  has 


DURING   THE  PRESENT  REIGN.  6i 

been  used  for  the  six  values  employed  in  the  department,  the  |d-  rate  being 
first  delivered  in  May,  and  the  remainder  in  September,  1903. 

The  only  addition  during  the  present  reign  to  the  Army  Telegraph 
stamps,  as  provided  by  the  home  authorities,  is  the  -|-d.,  green  (Queen's 
Head),  first  supplied  in  August,  1901.  None  of  the  current  issues  have 
been  overprinted  "ARMY  TELEGRAPHS,"  as  these  stamps  have  now  been 
abolished. 

The  whole  of  the  adhesive  stamps  have  now  been  dealt  with,  and  there 
remain  for  consideration  only  the  stamps  embossed  or  printed  on  envelopes, 
wrappers,  post  cards,  letter  cards,  and  telegraph  forms.  For  these,  new  dies 
were  of  course  necessary,  and  pending  their  preparation,  the  change  of 
colour  of  the  |d.  stamps  on  envelopes,  cards,  and  wrappers,  so  as  to  conform 
to  the  change  previously  made  in  the  adhesive  stamps  of  the  same  value, 
was  gradually  effected.  Proofs  of  the  various  new  dies  and  copies  of  every- 
thing supplied  by  the  Post  Office  are  included  in  the  collection  shown,  but, 
beyond  appending  a  list  of  the  several  varieties  obtainable,  it  does  not 
appear  necessary  to  make  any  special  comment  upon  them. 

It  may,  however,  be  mentioned  that  the  3d.  wrapper  chronicled  in  an 
American  philatelic  journal  is  not  known  to  the  authorities,  although  it  is 
possible  that  paper  of  a  similar  material  to  that  of  newspaper  wrappers  may 
have  been  embossed  to  order  in  the  ordinary  way  with  a  3d.  stamp.  The 
use  of  the  2|d.  envelopes,  sizes  "L"  and  "  M,"  has  been  discontinued.  It 
was  found  that  there  was  insufficient  demand  for  these  during  the  last  reign, 
and  they  will  not  be  issued  with  the  King's  portrait.  It  is  true  that  in  the 
Postal  Guide  these  envelopes  are  still  in  the  list  of  stationery  on  sale  at  the 
post  offices,  and  collectors  have  therefore  assumed  that  they  would  be 
impressed  with  the  new  dies.  An  inquiry  at  any  post  office  will,  however, 
show  that  the  above  information  is  correct,  and  that  the  two  envelopes  in 
question  can  only  be  supplied  with  the  Queen's  Head  stamps,  these  being 
still  on  sale  until  the  stock  is  exhausted.* 

The  collection  put  together  for  inspection  this  evening  is  designed  to 
illustrate  the  history  of  the  stamps  under  consideration.  It  is  therefore  not 
encumbered  with  blocks  or  shades  of  the  issued  stamps.  All  that  is  shown 
of  these  is  one  pair  of  each,  taken  from  the  first  sheets  delivered  at  Somerset 
House,  and  intended  to  serve  as  standards  of  the  original  colours,  with  which 
comparison  may  be  made  in  the  acquisition  of  variations  of  tint  and  shade  in 
subsequent  printings. 

In  the  appended  lists  no  description  of  the  stamps  is  attempted,  but 
particulars  are  given  of  the  dates  of  the  registration,  first  deliveries,  and  issue 
of  the  adhcsives  for  public  use.  In  the  case  of  the  Official  stamps,  the  dates 
of  first  delivery  and  approximate  dates  of  issue  are  given,  with  the  addition 
of  some  further  details  as  to  the  overprinting  warrants  for  and  the  numbers 
printed  of  some  of  the  Queen's  Head  stamps,  issued  pending  the  preparation 
of  tlie  new  designs. 

The  particulars  of  the  post  cards,  newspaper  wrappers,  and  embossed 
envelopes  and  dies,  comprise  the  dates  of  registration  aiui  first  deliveries, 
with  some  information  of  the  number  of  dies  in  use. 

*  Since  the  above  was  wriUcn  these  envelopes  have  been  culled  in. 


62      NOTES   ON  THE  POSTAL  ISSUES  OF  THE    UNITED  KINGDOM 

It  will  be  noticed  that  the  ordinary  id.  adhesive  stamp  was  registered  for 
the  second  time  in  September,  1903.  The  reason  for  this  was  that  it  is 
proposed  to  issue  small  books,  containing  twenty-four  stamps  of  this  value, 
to  be  sold  at  the  price  of  2s.  Jd.  Each  book  contains  four  pages  of  six 
stamps,  in  two  horizontal  rows  of  three  stamps,  the  pages  being  interleaved 
with  waxed  paper.  The  second  registration  was  owing  to  a  new  plate  having 
been  made,  this  being  necessary  because  the  stamps  have  to  be  printed  in  a 
special  manner  for  making  up  into  books.  The  sheets  are  printed  in  four 
panes  of  sixty  stamps,  disposed  in  six  columns  of  ten  stamps.  As  a  margin 
is  required  for  binding,  each  alternate  series  of  three  columns  on  the  plate 
has  the  stamps  reversed,  so  that  the  books  may  all  open  the  same  way. 
Thus  the  watermark  on  each  stamp  in  these  columns  is  reversed,  and  an 
examination  of  the  two  panes  in  my  collection  will  show  that  before  sepa- 
ration from  the  third  stamp  the  fourth  stamp  in  each  row  is  a  tete-beche 
variety.  The  sheets  have  a  narrow  margin  on  the  right  and  left  sides,  the 
space  running  down  the  centre  between  the  panes  being  double  the  width  of 
the  outside  margins,  to  allow  for  the  binding  and  stitching  of  the  books.* 

It  should  be  mentioned  that  size  "C"  of  the  id.  envelopes  included  in 
the  list  is  no  longer  in  use.  It  has  been  withdrawn  by  the  General  Post 
Office,  the  last  supplies  being  issued  in  January,  1903. 

I  do  not  of  course  claim  for  these  notes  the  importance  of  a  philatelic 
paper,  but  as  all  the  information  and  dates  given  may  be  relied  upon  as 
authentic,  I  hope  that  they  may  be  of  use  in  saving  a  future  historian  of  the 
stamps  of  this  country  a  not  inconsiderable  amount  of  research  and  trouble 
in  connection  with  the  first  issues  of  the  present  reign. 

In  conclusion,  I  would  observe  that  our  Honorary  Secretary  has  made 
frequent  appeals  to  the  younger  members  to  assist  in  the  work  of  the  Society 
by  reading  papers  on  matters  of  interest  arising  out  of  their  studies.  If  the 
result  of  this  endeavour  of  a  "  prentice  hand  "  should  be  to  encourage  others 
of  the  younger  members  of  the  Society  to  contribute  to  the  business  of  the 
meetings  of  the  next  season,  no  one  will  be  better  pleased  than  your 
President. 

•  Mr.  H.  F.  Bartlett,  the  Controller  of  Stamps,  has,  since  the  above  was  written,  kindly  supplied 
the  following  interesting  description  of  the  mode  of  binding  the  books  :  "  Four  sheets  of  240  stamps, 
interleaved  with  waxed  paper,  are  placed  between  two  sheets  of  the  red  cardboard  which  forms  the 
cover  of  the  books,  the  sheets  of  cardboard  having  previously  been  printed  and  arranged  to  suit  the 
direction  of  the  stamps.  The  whole  thickness  of  cardboard,  stamps,  waxed  paper,  etc.,  is  then  wire- 
stitched  lengthwise  in  two  operations,  each  of  which  makes  a  line  of  stitching  down  the  middle  of  the 
sheet  of  stamps,  and  down  one  side,  so  that  there  are  four  rows  of  stitching — two  down  the  middle, 
and  one  on  each  side.  When  this  has  been  done,  the  substance  is  cut  across  the  narrow  way  of  the 
sheet  into  ten  'traverses,'  each  containing  four  books  of  stamps=:forty  books  of  stamps,  which  are 
then  cut  up  into  single  books.  It  will  be  observed  that  as  the  wire-stitching  must  be  in  every  case  on 
the  left  of  the  stamps,  so  that  the  books  will  always  open  one  way,  it  was  necessary  to  print  so  that 
the  King's  Head  is  reversed,  as  shown  in  the  sheet,  and,  consequently,  the  watermark  is  also 
reversed." 


DURING   THE  PRESENT  REIGN. 


63 


Values 


King  Edward  VII.  Adhesive  Postage  Stamps. 

I.     GENERAL   ISSUE. 

Date  of  Registration.         Date  of  First  Delivery.  Date  of  Issue. 


Id. 

26th  Sept., 
14th  Oct., 

1901. 
1901. 

nth  Nov., 
28th  Nov., 

1901. 
1901. 

\    ist  Jan., 

1902. 

id.  (re-registered) 

1 8th  Sept., 

1903 

(for  books) 

. 

Not  yet  issued. 

lid.    . 

ist  Feb., 

1902. 

17th  Feb., 

1902. 

2 1  St  Mar., 

1902. 

2d.         . 

15th  Mar., 

1902. 

15th  Mar., 

1902. 

25th  Mar., 

1902. 

2^d.  (mauve  on  blue) 

3rd  Dec, 

1901 

• 

. 

Not  issued 

2|d.  (blue  on  white) 

17th  Dec, 

1901. 

20th  Dec , 

1901. 

ist  Jan., 

1902. 

3d.      .             .         . 

ist  Feb., 

1902. 

17th  Feb., 

1902. 

20th  Mar., 

1902. 

4d. 

29th  Mar., 

1902. 

26th  Mar., 

1902. 

27th  Mar., 

1902, 

5d. 

3rd  May, 

1902. 

ist  May, 

1902. 

14th  May, 

1902. 

6d. 

3rd  Dec, 

1901. 

1 2th  Dec, 

1901. 

ist  Jan., 

1902. 

9d. 

5th  Apr., 

1902. 

7th  Apr., 

1902. 

7th  Apr., 

1902. 

lod. 

28th  June, 

1902. 

24th  June, 

1902. 

3rd  July, 

1902. 

IS. 

25th  Feb., 

1902. 

ist  Mar., 

1902. 

24th  Mar., 

1902. 

2S. 

6d. 

27th  Dec, 

1901. 

13th  Jan., 

1902. 

- 

5s. 

13th  Feb., 

1902. 

2Sth  Feb., 

1902. 

-    5th  Apr., 

1902. 

I  OS. 

25th  Feb., 

1902. 

5th  Mar., 

1902. 

) 

£^ 

3rd  Mar., 

1902. 

5th  Mar., 

1902. 

1 6th  July, 

1902. 

2.     SPECIAL   ISSUE   FOR   USE   IN   BRITISH   POST   OFFICES   IN 

THE   LEVANT. 


Values, 

40  paras  on  2^d. 
80       „         5d. 
4  piastres  on  lod. 
12         ,,  2s.  6d. 


Date  of  First  Delivery. 

6th  Feb.,  1902. 

5th  June,  1902. 

6th  Sept.,  1902. 

29th  Aug.,  1903. 


Army  Official. 
Board  of  Education. 


Inland  Revenue. 


3.     OFFICIAL  STAMPS. 
A.     QUEEN  VICTORIA   STAMPS. 

Description  and  Value. 

6d.  (overprinting  warrant  4th  Oct.,  1901)    . 

Sd.  • 

Of  these  60,000  were  printed,  but  only 
4,800  used. 

IS.  .  .  .  .  . 

Of  these  30,000  were  printed,  but  only 
2,000  used. 

6d.  (warrant  5th  June,  1901)  . 
IS.  (warrant  i8th  Oct.,  1901). 
Of  these  2,400  only  were  ordered  and 
printed. 


D.ite  of  I'irst  Delivery  and 
Approximate  Date  of  Issue. 

7th  Nov.,  1901. 
19th  Feb.,  1902. 


19th  Feb.,  1902. 


14II1  June,  1901. 
5th  Nov.,  1901. 


64     NOTES   ON  THE  POSTAL   ISSUES  OF  THE   UNITED  KINGDOM 

5th  Nov.,  1901. 


Office  of  Works.     |d.  (green)  (warrant  23rd  Oct.,  1901) 

Of  these  6,000  only  were  ordered  and 
printed. 

Sd 

Of  these  the  number  ordered  and  printed 
was  12,000. 
lod.  .  .  ... 

Of  these  the  total  quantity  overprinted 
was  800  stamps. 


29th  Apr.,   1902. 
28th  May,  1902. 


B. 

KING   EDWARD 

VII.   STAMPS. 

Admiralty.  (First  type.)  |d.        .                .            •         •  \ 

id. 

,  t 

2d. 

>i2th  Mar., 

1903. 

2ld.      . 

3d.        . 

; 

(Second  type.)  |d. 

May,  1903 

Remaining  values 

as  above 

Sept.,  190; 

5- 

Army  Official. 

id.        . 
id.       . 

I  nth  Feb., 

1902. 

6d. 

23rd  Aug., 

1902. 

Board  of  Education. 

id.       . 

- 

id.       . 

-  19th  Feb., 

1902. 

2|d.        . 

J 

5d.       . 

6th  Feb., 

1904. 

IS. 

23rd  Dec, 

1902. 

Governtnent  Parcels. 

id.       . 

30th  Oct., 

1902. 

2d.          . 

29th  Apr., 

1902. 

6d.       . 

19th  Feb., 

1902. 

9d.       . 

28th  Aug., 

1902. 

IS. 

17th  Dec, 

1902. 

Inland  Revenue. 

Ad.       . 

}    4th  Feb., 

id.       . 

1902. 

2\A.       . 
IS. 

19th  Feb., 

1902. 

5s. 

I  OS. 

■  29th  Apr., 

1902. 

£^      . 

. 

Office  of  Works. 

^d.       . 

}  nth  Feb., 

' 

Id.       . 

1902. 

2d.            . 
2  id.         . 

\  29th  Apr., 

1902. 

lod.     . 

28th  May, 

1903. 

Royal  Household. 

id.       . 

29th  Apr., 

1902. 

id.       . 

nth  Feb., 

1902. 

The  following  lists  of  post  cards,  letter  cards,  newspaper  wrappers,  and  envelopes 
are  confined  to  the  new  dies  bearing  the  King's  Head,  the  only  other  issues  during 
the  reign  being  the  id.  of  the  Queen's  Head  dies  on  envelopes,  post  cards,  and 
wrappers,  altered  to  green,  and  the  change  of  position  of  the  stamp  on  registered 
envelopes  : — 


DURING   THE  PRESENT  REIGN. 


Value. 

|d.  (stout),  single 
.,       reply 
„    (thin),  single 
»       .,       reply 

id.,  foreign,  single 
,,  ..        reply 


Post  Cards. 

GENERAL   ISSUE. 

Date  of  Registration.  Date  of  Delivery. 

2oth  Nov.,  1901.  and  Dec,  1901. 

6th  Dec,  1901.  2ist  Dec,  1901, 

6th  Dec,  1901.  9th  Dec,  1901. 

15th  Jan.,  1902.  1 6th  Jan.,  1902. 

23rd  Dec,  1901.  2nd  Jan.,  1902. 

3rd  Mar.,  1902.  5th  Mar.,  1902. 


2.     SPECIAL   ISSUE   FOR   PATENT   OFFICE. 

Jd.   (stout),    "patents"   post    card   with    7|d.  1 

embossed.     Patents  stamp  for  specification     /  ^     •>    9  3- 

3.     OFFICIAL   ISSUE. 
Jd.  (stout),  overprinted  "admiralty  official."     12th  Mar.,  1903. 


id. 


Letter  Cards. 

.     14th  Dec,  1901. 


,,  re-registered  on  alteration 
in  mode  of  perforation 


9th  July,   1903. 


2ist  Dec,    1901. 


id. 
id. 


Newspaper  Wrappers. 

,     20th  Nov.,  1901. 
.     22nd  Jan.,  1901. 


3rd  Dec,  1 901. 
2Sth  Jan.,    1902. 


Stamped  Envelopes 

I.     GENERAL 


Description  and  value. 

^d.,  Size  N  (Commercial),  s^^g-  x  3A  inches 
,,       ,,    O  (Foolscap),  2>l  x  3|-  inches   . 

id,      „    A,  4j  X  3fJ^  inches 
»       1)    C,  5^^  X  3  inches  . 

(Not  issued  since  January,  1903.) 
„    (Commercial),  5/fl^  X  3J  inches 
„     Size  O  (Foolscap),  8g  x  3J  inches  . 

3d.,  Registration,  Size  F,    5}  x  3}  inches 
»  ■)  .,     ti,    6    ^3i      .1 

>>  0  >)     "1  °   ^  5       »' 

»  ..  ,.     H2, 9x4       „ 

II  >)  >j     K,  1 1  jj-  X  6        ,, 


:} 


(embossed). 

ISSUE. 

Date  of  First 
Registration  of  Die. 

23rd  Nov.,  1 90 1. 
(Die  No.  3.) 


23rd  Nov.,  1 90 1. 
(Die  No.  5.) 


13th  Jan.,    1902. 


Date  of  Delivery. 

20th  Dec,  1901. 
15th  Feb.,  1902. 
31st  Dec,   1901. 

8th  Jan.,    1902. 

7th  Oct.,    1902. 

23rd  Jan.,    1902. 

20th  Jan.,  1902. 
30th  Jan.,  1902. 
31st  Jan.,    1902. 


These  are  all  that  have  been  on  sale  at  the  post  offices,  but  the  following  further 
dies  for  embossing  envelopes  are  employed  on  demand,  the  stamps  being  embossed 


66     NOTES   ON  THE  POSTAL  ISSUES   OF  THE    UNITED  KINGDOM. 

to  order  in  the  colours  shown  below,  the  |d.  and  id.  above-mentioned  being  green 
and  crimson  respectively  : — 


Values. 

i|d.  (yellow) 
2d.    (mauve) 
2id.  (pale  blue) 
3d.    (red-brown) 
4d.    (vermilion) 
6d.    (violet) 
lod.*  (brown) 
IS.     (bright  yellow-green) 


Date  of  First  Registration  of  Die. 

8th  Apr.,  1902  (Die  No.  15). 
27th  Nov.,  1902. 
2ist  Dec,  1901  (Die  No.  9). 

4th  Nov.,  1902. 

4th  Dec,  1902. 
2ist  Dec,  1901  (Die  No.  10). 

2nd  Feb.,  1903. 
26th  Jan.,   1903. 


*  This  value  is  not  now  embossed  for  envelopes,  being  reserved  for  telegraph  forms. 

t 

N.B. — Since  the  first  registrations  further  die  numbers  have  been  registered  from 

time  to  time  as  required  for  use.     Up  to  the  present  time  the  numbers  registered  for 

the  |d.  and  id.  run  from  i  to  66;  for  the  i|d.,  dies  i  to  3 ;  the  2|d.,  i  to  5 ;  and 

the  6d.,  I  to  12. 

2.     OFFICIAL   ISSUE. 

Date  of  First  Delivery. 

3d.,  registration  envelope.  Size  H^,  overprinted  "admiralty 

official"    ,  .  .  ,  .         .       3rd  Mar.,  1903. 


Telegraph  Stamps  and  Stamped  Telegraph  Forms. 

I.     QUEEN  VICTORIA  ADHESIVE. 


Jd.  (green),  overprinted  "army  telegraphs"  (warrant  dated 
9th  Augt.,  1901)  .  .  ... 

N.B. — Army  telegraph  stamps  are  now  abolished. 


28th  Augt.,  1901. 


2.     EMBOSSED   STAMPS   OF   KING  EDWARD  VII. 

Form  A^  (for  inland  post  office  telegrams)  with  embossed  6d. 

stamp  (as  used  for  envelopes)       .                ...  21st  Mar.,  1902. 

Ditto,  perforated,  ditto     .                 .                 ...  28th  Feb.,  1902. 
Form  A^I  (perforated),  for  foreign  and  colonial  telegrams, 

with  embossed  lod.  stamp            .                 ...  19th  May,  1903. 
Form  A^|-  (for  inland  telegrams  forwarded  from  Stock  Exchange 

offices  only)  with  embossed  6d.  stamp          .             .         .  25th  Feb.,  1902. 

Ditto,  ditto,  perforated,  ditto            .                 ...  26th  Feb.,  1902. 


February,   1904. 


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^he  ^eant  Ibbmb  of  ^eto  Bealani). 


iljj^HE  articles  that  appeared  in  the  London  Philatelist  in  Sep- 
J^  tember  and  October  last  have  excited  considerable  comment, 
ylM  and  on  another  page  we  publish,  as  desired,  the  correspond- 
g  ence  which  has  passed  between  the  Agent-General  for  New 
p  Zealand  and  the  Honorary  Secretary  of  the  Philatelic  Society 
=■  London,  on  the  subject  of  our  remarks. 
In  face  of  the  letter  from  the  Agent-General,  in  which  it  is  explicitly 
denied  that,  on  the  part  of  the  Postal  Authorities  of  New  Zealand,  there  is 
any  taint  of  unworthy  motive,  we  gladly  withdraw  the  suggestions  that  we 
made  in  this  respect.  We  are  sincerely  pleased  to  learn  that  the  motives  of 
the  New  Zealand  authorities  are  beyond  suspicion,  and  we  regret  that,  in 
dealing  with  a  subject  of  such  great  importance  to  philatelists,  our  strong 
feelings  of  anxiety  on  behalf  of  collectors  should  have  induced  us  to  arrive 
at  an  erroneous  conclusion  in  regard  to  the  reasons  underlying  the  issue  of 
the  varieties  to  which  we  called  attention. 

The  question  of  motives  being  dismissed,  we  may  be  allowed  to  say 
that  in  other  respects  our  criticisms  upon  the  recent  issues  of  New  Zealand 
were  by  no  means  an  improvisation,  but  rather  the  culminating  expression 
of  the  opinion  of  a  large  number  of  collectors  in  this  country. 

The  principal  features  in  connection  with  the  stamps  to  which  we  desired 
to  direct  the  attention  of  philatelists  were  briefly  as  follows : — 

(i)  Issue  of  1st  January,  1901,  to  May,  1902,  consisting  of  the  -^d.  and  id., 
Type  II.,  of  Messrs.  Waterlow  and  Sons  (Messrs.  Stanley  Gibbons'  Catalogue, 
Nos.  231  to  265).  It  will  be  seen  that  these  two  stamps  were  issued  in  no 
less  than  thirty-six  varieties,  and  include  stamps  which  were  at  first  perfo- 
rated with  one  machine,  then  patched  on  the  back  with  strips  of  paper  and 
reperforated  with  the  other  machine,  the  machines  being  in  simultaneous  use 
and  gauging  eleven  and  fourteen  respectively. 

(2)  The  issues  of  1902-3  for  Aitutaki,  Niue,  and  Penrhyn  Island. 
For  these  islands  there  have  been  nearly  fifty  varieties  recorded  in  the 
Catalogues  in  little  over  a  year.  The  white  population  of  these  minute 
islands  consist  of  a  mere  handful — in  Aitutaki  there  are  but  six — and  we 
know  of  no  case  in  any  country  where  such  a  scanty  population  has  ever 
had  special  issues  of  stamps. 

With  regard  to  the  issue  of  January,  1901,  our  objections  from  a  philatelic 
standpoint  are  not  so  deeply  founded  as  in  the  case  of  tlie  surcharged  stamps 
for  the  islands,  and  we  fully  recognise  that  no  Government  is  in  any  way  bound 
to  consider  the  feelings  or  desires  of  philatelists.  In  reference,  however,  to  the 
explanations  given  as  to  the  issue  of  so  many  varieties,  wc  should  have  thought 
that  ordinary  business  prudence  would  have  dictated  the  desirability  of  com- 
pleting all  experiments  before  issuing  stamps  produced  by  a  new  process.  Wc 
cannot  see  how  there  can  have  been  any  necessity  for  making  the  cxiwriments 


68  THE  RECENT  ISSUES  OF  NEW  ZEALAND. 

in  public  as  was  done  by  issuing  the  results,  to  say  nothing  of  the  confession 
of  failure  involved  in  the  frequent  changes  which  appear  to  have  been  found 
necessary. 

All  these  recent  issues  in  their  numerous  varieties,  as  well  as  the  sur- 
charged sets  for  the  islands,  are  largely  dealt  in,  both  in  New  Zealand  and  in 
this  country,  and  in  some  cases  pounds  are  asked  for  a  single  specimen. 
These  varieties  are  all  bought  up  as  soon  as  they  are  issued,  and  the  collector 
is  consequently  compelled,  if  he  would  make  his  collection  complete,  to 
expend  considerable  amounts  of  money  in  their  acquisition.  Under  such 
circumstances  we  consider  that  it  is  the  duty  of  a  journal  such  as  the  London 
Philatelist,  issued  in  the  interests  of  collectors,  to  call  attention  to  the  merits 
or  demerits  of  any  class  of  stamp  or  new  issue. 

From  the  philatelic  standpoint,  the  multiplication  of  unnecessary  issues 
and  varieties  is  greatly  to  be  deplored,  and  it  is  from  this  standpoint  that  all 
our  remarks  have  emanated.  The  stamps  of  New  Zealand  have  always  been 
highly  and  deservedly  appreciated  in  this  country,  and  they  have  had  no  more 
devoted  admirer  than  the  writer  of  this  article.  Our  regrets,  therefore,  were 
the  keener  when  the  downward  plane  of  the  later  issues  of  New  Zealand  was 
apparent,  and  we  are  confident  that  these  feelings  are  largely  shared  by  all 
sections  of  the  philatelic  community. 

The  following  comments  which  we  take  with  all  acknowledgments  from 
the  Monthly  Journal  will  tend  to  confirm  this  statement,  and  in  effect  our 
contemporary's  able  criticisms  seem  in  some  respects  more  severe  than 
our  own. 

"There  was  no  reason  why  the  authorities  of  New  Zealand  should  consider 
Philately  at  all,  or  pay  any  attention  either  to  the  desires  or  to  the  criticisms  of 
philatelists. 

"  In  recent  times,  however,  those  authorities  have  not  altogether  disdained  to  avail 
themselves  of  the  proclivities  of  stamp  collectors,  and  we  gather  that  they  do  not  turn 
an  entirely  deaf  ear  to  their  criticisms,  so  we  need  not  scruple  to  make  our  own 
remarks  upon  the  case.  One  of  their  apologists  says,  in  the  last  number  of  The 
London  Philatelist,  'It  is  admitted  that  the  issue  of  1898  was  designed  to  advertise 
the  Colony,  and  I  have  yet  to  learn  why  any  objection  should  be  raised  to  this  course.' 
Certainly  the  Colony  has  a  right  to  advertise  itself  in  any  way  that  it  pleases,  but  it  is 
only  fair  to  remember  that  the  kind  of  advertising  which  was  adopted  is  done  by,  and 
at  the  expense  of,  stamp  collectors.  It  is  true  that  the  stamps  pass  through  the  hands 
of  the  general  public,  but  who  would  look  at  them,  outside  the  Colony  in  which  they 
were  issued,  if  nobody  collected  them  ?  They  were  not  intended  to  advertise  the 
Colony  to  the  people  who  used  them,  and  who  lived  in  it,  and  if  they  were  bought  for 
no  other  purpose  and  when  used  went  into  the  waste-paper  basket,  where  would  be 
the  advertisement  ?  They  were  expected  to  be  an  excellent  advertisement,  and  more- 
over a  very  inexpensive  one,  because  there  are  large  numbers  of  people  who  collect 
stamps ;  had  that  not  been  the  case,  this  form  of  advertisement  would  never  have 
been  thought  of.  This  sort  of  thing  is  all  very  well  once  in  a  way,  but  the  result  of  it 
is  that  when  collectors  find,  a  few  years  later,  that  they  have  to  make  room  for  another 
lot  of  apparently  unnecessary  varieties,  they  are  apt  to  impute  motives  for  the  produc- 
tion of  those  varieties  which  may  not  be  the  correct  ones. 

"  The  same  apologist  adds  :  '  To  say  that  the  Government  of  a  country  like  New 
Zealand  should  not  please  itself  in  such  a  matter  as  the  question  of  the  paper  on  which 


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THE  RECENT  ISSUES   OF  NEW  ZEALAND.  69 

it  prints  its  stamps  is  manifestly  absurd.'  We  quite  agree ;  but  was  it  absolutely 
necessary  that  all  the  experiments  to  that  end  should  be  carried  on  in  the  public  street, 
as  it  were,  and  all  the  unsuccessful  results  issued  to  the  Post  Office,  instead  of  being 
consigned  to  the  printer's  waste-paper  basket  ? 

"  The  designs  for  the  famous  Advertising  Labels  were  drawn  without  any  reference 
to  the  process  by  which  they  were  to  be  reproduced,  and  being  found  quite  unsuitable 
for  surface-printing,  were  eventually  engraved  in  taille  douce.  The  dies  and  plates 
seem  to  have  been  prepared  somewhat  hurriedly,  the  design  intended  for  one  stamp 
being  employed  for  another,  and  the  plates  constructed  in  various  sizes  and  shapes, 
entailing  alterations  in  divers  directions.  No  sooner  were  these  completed  than  it  was 
found  necessary  (?)  to  issue  a  special  stamp  for  prepayment  of  the  Universal  Penny 
Postage,  which  New  Zealand  was  hoping  to  introduce,  and  for  which  the  Pink  Terrace 
stamp,  issued  only  a  few  months  previously,  might  surely  have  served. 

"  This  work  of  art,  which  was  to  have  been  designed  by  the  President  of  the  Royal 
Academy,  but  was  not,  made  its  appearance  on  January  ist,  1901,  and  then,  designers 
and  engravers  having  had  their  turn,  the  papermakers  came  on  the  scene,  and  com- 
plicated matters  to  an  extent  which  fully  accounts  for  the  irritation  displayed  by  those 
who  try  to  study  the  results,  and  whose  claims  to  consideration  are  based  upon  their 
liberal  contributions  towards  the  expenses  of  the  Advertisement  scheme.  While  we 
do  not  suppose  that  there  was  any  intention,  on  the  part  of  the  New  Zealand 
authorities,  to  make  a  collection  from  philatelists,  in  order  to  pay  for  all  the  different 
samples  of  paper  that  they  have  been  experimenting  with,  we  cannot  acquit  them  of  an 
extraordinary  amount  of  bungling  and  mismanagement.  From  a  philatelic  point  of 
view  the  Advertisement  issue  was  a  mistake  to  commence  with,  and  a  discredit  to  a 
great  Colony.  From  a  business  point  of  view  it  was  mismanaged,  got  up  without  due 
forethought  and  preparation,  with  the  result  that  the  colonial  printing  office  seems  to 
have  been  at  its  wits'  end  to  keep  up  the  supply  of  stamps  during  the  last  year  or  two. 
Experiments  should  have  been  made  before  the  issue  of  the  stamps  took  place,  and 
not  after,  and  then  all  this  trouble  would  have  been  avoided. 

"  Finally,  what  are  we  to  say  about  the  stamps  surcharged  for  use  in  little  islands 
under  the  New  Zealand  Government?  Would  anyone  ever  have  dreamed  of  manu- 
facturing these  stamps  if  stamp  collecting  had  been  unknown  ?  It  is  not  for  outsiders 
to  ask  why  it  should  be  necessary  to  keep  separate  accounts  of  the  receipts  of  these 
Post  Offices,  but  we  may  fairly  point  out  that  separate  stamps  were  not  necessary  for 
that  purpose,  and  that  putting  them  on  sale  in  Wellington  at  once  destroyed  their 
utility  for  the  keeping  of  accounts.  If  the  elaborate  statistics  given  in  the  Annual 
Reports  of  Postmasters-General  have  any  foundation,  some  account  is  kept  of  the 
numbers  of  letters  and  packets  passing  through  the  Post  Offices ;  these  accounts  would 
be  extremely  easily  kept,  we  fancy,  at  Aitutaki,  etc.,  and  would  show  the  real  revenue 
of  the  offices  far  better  than  sales  of  stamps  made  principally  to  collectors  and  dealers. 
If  the  main  object  of  these  overprinted  stamps  was  not  the  raising  of  revenue,  we  can 
only  say  that  appearances  are  greatly  against  them." 


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147* 


[      70      ] 


laastHiral  MottB. 


VIC  TORI  A,  1864:  2s.,  BLUE  ON  GREEN. 

R.  L.  L.  R.  HAUSBURG,  who  is  engaged  in  plating  the  varieties  of  this 
stamp  in  preparation  for  the  forthcoming  work  on  the  stamps  of 
Australia,  is  desirous  of  purchasing  or  exchanging  unused  copies  with  other 
collectors,  and  invites  communications  thereon  at  his  address :  Rothsay, 
Weybridge,  Surrey. 


THE   PHILATELIC  SOCIETY  OF  NEW  ZEALAND. 

E  have  received  the  following  communication  from  the  above-named 
body : — 

"  Wellington,  December  24th,  1903. 

"  The  Editor,  '  Lo?idoJi  Philatelist,^  Strand,  Lotidon,   W.C. 

"  Sir, — As  directed  by  my  Committee,  I  beg  to  hand  you  copy  of  a 
resolution  passed  at  the  last  meeting  of  the  Society. 

"  Faithfully  yours, 

"L.  A.  Sanderson, 

'■'■Hon.  Sec.-Treas. 

" '  Proposed  by  the  Chairman,  and  seconded  by  Mr.  E.  G.  Pilcher  : — 
" '  That  in  the  opinion  of  this  Society  the  article  appearing  in  the  London 
Philatelist  under  the  heading  of  "  The  Disgrace  of  New  Zealand,"  and  other 
similar  attacks  made  in  other  Philatelic  journals  on  the  Postal  Administration 
of  New  Zealand,  are  wholly  unwarranted,  and  after  inquiry  and  examination 
of  the  official  records  this  Society  is  satisfied  that  there  is  no  ground  what- 
ever for  the  statement  that  the  Postal  Administration  has  created  varieties 
for  the  purpose  of  adding  to  its  revenue ;  and  further,  that  the  assertion  that 
these  issues  are  prompted  "  doubtless  by  speculators  outside  (or  perhaps 
inside)  the  Post  Office,  who  are  desirous  of  making  money  by  the  buying  up 
and  retailing  of  these  varieties,"  is  entirely  without  the  slightest  foundation, 
and  unworthy  of  the  journal  in  which  it  appears.' 

" '  Mr.  Pilcher  moved,  and  Mr.  Acocks  seconded,  that  the  Secretary  of 
this  Society  be  instructed  to  forward  the  above  resolution  to  the  Editor 
of  the  London  Philatelist!  " 

Enough  has  been  written  elsewhere  hereon,  nor  do  we  feel  called  upon  to 
further  defend  our  action  in  this  matter,  but  it  is  only  right  that- we  should 
place  on  record  that  the  questions  of  "  motives,"  as  suggested  by  Professor 
Hamilton,  in  his  letter  to  this  journal  of  January  last  (p.  8),  or,  pace  the 
New  Zealand  Society,  "  unworthiness"  as  regards  this  journal,  are  as 
groundless  as  they  are  absurd.  The  London  Philatelist,  as  the  organ  of 
an  influential  body  of  collectors,  has  absolutely  no  axe  to  grind  or  any 
purpose  to  serve  except  to  stimulate  the  interest  in  stamps,  and  to  endeavour 
to  protect  the  interest  of  collectors  by  calling  attention  to  matters  that  are 


OCCASIONAL   NOTES.  71 

calculated  to  discredit  Philately.  When  we  wrote  the  articles  in  question  on 
the  recent  New  Zealand  stamps  we  were  firmly  of  opinion  that  these  issues 
were  harmful  to  Philately  and  deserved  to  be  decried,  and  we  still  fail  to  see 
any  argument  to  the  contrary. 

The  only  "  motive  "  that  we  can  acknowledge  is  an  honest  endeavour  to 
prevent  the  postal  issues  of  one  of  the  favourite  British  colonies  from  being 
dragged  down  to  the  level  of  those  of  the  South  American  Republics,  and  if 
this  constitutes  "unworthiness"  we  are  content  to  remain  under  the  stigma. 


THE  NEW  ISSUES  OF  igo^. 
JE  gather  from  M.  Maury's  Annual  Catalogue  that  the  number  of  newly 
issued  stamps  for  1903  amounts  to  1,183,  without  reckoning  varieties  of 
secondary  importance  or  entires.  This  number  exceeds  by  166  the  total  of 
1902,  and  in  effect  the  disparity  is  even  greater,  as  M.  Maury's  Catalogue, 
being  issued  a  month  earlier  than  usual,  only  eleven  months'  new  issues  have 
been  tabulated.  Great  Britain  and  Colonies  are  responsible  for  no  less  than 
376  of  these  new  varieties,  this  larger  number  being  doubtless  affected  to  a 
very  considerable  extent  by  the  issue  of  stamps  bearing  the  King's  Head. 
The  number  of  new  British  Colonial  stamps  should  be,  however,  enough  to 
satisfy  the  most  ardent  of  the  new  collector  school  ! 


THE  BERLIN  INTERNA  TIONAL  EXHIBITION. 
S  intimated  in  our  last  issue,  we  anticipated  that  the  classification  of 
the  exhibits  would  be  somewhat  modified,  and  we  have  now  received 
an  amended  Prospectus.  The  alteration  affects  Group  B,  classes  9  and  10, 
consisting  of  the  stamps  of  Great  Britain  and  Colonies.  This  group  has  now 
been  divided  into  four  classes,  and  the  Prospectus  is  constituted  as  follows : — 

Division   I. 

B.    Great  Britain  and  Colonies. 
Class    9.    British  Colonies,  General  Collections. 
Class  10.    Any  one  country  of  the  following: — 

{a)  Great  Britain,  {b)  British  Guiana,  {c)  Mauritius,  (c/)  Ceylon, 
{e)  New  South  Wales. 
Class  1 1.    Not  less  than  two  of  the  following  countries  : — 

{a)  Barbados,  {b)  Canada,  {c)  Cape  of  Good  Hope,  {d)  Fiji, 
{e)  India,  (/)  Cashmere,  {g)  Labuan,  (//)  Natal,  (/)  New 
Zealand,  {k)  Queensland,  (/)  Newfoundland,  (w)  St.  Vincent, 
(«)  South  Australia,  {o)  Tasmania,  (/>)  Trinidad,  (</)  Trans- 
vaal, {}■)  Turks  Islands,  {s)  Victoria,  (/)  West  Australia. 
Class  12.  Not  less  than  three  countries  which  arc  not  mentioned  in 
Classes  10  and  1 1. 

This  is  an  alteration  that  should  tend  to  attract  exhibits  from  colIocttMs  in 
this  country,  who  are  referred  for  all  furtlicr  information  to  tiie  Honorary 
Secretary  of  the  Exhibition,  Dr.  11.  l.u\,  Hauff-Strasse  8,  Fricdnau,  Berlin. 


72  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

THE  POSTAGE  STAMPS  OF  THE  PHILIPPINES. 
E  gladly  give  publicity  to  the  following  announcement  supplied  to  us 
by  the  J.  M.  Bartels  Company,  Old  South  Buildings,  Boston,  U.S.A. : — 
"  After  many  months  of  diligent  labour  and  research,  the  work  on  the 
handbook  of  the  Stamps  of  the  Philippines  has  at  last  been  completed,  and 
the  authors  (Messrs.  J.  Murray  Bartels,  Captain  F.  L.  Palmer,  U.S.A.,  and 
F.  Apthorp  Foster)  are  happy  to  announce  its  appearance  at  an  early  date. 
It  is  expected  to  fill  a  long-felt  want,  especially  as  the  subject  is  one  which 
will  interest  all  patriotic  American  collectors.  At  the  same  time,  the  stamps 
of  few  countries  afford  greater  difficulties  than  those  of  our  new  acquisition 
in  the  far  East.  The  numerous  surcharged  issues  have  never  before  been 
properly  described,  and  much  doubt  has  existed  concerning  the  varieties 
of  dies  used  for  surcharging.  This  fact  made  it  very  difficult  to  detect 
forgeries.  An  absolute  chronological  arrangement  of  all  stamps  authorised 
for  postal  use  has  never  been  successfully  attempted.  The  total  number 
(as  far  as  known)  of  each  stamp  issued  will  be  of  considerable  interest. 
Perhaps  the  most  valuable  feature  is  the  extensive  description  of  all  known 
counterfeits,  exceeding  eighty  in  number.  The  differences  are  carefully 
described  and  extensively  illustrated  by  photographic  reproductions.  With 
the  assistance  of  this  information  collectors  will  be  able  to  tell  the  genuine 
from  the  counterfeit  without  much  difficulty.  The  work,  a  book  of  about 
100  pages,  is  illustrated  by  over  150  half-tone  reproductions  of  stamps, 
printed  on  the  best  coated  paper.  Neither  expense  nor  labour  has  been 
spared  in  trying  to  produce  as  perfect  a  work  as  possible.  The  edition 
will  be  limited  to  350  copies,  all  of  which  will  be  numbered  and  signed  by 
one  of  the  authors.  The  first  fifty  will  be  an  'Edition  de  Lux,'  printed 
on  heavier  paper,  and  accompanied  by  plates  showing  the  forty  varieties  in 
the  sheets  of  the  first  issue." 


DEATH  OF  M.  PIET-LATAUDRIE. 

JE  learn  with  regret,  through  the  minutes  of  the  Berlin  Philatelic  Club, 
of  the  death  of  this  well-known  collector.  M.  Lataudrie  was  a  keen 
collector  and  an  able  philatelist,  as  evidenced  by  his  well-known  work  on 
Reprints,  but  it  is  probable  that  his  name  will  always  be  most  permanently 
associated  with  the  possession  of  the  two  unused  "Post  Office"  stamps  of 
Mauritius,  which  were  subsequently  acquired  by  Mr.  W.  B.  Avery. 


THE  ''POST  OFFICE''  MAURITIUS. 

N  our  obituary  of  the  late  Baron  Arthur  de  Rothschild  last  month 
(page  40)  we  stated  that  the  Baron's  collection  did  not  include  speci- 
mens of  the  "  Post  Office."  The  correspondent  who  kindly  supplied  us  with 
our  information  writes  us,  however,  to  say  that  we  have  misunderstood  him 
in  this  respect,  and  that,  despite  statements  to  the  contrary,  both  the  id.  and 
2d.  "  Post  Office  "  are  contained  in  the  collection.     The  D.  B.  Z.  for  February 


OFFICIAL  CORRESPONDENCE.  73 

cites  the  late  Baron's  collection  as  possessing  only  the  id.  on  entire,  but  our 
correspondent,  who  has  exceptional  acquaintance  with  the  collection,  affirms 
that  the  existence  of  both  values  was  mentioned  in  the  Timbre-Poste  in  1 899, 
and  that  the  collection  still  exists  intact.  We  believe,  therefore,  that  the 
number  of  copies  of  these  stamps  now  known  cannot  be  less  than  twenty- 
four,  and  may  even  slightly  exceed  this  total.  We  understand  that  H.R.  H. 
the  Prince  of  Wales  exhibited  both  the  id.  and  2d.  at  the  meeting  of  the 
London  Philatelic  Society  on  March  4th,  and  every  member  will  rejoice  that 
their  President  should  be  the  possessor  of  two  such  superb  stamps. 


©fficial  Ol0ra0p0nl)^nce. 


"  Westminster  Chambers, 

"  13,  Victoria  Street,  London,  S.W., 

"  x'^th  February.,  1904, 

"  Sir, — I  beg  leave  to  bring  under  your  notice  the  charges  which  are  made 
against  my  Government  in  an  article  which  has  appeared  in  the  London 
Philatelist.,  a  publication  stated  to  be  the  journal  of  the  Philatelic  Society, 
London. 

"The  article  contains  the  following  statements,  namely  : — 

'  The  recent  issues  of  New  Zealand  are  entirely  speculative  and  un- 
'  necessary.  Their  issue  is  prompted  by  the  unworthy  desire  of  the 
'  postal  authorities  to  increase  their  revenue  by  the  sale  of  worthless 
'  rubbish  to  the  unwary  collector.' 

"  I  beg  to  state  without  reservation  that  this  most  objectionable  accusation 
is  entirely  devoid  of  truth,  and  to  express  on  behalf  of  my  Government, 
extreme  surprise  that  it  has  been  made  in  the  journal  of  your  Society. 

"  The  New  Zealand  Government  Postal  Authorities  in  issuing  postage 
stamps  have  had  absolutely  no  object  whatever  in  view  beyond  that  of 
supplying  the  public  with  stamps  of  good  quality,  for  use  in  the  ordinary 
course  of  business. 

"  Were  it  not  that  your  Society  occupies  a  high  position,  inasmuch  as 
H.R.H.  the  Prince  of  Wales  has  honoured  it  with  his  patronage  as  President, 
it  would  have  been  sufficient  to  have  treated  the  charges  made  with  silent 
contempt;  but  for  the  information  of  Mis  Royal  Highness  and  the  members 
of  your  Society,  I  think  it  due  to  them  to  state  that  the  sole  reason  for  the 
issue  from  time  to  time  of  stamps  varying  somewhat  from  each  other  has 
been  the  very  natural  desire  on  the  part  of  my  Government  to  have  them 
manufactured  within  the  Colony. 

"The  original  process  by  which  stamps  were  manufactured  there  was  that 
of  '  surface  printing,'  but  in  making  a  new  issue  of  stamps  the  process  of 
'  steel-plate  printing'  had  to  be  adopted. 


74  OFFICIAL   CORRESPONDENCE. 

"  This  alteration  required  the  procuring  of  a  new  plant  and  suitable  paper, 
and  the  training  of  the  Government  printing  artisans  in  its  use,  and  the  result 
was  for  some  time  so  unsatisfactory  as  to  necessitate  fresh  issues  of  stamps. 

"  But  I  again  repeat  that  in  making  such  issues  the  New  Zealand  Govern- 
ment Postal  Authorities  had  no  object  in  view  beyond  the  desire  to  render 
the  new  issues  as  perfect  as  possible.  They  would  have  been  only  too  glad 
if  the  new  process  could  have  been  at  once  successfully  carried  out,  and  thus 
have  saved  the  expense  and  trouble  which  has  far  exceeded  any  com- 
paratively trifling  gain  which  has  accrued  from  the  purchase  of  stamps  by 
stamp  collectors. 

"  I  think  that  you  will  agree  that  it  is  due  to  my  Government  that  this 
letter  be  published  in  the  next  issue  of  your  Society's  journal. 

"  I  am.  Sir, 

"  Your  obedient  servant, 

"  (Signed)        W.  P.  Reeves." 


"  lo,  Gracechurch  Street,  E.G., 

"  4fk  March,   1904. 

"Sir, —  Referring  to  my  letter  of  the  17th  ulto.,  I  have  now  submitted  your 
communication  of  the  1 3th  February  to  the  Council  of  my  Society. 

"  In  reply,  I  am  directed  to  say  that  the  Council  greatly  regret  that  un- 
worthy motives  should  have  been  attributed  to  the  Postal  Authorities  of 
your  Government  in  connexion  with  the  issues  of  Stamps  referred  to  in  the 
article  in  the  London  Philatelist  to  which  you  call  attention. 

"  Although  this  publication  is  the  official  journal  of  the  Philatelic  Society, 
London,  the  Editor  has  the  entire  management  of  it,  free  from  control  by  the 
Society,  and  no  matter  appearing  in  the  monthly  parts  is  submitted  to  the 
Council  before  publication. 

"  The  attention  of  the  Editor  has  been  called  to  your  letter,  which,  as 
desired,  will  be  published  in  the  March  number  of  the  journal,  and  however 
strongly  he,  in  common  with  other  collectors,  may  feel  that  the  multiplica- 
tion of  issues  and  varieties  of  stamps  is  to  be  deplored  from  a  Philatelic  stand- 
point, I  have  no  doubt  that,  in  view  of  your  explanation,  he  will  gladly  with- 
draw the  charges  to  which  exception  has  been  taken,  and  will  share  the 
feelings  of  regret  which  I  have  expressed  on  the  part  of  the  Council  of  the 
Society. 

"  I  am,  Sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

"(Signed)     J.  A.  Tilleard, 

"  The  Hon.  W.  P.  Reeves.  "  Hon.  Secretary  Philatelic  Society,  London. 

"  Agent-General  for  New  Zealand." 


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THE   STAMP-COLLECTORS'   ANNUAL* 

HE  purport  of  this  work  is  to  be  a  kind  of  "Whitaker"  for 
philatelists,  and  it  contains  a  variety  of  information  that  will 
be  found  useful  to  the  collector,  notably  in  the  Directory  and 
Guide  to  Philatelic  Societies  and  Exchange  Clubs.  We 
notice,  however,  that  the  names  of  officers  of  the  London 
Philatelic  Society  have  been  omitted.  There  is  also  a 
Catalogue  of  the  stamps  of  Great  Britain,  compiled  by  the  publishers,  and 
Mr.  Percy  C.  Bishop  has  ably  edited  a  variety  of  articles,  affording  either 
interesting  reading  or  useful  information. 

THE  INTERNATIONAL  DIRECTORY  OF  PHILATELIC 
LITERATURE  COLLECTORS.! 
This  little  work  is  issued  solely  for  the  benefit  of  collectors  of  philatelic 
literature.  Its  publisher,  who  therein  quotes  prices  for  many  stamp  journals 
and  publications,  has  collected  information  that  may  perhaps  be  of  interest 
to  collectors  of  stamp  literature,  and  has  reprinted  several  articles  from  con- 
tinental journals  bearing  on  the  subject. 

*  The  Stamp  Collectors'  Amiiial  and  Year-book  of  Philately.  C.  Nisseii  and  Co.,  77-7S,  High 
Holborn,  London,  W.C. 

t  The  International  Directory  of  Philatelic  Literature  Collectors  and  Publishers.  Victor  Marsh, 
389,  Brixton  Road,  London,  S.W. 


— >-♦-• — 

NOTES    OF    NE\A/^,    AND    VARIATIONS   OF   CURRENT,    ISSUES. 

(Varieties  of  Obsolete  Stamps,  and  Discoveries,  will  be  found  under  "Philatelic  Notes.") 
We  do  not  profess  to  chronicle  everything,  but,  with  the  kind  help  of  correspondents,  are  desirous  that 
all  the  important  novelties  may  be  included.  Speculative  stamps — i.  c.  those  not  really  required  for 
postal  purposes — will  be  considered  on  their  merits,  and  Jubilee  issues  will  not  be  chronicled. 
Members  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society,  and  other  readers  generally,  are  invited  to  co-operate  with  us 
in  making  the  columns  as  interesting  as  possible.  Our  foreign  readers  can  especially  help  us  in 
this  direction,  by  sending  copies  of  any  official  documents  relative  to  changes  in  the  current  issues, 
or  early  intimation  of  any  new  issue,  accompanied,  zvhen  possible,  by  a  specimen  ;  such  information 
will  be  duly  credited  to  the  correspondent,  and,  if  desired,  the  specimen  promptly  returned. 
Address:  Mr.  A.  CHURCHILL  Emerson,  Ekfingham  House,  Arundel  Street,  Strand, 
London,  W.C. 


BRITISH    EMPIRE. 

Grkat  Britain. — Though  not  generally 
known,  the  first  2^d.  King's  Head  stamps 
were  printed  in  mauve  on  blue,  registered  on 
December  3rd,  1 901,  and  delivered  on  Decem- 
ber 1 6th,  1 90 1.  A  few  thousand  sheets  were 
printed,  but  tlie  stamps  were  never  issued. 

Admiralty  Official. — We  have  seen  un- 
used specimens  of  the  2d.  and  2^d.  King's 
Head  set  in  Type  2. 

2(1.,  f,'rfcn  and  carniini.-,  Kinj^'s  I  lead,  Type  2, 
2id.,  l)Uic,  King'.s  Head,  Type  2. 


Board  of  Educalion.  —  The  5d.  King's 
Head  stamp  was  registered  on  February  4th, 
1904,  and  delivered  on  I'cbiiiary  6lh,  1904. 

5d.,  purple  and  ultramarine,  Kint<'s  Head. 

/.A'.  Ofjicial. — The  2id.  King's  Head  was 
used  as  far  back  as  April,  i()02,  or  earlier. 

We  liear  that  the  Ck!.,  jiurpic,  of  tiic  King's 
Head  set  with  this  uveipiint  was  delivered 
on  March  loth  inuk-ran  oMTpiiiiling  warrant 
of  I'cbruary  iSth. 

/.A'.  Official. — 6il  ,  puipli-,  King's  Head, 


76 


NEW  ISSUES. 


Bermuda.  —  Messrs.  P.  L.  Pemberton 
and  Co.  have  shown  us  the  4d.,  orange-red, 
of  the  type  of  1880,  watermarked  CA  and 
perf.  14.  We  understand  this  stamp  has 
lately  been  put  into  circulation. 
Adhesive. 
4d.,  orange-red,  type  of  1880;  CA;  perf.  14. 

British  East  Africa  and  Uganda. — 
A  small  addition  to  the  stationery  bearing 
the  new  type  is  made  by  the  M.  C. 

Post  Cards.     Jd.,  green  on  white  (P.U.). 
i  +  id.  „  „  „ 

British  Honduras. — The  Metropolitan 
Philatelist  announces  the  arrival  at  the 
Washington  Bureau  of  the  i  cent.  King's 
Head,  stamp. 

Adhesive.      i  cent,  bluish  green. 
Canada. — Some  new  stationery  of   the 
King's    Head    type    is    listed    by    Ewejis 
Weekly.     Post  Cards,     i  c.  +  i  c,  black. 
2  c,  indigo  blue. 

Cape  of  Good  Hope. — We  are  informed 
that  the  id.  post  card  of  the  King's  Head 
issue  exists  in  reply  form. 

Post  Card.     id.  +  id.,  carmine. 

Ceylon. — The    30  cents.   King's    Head, 

has  been  added  to  the  Official  set,  and  the 

P.  J.  G.  B.  has  received  a  supply. 

Official. 

30  cents,  violet  and  green,  King's  Head  ; 

black  overprint. 

\^T)\K.—Holkar.—T\Mt  M.  J.  chronicles 
a  }  anna  stamp  m  a  new  type.  It  bears 
a  portrait,  presumably  that  of  the  new 
Maharaja,  who  succeeded  to  the  throne  on 
January  31st,  1903.  We  are  told  that  the 
surrounding  frame,  inscriptions,  etc.,  remain 
unaltered. 

Adhesive.     \  anna,  orange  ;  perf.  14. 

Morocco  Agencies.— An  addition  to  the 
list  of  Queen's  Head  stamps  with  blue  over- 
print is  made  by  Ewen's   Weekly,  and  the 
M.  C.  lists  some  reply  cards. 
Adhesive. 
I  peseta,  bistre  and  ultramarine,  Queen's 
Head  j  blue  overprint. 
Post  Cards. 
5-1-5  c,  in  black,  Jd.,  green. 
10 -f- 10  c.         ,,       id.,  rose. 

North  Borneo.— To  the  set  of  stamps 
catalogued  as  overprinted  "  British  Protecto- 
rate "  in  two  lines  must  be  added,  according 
to  Eweti's  Weekly,  the  f  i,  red. 

Adhesive.     $1,  red  ;  black  surcharge. 

Seychelles.— The  2  c.  King's  Head,  has 
appeared  in  quite  a  distinct  shade,  in  fact 
almost  a  different  colour.  Instead  of  dark 
red-brown  it  is  now  an  orange-brown. — 
Ewen's  Weekly. 

Adhesive,     2  c,  orange-brown  ;  C  A  ;  14. 


Straits    Settlements.— /^/^^^r^.- The 
$2  stamp  of  1898,  overprinted  "  One  Dollar," 
has  reached  Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co. 
The   surcharge   is   in   black,  with  a  line 
underneath  to  cancel  the  old  value. 
Adhesive. 
One  Dollar,  in  black,  on  $2,  lilac  and  carmine. 

Trinidad. — Mr.  H.  L.  Ewen  has  shown 
us  the  new  2^d.  of  the  Britannia  type  in 
violet  and  blue  on  blue. 

Adhesive. 

2jd.,  violet  and  blue  on  blue  ;  C  A  ;  perf.  14. 

EUROPE. 

Austria.'— On  the  authority  of  a  Con- 
tinental journal,  the  M.  C.  reports  a  change 
in  the  6  heller  letter  card. 

Letter  Card. 
6  heller,  brown  on  blue  (not  white). 

Bulgaria.  —  Another  value  has  been 
added  to  the  set  of  1902  Postage  Due 
stamps,  and  Mr.  H.  L.'Estrange  Ewen  and 
Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co.  have  sent 
us  specimens. 

Postage  Due.     20s.,  blue;  perf.  11  J. 

Finland. — The  2  pen.  of  the  current  type 
has  been  changed  from  yellow  to  orange. 
We  believe  the  new  shade  appeared  in  1903. 
— Ewen's  Weekly. 

Adhesive.     2  pen. ,  orange  (formerly  yellow). 

AMERICA. 

Chili. — We  have  copied  the  following 
from  XheM.J.:— 

"  Our  correspondent  in  Chili  sends  us  a 
cutting  from  a  paper  of  December  i6th  last 
containing  a  notice  published  by  the  Ministry 
of  the  Interior,  calling  for  tenders  for  the 
manufacture  of  a  new  issue  of  postage  stamps, 
in  accordance  with  the  following  hst : — 
I  c,  green  ;  head  of  Diego  Portales. 
2 c,  rose  ,,       Arthur  Prat. 

3  c.,  sepia  ,,       Lord  Cochrane. 

4  c. ,  dark  brown  ;  head  of  Camilo  Henriquez. 

5  c,  blue  ;  statue  of  Bernardo  O'Higgins. 
IOC,  pearl-grey  ;  head  of  Ramon  Freire. 

12  c,  pale  rose  ,,       Manuel  Blanco  En- 

calada. 
15  c.,  scarlet  ,,       Francisco  Antonio 

Pinto. 
20  c. ,  purple  , ,      Joaquin  Prieto. 

25  c,  red-brown  ,,  Manuel  Bulnes. 
30  c. ,  dark  green  ,,  Manuel  Montt. 
50  c.,  light  blue         ,,       Jose  Joaquin  Perez. 

1  p.,  golden  yellow  ;  picture  of  a  Condor. 

2  p.,  bronze  ;  statue  of  Jose  de  San  Martin. 

"The  10  c.  and  higher  values  are  to  have 
the  centre  in  black.  The  stamps  up  to  50  c, 
inclusive,  are  to  be  25  x  28  mm.,  and  the  i 
and  2  pesos  25  x  35  mm.  They  are  to  be 
printed  from  steel  plates,  engraved  in  taille 
douce,  and  to  be  perforated.  New  envelopes, 
post  cards,  and  letter  sheets  are  also  to  be 
supplied,  but  with  these  we  are  not  concerned. 


NEW  ISSUES. 


77 


"  Our  correspondent  adds  that  the  tender 
of  the  American  Bank  Note  Co.  has  been 
accepted,  so  we  may  expect  good  workman- 
ship. 

"We  have  received  the  recently  chronicled 
lo  c.  on  30  c.  with  the  surcharge  inverted. 
One  sheet  only  is  stated  to  have  been  found 
thus  ill-treated.  It  is  numbered  in  the  right 
upper  corner  '  498/  in  black." 

Nicaragua. — We  are  informed  by  the 
M.  C,  on  the  authority  of  a  Continental 
journal,  that  the  1898  envelope  of  10  c.  has 
been  surcharged,  in  violet,  "  Habilitado  Vale 
S  Cents  "  to  the  left  of  the  stamp. 

Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co.  send  us 

a  5  centavos  of  the  type  of  the  set  of  1900, 

but  printed  in   red  instead  of  blue.      We 

understand  that  it  has  lately  been  issued. 

Envelope. 

5  centavos  (on  10  c),  violet. 

Adhesive. 

5  c,  red,  type  of  1900 ;  perf.  14. 

Paraguay. — The  M.  J.  has  discovered 
that  the  2  c,  4  c,  5  c,  and  10  c.  stamps  of 
the  1892  issue  (Types  19  to  22)  exist  upon 
chalk-surfaced  paper.  The  examination  of 
blocks  of  the  stamps  on  this  paper  shows 
that  they  were  perforated  with  a  comb 
machine,  gauging  approximately  12x12^; 
probably  this  is  the  perforation  that  has 
hitherto  been  described  as  "12  lo  12^." 

Venezuela. — Mekeels  Weekly  describes 
a  new  provisional  as  follows  :  "  The  50  c, 
green,  surcharged  vertically  from  top  to 
bottom  in  three  lines,  '  Correos — Vale  B  O, 
05—1904.'"         Provisional. 

5  c.  on  50  c,  green  ;  black  surcharge. 

OTHER  COUNTRIES. 

French  Colonies.  —  Senegal.  —  Some 
Postage  Due  stamps  are  reported  surcharged 
10  centimes,  in  black. 

We  list  them  from  particulars  given  in 
the  M.  C.  Postage  Dues. 

10  centimes  on  50  c,  violet  (3,000). 

10  ,,  60  c,  violet  on  buff  (3,000). 

10  ,,  I  fc,  rose  on  buff  (3,000). 

Hayti. — Two  sets  of  stamps  have  lately 
appeared — one  is  commemorative  of  some 
event  and  of  little  interest,  but  the  other,  we 
understand,  may  be  taken  as  for  permanent 
use,  and  we  therefore  clironiclc  it. 

The  stamps,  we  are  told  by  the  /'.  A'.,  bear 
a  portrait  of  (lencral  Simon  Law,  the  {'resi- 
dent, and  all  are  disfigincd  with  a  control 
overprint,  in  blue,  in  an  oblong  frame,  reading 
"  1804— I'OSTK— 1904  I'AYI^:,"  surrounding  a 
small  ornament. 


Adhesives. 

1  c,  green  ;  perf.  12. 

2  c,  carmine  on  black  ;  perf.  12. 
5  c,  blue  on  black  ;  perf.  12. 

10  c,  chocolate  on  black  ;  perf  12. 
20  c. ,  yellow  on  black  ;  perf  12. 
50  c. ,  pale  lilac  ;  perf.  12. 

Japan. — Messrs.  Stanley  Gibbons,  Ltd., 
have  found  the  50  sen,  brown.  Type  23,  with 
compound  perforation  13  to  14  x  10^  to  12. 

This  is  probably  the  stamp  referred  to  in 
Mr.  L.  W.  Fulcher's  article  on  "The  Stamps 
of  Japan  from  1876." — London  Philatelist, 
vol.  viii.,  page  233. 

Persia. — Messrs.  Bright  and  Son  inform 
us  that  they  have  found  the  2  kran  on  5  kr. 
of  1897  with  inverted  surcharge. 

Adhesive. 
2  kr.,  in  carmine,  on  5  kr.  of  1897,  with  inverted 
surcharge. 

Philippine  Islands. — It  is  reported  in 
the  A.  J.  P.  that  the  following  new  U.S.A. 
envelopes  and  wrappers  have  received  the 
usual  overprint  for  use  in  this  colony. 
Envelopes. 


Green  overprint. 
I  c,  green  on  amber. 
I  c.         ,,  buff. 

I  c.         ,,  blue. 


Carmine  overprint. 
2  c. ,  carmine  on  white. 
2  0.         ,,  amber. 

2  c.         ,,  buff. 

2  c.         ,,  blue. 

Wrappers. 
Green  overprint.       1      Carmine  overprint. 
I  c,  green  on  manila.   |  2  c,  carmine  on  manila. 

Portuguese  Colonies.  —  Angra  and 
Horta. — The  M.  C.  chronicles  the  following 
post  cards,  having  the  stamp  in  the  left 
upper  corner.       Post  Cards. 

25  reis,  carmine  on  cream  (P.  U.). 
2S"i"25   >i         >)  >>  >> 

Azores. — ^From  the  same  source  we  gather 
that  the  new  Portuguese  Postage  Dues  have 
been  overprinted  "Azores,"  in  black. 
Postage  Dues. 
10  reis,  orange.        I        40  reis,  lilac. 
30    ,,     green.  |      100    ,,     dull  blue. 

The  P.  R.  adds  the  5  and  50  reis,  giving 
the  colour  of  the  overprint,  blue,  on  all. 

Russian  Levant.— Yet  another  value  is 
reported  to  have  been  issued  on  the  ver- 
tically laid  paper. 

Adhesive, 
10  paras  on  2  k.,  green  ;  red  surcharge. 

SiAM. — According  to  Eiven's  Weekly  six 
new  stamps  have  made  their  ajipearancc, 
three  old  values  in  new  colours  and  three 
entirely  new  values. 

Adhesives.      Current  type. 

2  alls,  scarlet  ;    corners  and  shield  blue. 

3  ..     K'tc"  „  •>         Rrecn. 

4  ,,     lilac-brown      ,,  ,,         llcsh. 

6    ,,     carmine  ,,  ,,         ciirminc, 

14    ,,     blue  ,,  ,,         blue. 

28    ,,     lilacbrowii     ,,  ,,         blue. 


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lljiliiMic   Snruties'   lltcetings. 


The  eighth  meeting  of  the  season  1903-4 
was  held  at  Effingham  House,  Arundel 
Street,  Strand,  on  Friday  the  5th  February, 
1904,  at  7.45  p.m. 

Members  present :  C.  Neville  Biggs,  Gor- 
don Smith,  Thomas  William  Hall,  Rudolph 
Meyer,  Rudolph  Frentzel,  George  B.  Rout- 
ledge,  L.  W.  Fulcher,  C.  J.  Daun,  F.  Ransom, 
T.  Maycock,  W.  Sanders  Fiske,  R.  B.  Yard- 
ley,  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg,  W.  Schwabacher, 
H.  G.  PaUiser,  C.  McNaughtan,  B.  D.  Knox. 

In  the  absence  of  the  Vice-President,  the 
chair  was  taken  by  Mr.  C.  N.  Biggs,  and  the 
minutes  of  the  meeting  held  on  the  22nd 
January,  1904,  were  read  and  confirmed. 

A  letter  of  regret  for  his  inability  to  attend 
was  read  from  the  Assistant  Hon.  Secretary, 
owing  to  his  absence  in  Scotland. 

The  absence  of  the  Hon.  Secretary  was 
also  explained  by  Mr.  Gordon  Smith. 

Mr.  Gordon  Smith  then  read  his  paper 
entitled,  "Notes  on  the  Correct  Treatment  of 
Perforations."  In  the  course  of  his  remarks 
he  stated  that  perforation  was  first  noticed 
and  appreciated  by  Dr.  Legrand,  who  sug- 
gested the  method  still  in  use  of  counting  the 
number  of  holes  in  a  line  of  two  centimetres. 

Three  kinds  of  machines  had  been  used, 
viz.  : — 

{a)  A  single-line  cutter. 
{b)  A  comb  machine,  sometimes  incor- 
rectly called  a  triple  cutter. 
{c)  A  harrow  machine,  as  used  by  Portu- 
gal and  Colonies,  which  perforated 
a  whole  sheet  of  twenty-eight 
stamps  at  one  operation. 

Mr.  Gordon  Smith  suggested  that  so  far 
as  English  perforating  machines  were  con- 
cerned collectors  might  add  to  the  present 
notation  an  intimation  of  the  number  of  per- 
forating pins  or  punches  that  were  used  per 
inch,  and  suggested  a  new  gauge  being  pre- 
pared accordingly. 

A  short  discussion  followed,  in  which 
Messrs.  Yardley,  Ransom,  Fulcher,  and 
Knox  took  part.  A  vote  of  thanks  to  Mr. 
Gordon  Smith  was  ultimately  proposed  by 
Mr.  Thomas  William  Hall  and  seconded  by 
Mr.  Ransom,  and  carried  unanimously.  Mr. 
Gordon  Smith  responded,  and  expressed  his 
gratitude  to  Mr.  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg  for  the 
great  assistance  he  had  rendered,  not  only  in 
formulating  his  suggestions,  but  in  providing 
and  measuring  the  stamps  shown  in  illustra- 
tion of  the  paper.  The  proceedings  then 
terminated. 


The  ninth  meeting  of  the  season  1903-4 
was  held  at  Effingham  House,  Arundel 
Street,  Strand,  on  Friday,  the  19th  February, 
1904,  at  7.45  p.m. 

Members  present :  Gordon  Smith,  R.  B. 
Yardley,  Herbert  R.  Oldfield,  R.  Ehrenbach, 
L.  L.  R.  Hausburg,  C.  Neville  Biggs,  L.  W. 
Fulcher,  W.  Sanders  Fiske,  T.  Maycock, 
Edward  J.  Nankivell,  Thomas  William  Hall, 
B.  D.  Knox. 

In  the  absence  of  the  Vice-President,  the 
chair  was  taken  by  Mr.  Gordon  Smith,  and 
the  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  on  the  5th 
February  were  read  and  confirmed. 

Letters  were  read  from  the  following- 
members  of  the  Society  intimating  their 
resignations,  and  the  same  were  accepted 
with  regret :  Mr.  H.  Townend  Green,  Major 
Newland,  and  Mr.  J.  U.  Enys. 

Mr.  Yardley  then  read  some  notes  on  the 
stamps  of  the  First  Republic  of  the  Trans- 
vaal, which  had  been  prepai'ed  in  connection 
with  the  Reference  List  for  "  Africa,"  part  3, 
the  notes  being  accompanied  with  a  display 
of  the  stamps.  Time  did  not  permit  the 
completion  of  the  reading,  which  was  post- 
poned, and  is  to  be  resumed  at  a  subsequent 
meeting.  Mr.  Yardley  called  attention  to 
many  interesting  points,  and  presented 
several  new  views  which  excited  consider- 
able interest  among  the  members  present 
interested  in  the  stamps  of  the  Transvaal. 

A  vote  of  thanks  was  moved  by  Mr. 
Ehrenbach,  seconded  by  Mr.  Nankivell,  and 
carried  unanimously,  and  the  proceedings 
shortly  afterwards  terminated. 


The  tenth  meeting  of  the  season  1903-4 
was  held  at  the  Examination  Hall,  Victoria 
Embankment,  W.C,  on  Friday,  the  4th 
March,   1904,  at  8.30  p.m. 

Members  present :  H.R.H.  the  Prince  of 
Wales,  K.G.,  Rev.  W.  N.  Usher,  F.  G. 
Bepler,  L.  W.  Fulcher,  R.  B.  Yardley,  Gordon 
Smith,  Herbert  R.  Oldfield,  Robert  Ehren- 
bach, C.  McNaughtan,  W.V.  Morten,  Thomas 
William  Hall,  J.  G.  Tolhurst,  W.  Schwa- 
bacher, Major  E.  B.  Evans,  William  Moser, 
L.  J.Wells,  Baron  A.  de  Worms,  C.  -F.  Dendy 
Marshall,  William  Cowland,  Louis  E.  Brad- 
bury, H.  F.  W.  Deane,  T.  Maycock,  Edward 
J.  Nankivell,  L.  C.  Sidebotham,  H.  G.  Palliser, 
H.  Quare,  T.  Wickham  Jones,  C.  J.  Daun, 
J.  H.  Abbott,  William  M.  Gray,  Arthur  W. 
Stamford,  C.  Neville  Biggs,  J.  N.  Keynes, 
F.  E.  Horton,  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg,  J .  E.  Joselin, 
W.  T.  Wilson,  Rev.  G.  H.  Raynor,  Rev.  P.  E. 
Raynor,  E.  D.  Bacon,  Vernon  Roberts,  F. 
Ransom,  E.  A.  Elliott,  B.  D.  Knox,  W. 
Sanders  Fiske,  W.  W.   Blest,   H.   Doming 


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79 


Beckton,  Eliot  Levy,  P.  J.  Lloyd,  Malcolm 
S.  Cooke,  Rudolph  Frentzel,  A.  C.  Emerson, 
Rudolph  Meyer,  J.  A.  Tilleard.  Visitors  : 
Viscount  Crichton,  H.  F.  Bartlett. 

The  chair  was  taken  by  the  President, 
H.R.H.  the  Prince  of  Wales,  K.G.,  and  the 
minutes  of  the  meeting  held  on  the  19th 
February  were  read  and  signed  as  correct. 

There  being  no  correspondence  the  meet- 
ing proceeded  to  the  election  of  Mr.  Alan 
Walter  Maclean,  proposed  by  the  Hon. 
Secretary,  and  seconded  by  the  Hon.  Assist- 
ant Secretary,  who  after  ballot  was  declared 
duly  elected  a  member  of  the  Society. 

The  President  then  read  a  paper,  entitled 
"Notes  on  the  Postal  Issues  of  the  United 
Kingdom  during  the  Present  Reign,"  con- 
taining a  complete  account  of  all  official  and 
other  information  relativ-e  to  the  preparation 
of  the  new  stamps,  and  illustrated  by  a  most 
interesting  and  valuable  display  of  essays, 
proofs,  and  specimens  of  the  stamps  them- 
selves taken  from  the  sheets  of  the  first 
impressions. 

The  paper  was  very  warmly  received,  and 
the  following  resolution  was  moved  by  Mr. 
Gordon  Smith  : — 

"That  the  members  of  the  Philatelic 
Society,  London,  most  cordially  welcome 
their  illustrious  President,  and  deeply  appre- 
ciate the  high  honour  conferred  upon  them  by 
his  coming  to  preside  at  this  meeting,  and 
beg  him  to  accept  their  warmest  thanks  for 
his  most  interesting  paper,  and  the  display 
of  his  unique  collection  completely  illustrat- 
ing the  present  issue  of  postage  stamps  of 
United  Kingdom  bearing  the  portrait  of  His 
Majesty  the  King." 

In  the  course  of  his  remarks  Mr.  Gordon 
Smith  said  :  — 

"May  it  please  your  Royal  Highness: 
Gentlemen,—  I  have  the  honour  to  place 
before  you  a  resolution  which  I  am  sure  you 
will  have  as  much  pleasure  in  accepting  as 
I  have  in  proposing. 


"The  members  of  this  Society  are  under 
a  threefold  obligation  to  their  illustrious 
President.  First,  in  his  acceptance  of  that 
office  ;  next,  in  his  coming  here  to-night  to 
occupy  his  chair;  and  last,  but  not  least, 
the  fact  that  he  comes  among  us  to  read  a 
paper  illustrated  by  the  unique  collection 
which  we  have  first  had  the  opportunity  of 
examining. 

"  I  noticed  that  on  a  recent  occasion,  when 
addressing  an  audience  on  technical  educa-. 
tion,  he  reminded  his  hearers  that  if  this 
country  would  hold  its  own  against  the  rest 
of  the  world  we  must  all  use  our  brains  ; 
and  on  another  occasion  he  remarked  that 
if  we  would  attain  success  we  must  seize  our 
opportunities. 

"  Our  President  has  given  us  an  example 
to-night  of  how  he  can  put  those  excellent 
precepts  into  practice,  and  has  shown  us  how 
the  opportunity  of  his  unique  position  in  the 
realm  has  by  this  happy  combination  enabled 
him  not  only  to  form  a  unique  collection  of 
the  trials,  essays,  and  original  designs  which 
led  us  to  the  present  issue  of  postage  stamps 
of  the  mother  country  bearing  the  portrait 
of  the  King,  but  has  also  enabled  him  to 
compile  a  record  for  the  use  of  ourselves 
and  future  students  which  in  a  few  years' 
time  it  will  be  almost  impossible  to  collate, 
even  with  unlimited  access  to  all  the  docu- 
mentary evidence  which  Somerset  House 
can  furnish. 

"  I  trust,  therefore,  that  the  e.xample  he 
has  set  us  will  kindle  the  enthusiasm  of  every 
member  to  contribute  all  that  lies  in  his  power 
to  the  published  literature  of  this  Society. 

"  It  is  in  no  formal  way  that  we  welcome 
our  President  this  evening,  but  rather  in  the 
way  which  I  feel  sure  will  be  most  appreciated 
by  him,  that  is  as  a  co-worker  with  ourselves 
in  the  field  of  Philately." 

The  resolution  was  seconded  by  Major 
Evans,  and  carried  with  acclamation. 

His  Royal  Highness  responded,  and  after 
some  short  time  spent  in  a  more  informal 
discussion  the  proceedings  terminated. 


^Iic  ^ttarket. 

— ♦ — 

No  IB.  —  Under  this  title  wilt  be  inserted  all  the  information  that  may  refer  in  any  way 

to  the  /inancial  aspects  of  Philately,  e.g.   the  sales  or  values  of  stamps,   the  state 

of  the  Market,    Trade  publications,  etc. 


Wc  liave  received  from  Messrs.  Whitfield 
King  and  Co.,  of  Ipswich,  their  price  list  of 
stamps  supi)lied  in  sets,  which  wc  would 
commend  to  our  readers.  There  arc  nearly 
1,700  different  sets  of  stamps  (|uoled  in  this 
Catalogue — the  35lh  edition— an  evidence  of 
the  Ipswich  firm's  progressive  melliods  of 
Ijubincss. 


Mkssks.  Plumridgic  and  Co. 
Sale  of  January  5th  and  6tli,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Antigua,    C  C,    2jd.,    red-brown,*    /;    s.    ,<. 

mint  '      .  .         .190 

Bahamas,  no  wmk.,  pcrf.   ij,   id., 

lake,*  ditto  .  .140 

Barbados,  id.,  on  half  5s.  .4100 


8o 


THE  MARKET. 


British  East  Africa,  i  anna,  1895, 

double  sur.,*  mint 
British  Guiana,  1850,  8  c,  green, 

thinned 
Cape,    Triangulars,    is.,    yellow- 
green,  a  superb  pair 
Ditto,  ditto,   IS.,  dark  green,  a 
superb  mint  pair,  with  margin 
of  sheet  one  side 
Ditto,    1861,    Woodblock,    id., 

scarlet,  superb    . 
Ditto,  4d.,  dark  blue,  very  deep 
shade    .  .  .         . 

Ditto,  4d.,  pale  blue,*  tiny  nick 
at  one  corner,  but  a  nice  copy 
Ditto,  4d.,  pale  blue,  superb 
Great  Britain,  1 862, gd.,  straw, hair 
lines,  perf  cut  at  bottom 
Ditto,    O.W.    Official,    lod.,   on 
piece    . 
Nevis,  CA,  6d,,  green 


IS 

5 

12 
o 


Sale  of  January  19th  and  20th,  1904. 
Ceylon,  1872-80,  8  c,  orange-yell. 

14x12^,*  mint    .  .         .190 

Ditto,   1888-90,   5  c.  on    15  c 
error,    without    "  Revenue,"  * 
with  gum  .  ••33 

Great  Britain,  1840,  id.,  black  on 

bluish*  .  ..20 

Ditto,  1858,  large  Crown,  14,  id 

rose-red,  pair,*  imperf.    .         -350 
Ditto,  1857,  medium  Garter,  on 

white,  4d.,  rose-carmine,*  mint     6  15     o 
Ditto,  1862,  IS.,  green,  Plate  3, 

with  hair-lines,  pair,  imperf,*     500 
Ditto,  O  W  Official,  5d.,  Queen's 

Head   .  .  ..300 

Mecklenburg,  1864,  |  sch.,  roul.,* 

part  gum  .  .        .440 

Swazieland,    5s.,   slate,   surcharge 

inverted  .  .         .300 

Transvaal,  1900,  V.R.I.,  ;^ 5,  green     550 
Trinidad,    1894,    los.,   green    and 

blue,*  mint         .  .         .220 

Ditto,  "  O  S,"  5s.,*  mint     .         .20.0 
Zululand,  5s.,*  mint    .  .         .2100 

*  *  * 

Messrs.  Puttick  and  Simpson. 

Sale  of  January  12th  and  13th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

France,    1849,   20  c,  blue,*  gum     2  15     o 

Moldavia,  1854,  54  paras  ;   small 

tear      .  .  . 

Zurich,  4  r.,  hor.  lines,  Type  3 
Cape,  Triangular,  Woodblock,  4d. 

dark  blue 
Lagos,  2s.  6d.,  olive-black,*  mint 
Ditto,  Ss.,  blue,*  ditto 
Ditto,  los.,  lilac-brown,  used 
Mauritius,   1847,   "POST  office,'' 
2d.,  blue,  unused  ;  one  of  the 
very    rarest    stamps    in    the 
world,  only  four  or  five  unused 
copies  being  in  existence       1,450    o    o 
Ditto,   1848,  "post  paid,"    id. 
orange,    early    medium    im- 
pression, a  pair,  good  margins 
and  very  fine       .  .         .1300 


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•     7     7 

0 

•     3  12 

6 

■     4  17 

6 

•     9  17 

6 

Mauritius,  1847,  another  pair,  early    i    s.    d. 
medium  impressions,  no  mar- 
gins at  right,  but  very  fine  and 
on  piece  of  original      .         .     16    o    o 

Ditto,  ditto,  a  vertical  pair,  early 
impressions,  very  large  mar- 
gins, lightly  cancelled  and 
superb  colour      .  .         .  30    o    o 

Ditto,  ditto,  2d.,  blue,  medium 
impression,  unused,  small 
margins  and  creased  across, 
but  a  very  fair  copy        .         .1100 

Ditto,  ditto,  2d.,  deep  blue,  early 
medium  impression,  the  error 
"  PENOE,"  veiy  fine         .        .  1 1  1 1     o 

Ditto,  ditto,  2d.,  blue,  early 
medium»  impression,  nice  mar- 
gins and  on  piece  of  original,     9  10    o 

Ditto,  ditto,  2d.,  deep  blue,  early 
medium  impression,  on  small 
pieceof  original,  large  margins, 
fine  colour  and  very  lightly 
cancelled,  a  superb  copy        .16    o    o 

Ditto,  1859,  large  fillet,  2d., 
dark  blue,  creased  at  left  and 
very  slightly  cut  into  at  right 
lower  corner,  but  a  nice  copy, 
used  with  another  on  small 
piece  of  original .  .         .9100 

New  Brunswick,  185 1,  is.,  mauve, 

lightly  cancelled  and  very  fine  10    o    o 
Newfoundland,  1857,  is.,  scarlet,  a 
little  close  at  left,  lightly  can- 
celled .  .  .         .  10  10    o 

Ditto,  i860,  4d.,  orange,  unused, 
fine,  no  gum        .  .         .450 

Nova  Scotia,  ditto,  is.,  violet,  very 

lightly  cancelled .  .         .  11   1 1     o 

Grenada,  1888,  4d.  on  2s.,  orange, 
a  strip  of  three,  the  centre 
stamp  being  the  very  rare 
variety  with  upright  "d,"  un- 
used, mint  .  .  .7150 
T3ritish  Guiana,  1850,  12  c,  blue, 

cut  round,  on  entire        .         .900 

Sale  of  January  26th  and  27th,  1904. 
Great  Britain,  1840,  2d.,  deep  blue. 


pair,"^  no  gum 


4  17     6 


Ditto,  1882-3,  ^ I,  purple-brown     330 

Russia,  1883,  7  k.,  blue,  pair,  iin- 

perf.,*  mint  .  .         .     2  10    o 

Ceylon,  Ten  Cents  on  36  c.,blue,* 

no  gum  .  .         .260 

Federated  Malay  States,  I25  (on 

Perak),*  mint      .  .         .600 

British  South  Africa,  1891,  set  of 

four  provisionals,*  ditto  .     3  15     o 

Cape,  Woodblock,  4d.,  dark  blue  . .  5  00 
Ditto,  1880,  "3"  on  3d.,  lilac- 
rose,  a  vertical  pair,  the  top 
stamp  having  the  surcharge 
omitted,  with  Expert  Com- 
mittee's opinion  .  .         .300 

Niger  Coast,  1893-4,  "  half 
PENNY,"  in  blue,  on  2^d.,  a 
fine  block  of  six,  mint*        .     6  10    o 

British  Columbia,  1865,  10  c,  im- 
perf,* no  gum     .  .         .     2  10    o 

Barbados,  id.  on  half  5s.       .        •     3     5    o 


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£      ".     d. 

St.  Kitts,  C  A,  4d.,  blue,*  mint  .  2  lo  o 
Virgin  Islands,  1899,  4d.,  "pencf"  376 
Tasmania,  1892-9,  £,1,  green  and 

yellow,*  mint       .  .         .85° 

Collections:  2,894 (Colonials), ;£8o; 

4,29S>  ;£6o. 

*  *  * 

Messrs.  Ventom,  Bull,  and  Cooper. 

Sale  of  February  4th  and  5th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Great  Britain,  1841,  id.,  red,  roul.  240 
Ditto,  2^,  rose,  Plate2,"L.H.F.L."2  2  o 
Ditto,  1847,  IS.,  Oct.,  block  of  nine  2  12  o 
Ditto,   1883-4,   5s.,   rose,   blued 

paper*  .  .         .     3  12     6 

Malta,  ^d.,  yellow,  1879,  14X12I, 

block  of  eighteen,*  mint         .     3  10    o 
Finland  and  the   Levant,  collec- 
tion 451  .  .         .  24  10    o 
Philippines,  ist  issue,  10  c,  pale 

rose*   .  .  .         .     2  10    o 

Ditto,  ditto,  I  real,  blue*  .         .     i   16    o 
Ditto,  ditto,  2  reales,  green*     .     i   12     o 
Perak,  Service,  1894,  5  c,  blue,* 

with  gum  .  .         .300 

Mauritius,   small   fillet,  2d.,  blue, 

early  * .  .  .         .500 

Sierra  Leone,  Half  penny  on  i-|, 

C  C,*  mint  .  .         .240 

Transvaal,  3d.,   dull  mauve,   fine 

roulette*  .  .        .     3  15    o 

Ditto,  6d.,  blue,  ditto,*  thinned.  3  18  o 
Ditto,    IS.,   green,    ditto,*  with 

gum      .  .  ..500 

Ditto,  1877,  surcharged  "V.  R. 
Transvaal,"  6d.,  blue  on  blue, 
twice  surcharged  .         .770 

Ditto,  ditto,  id.,  red  on  orange, 

with  compound  roulette  .800 

Ditto,  ditto,  id.,  red  on  orange, 

with  wide  roulette  .         .300 

Ditto,  ditto,  6d.,  blue  on  blue, 

with  wide  roulette  .         .600 

Nevis,  litho.,  4d.,  orange,*  mint    .300 

St.  Vincent,  4  on  half  6d.,  pair      -35° 

Victoria,   1861,  2s.,  green,  perf,* 

full  gum  .  .         .450 

Ditto,  1857,  Star,  4d.,  rose,  im- 

perf*   .  .  ..200 

Ditto,  ditto,  no  wmk.,  2d.,  lilac, 

rouletted  .  .         .300 

Collections:  3,854,^26,  and  1,425, 

;l{j20    lOS. 

*  *  * 

Messrs.  Puttick  and  Simpson. 

Sale  of  February  9th  and  loth,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Great  Britain,  id.,  "v.R.,"*  no  gum  700 
Cape  of  Good  Hope,  Woodl)lock, 

4d.,  dark  blue,  small  tear  .  617  6 
Gold  Coast,  205.,  green  and  red,* 

mint     .  .  .         •     5   15     o 

Sierra  Leone,  1883,  C  A,  4d.,  blue,* 

mint     .  ..600 

Canada,  7^d.,  green,*  mint    .  900 

Ditto,  lod.,  blue,*  mint  .  .800 
Ditto,  6d.,  purple-brown,  perf.,* 

mint  .  ..900 


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Nova  Scotia,  is.,  purple,  rubbed 
Barbados,  id.  on  half  5s. 
Nevis,  6d.,  green,*  mint 
British  Guiana,  1888-9,  $1,  green, 

on  entire 
New   South    Wales,    1854-6,    2d. 

blue,  imperf ,  wmk.  5,*  no  gum 
New  Zealand,  1864,  N  Z,  rouletted, 

id.,  carmine 
Collections  :  4,502,  ;^88  ;  4,095,  liZ;  9,151, 

;^34  ;  and  4,599,  -^^34- 


Sale  of  February  23rd  and  24th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Austria,    Mercury,    yellow,    thick 

paper,*  with  gum  .         .44 

Great  Britain,  1847-54,  lod., brown,* 

part  gum  .  .         .218 

Spain,  185 1,  2  reales,*  no  gum      .  20    o 

Ditto,  1852,  ditto,*  ditto     .        .  12     o 

Ditto,  1853,  ditto,*  ditto     .         .  10    o 


Switzerland,  Neuchatel,  5  c.,  nogum     5     7 
Ceylon,  1862,  is.,  violet,  no  wmk.,* 

mint     .  .  ..80 

Ditto,  2  rs.  50  c.,  lilac-rose,*  mint     3  17 

Cape,  Woodblock,  id.,  scarlet       .     4    o 

Ditto,  ditto,  4d.,  blue  .         .217 

Natal,  1877-9,  One  Penny  on  6d., 

rose,  with  quadruple  surcharge*   3  17 
Zululand,  5s.,  carmine,  pair  .         .42 
Canada,  7id.,  green,*  slight  crease     8    o 
Ditto,  lod.jblue,  on  thick  paper,* 

mint     .  .  ..90 

Nevis,   1878,  perf  ii|-,  litho,  id., 

entire  sheet  of  12*.  .         .50 

Trinidad,    Lady    McLeod,   blue,* 

repaired  .  ..80 

Argentine  Republic,  1891,20  pesos. 


green,*  mint 


3  15 


British   Guiana,    1850,   12   c,   cut 

square .  .  ..880 

Buenos   Ayres,  4   pesos,  scarlet,* 

no  gum  .  .         .1500 

Ditto,  5  pesos,  yellow,*  part  gum, 

close  cut  .  .         .500 

Antioquia,   1868,  10  c,  lilac,*  full 

gum      .  .  .         .   10    o    o 

Peru,  1858,  \  peso,  orange  .  .  3  17  6 
New  Zealand,  2d.,  lilac-blue,  pelure,* 

no  gum  .  .         .500 

Victoria,  1857-63,  wmk.  Star,  id., 

green,  rouletted,*  with  gum    .700 

Ditto,  Too  Late,  6d.*         .        -330 

Collections:  5,854 and duplicates,^36;  3,741, 

;^26  ;  and  4,583,  ,^25. 


Messrs.  Plumridge  and  Co. 
Sale  of  February  i6th  and  17th,  1904. 

'  Unii«d. 

Barbados,    1870,   large   Star,  4d., 

vcr.*     .  .  ..28 

Cape  of  Good  Hope,  1855, 6d.,  lilac, 

pair,*  mint  .  .         .     3   10 

Ditto,  1855,  6d.,  lilac,  block  of 

eight     .  .  .         .     3  12 

Ditto,    1855,    IS.,    ycUow-grecn, 
block  of  five  •        •     5     5 


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Cape   of    Good    Hope,   1855,    is.,     £    s. 
yellow-green,  block  of  seven, 
little  defective      .  ..50 

Ditto,  Woodblock,  4d.,  dark  blue 

/4and     4   17 
Ditto,  1863-4,  6d.,  bright  mauve, 

mint,  pair 
Ditto,  C  C,  halfpenny  on  3d. 
Ceylon,  1863,  id.,  blue,  perf.  ii-J   . 
Great  Britain,  1841,  id.,  on  Dick- 
inson paper*       .  .         .  _ 
Ditto,  1867-80, 2s.,  brown  ^2  and   2     4 
Natal,  first  issue,  is.,  buff,  corners 
cut        .                ... 
New  Brunswick,  is.,  violet    . 
Newfoundland,  is.,  scarlet-vei*. 
New  Zealand,  1872,  4d.,  no  wmk., 
icsed      .                ... 
Queensland,  i860,  id., carmine-rose, 
imperf.,  pair 
Ditto,  i860,  6d.,  green,  imperf., 
pair       .                 ... 
Tasmania,    1892,    ^i,    green    and 

yellow,*  mint 
Transvaal,  1879,  'd-;  in  I'ed,  on  6d., 

black,  Type  16    . 
Trinidad,  1859,  imperf,  6d.,  green 
Collections  :  5,740,  ^73,  and  4,209,  ^30. 

Sale  of  March  ist  and  2nd,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

British  Central  Africa,   1890,  ^2, 

rose,*  mint  .  .         .300 

British  Guiana,  1875,  perf  15,  8  c, 

rose,  pair,*  mint  .         .     r   18    o 

British  South  Africa,  1891,  set  of  4 

provisionals*       .  .         .     3   17     6 

Great  Britain,  1840,  2d.,  blue*  .  217  6 
Ditto,    1 84 1,    id.,    red,    part    of 

sheet,  214,*  O.G.  .         .12100 

*  *  * 

Messrs.  Ventom,  Bull,  and  Cooper. 

Sale  of  February  19th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

BritishCentralAfrica,j{^i,deepblue  200 
Ditto,  1895,  ^10,  ver.,  thinned  at 

back     .  .  .         .     4  12     6 

Ditto,  1895,  4^5'  blue-green      .  10     5     o 
Ditto,  1896,  ^'i,  black-blue         .1140 
Transvaal,      1887-90,     ^5,     deep 

green,*  mint        .  .         .400 

Ditto,"v.R.i.,"2M.,blue,inverted 

sur.,  pair,*  mint  .  .         .440 

Zululand,  5s.,  carmine,*  mint  .  2  10  o 
Bolivia,  1894,  10  c,  blue,  error  .260 
Collection:  7,159,^50. 


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7 

13 


Sale  of  March  3rd  and  4th,  1904, 

*  Unused.  £, 

Ceylon,  40!.,  dull  rose,  imperf..  Star  12 
Ditto,  8d.,  deep  yellow -brown  13 
Ditto,  9d., lilac-brown, ditto,ditto  3 
Ditto,  lod.,  orange-vermilion  .  3 
Ditto,  IS.  9d.,  green,  ditto,  ditto,* 

mint 
Ditto,  2s.,  blue,  ditto,  ditto 
Ditto,  4d.,  dull  rose,  perf.* 
Ditto,8d.,brown,perf  ,*partgum   10 
Ditto,  4d.,  I'ose-red,  Star,  i"Ough 
perf,  "  pehch,"*  with  gum     . 
Ditto,  8d.,  yellow-brown,  ditto, 
ditto      .  ... 

Ditto,  IS.  9d.,  green,  perf,*  mint 
Ditto,    5d.,   purple-brown,    C  C, 
pair,*  ditto 
Straits    Settlements,     1899,    5    c, 
carmine,  unused,  in  mint  state, 
error,   the   surcharge  "  four 
cents"  being  omitted    . 
British  South  Africa,  1896,  Bulu- 
wayo  Provisional,"  One  Penny" 
on    4s.,    grey-black   and   ver- 
milion, vertical  pair,*  mint    . 
Cape  of  Good  Hope,  Woodblock, 
id.,  red  £■}>  '5S-  and 

Ditto,  ditto,  4d.,  dark  blue 
Mauritius,  "POST  PAID,"  id.,  ver. 
on  blue  paper, early  impression 
Ditto,  2d.,  blue,  early  impression, 
a   brilliant   unused  specimen 
with  gum,  exceedingly  rare  in 
this  state 
Ditto,  2d.,  blue,  early  impression 
Ditto,  2d.,  blue,  error  "penoe" 
Transvaal,   Queen's    Head    Provi- 
sionals, id.,  in  black,  on  6d., 
black,  an  entire  unused  sheet 
of  60,   showing"   the    different 
types  of  surcharges,  extremely 
rare,  only  two  or  three  similar 
sheets  known       .  .  127 

New  Brunswick,  is.,  violet     .         .10 
St.  Vincent,  first  issue,  6d.,  green, 

pair,  imperf*       .  •         •     3 

New  South  Wales,  Sydney  Views, 
id.,  red,  plate  i,  a  most  superb 
block  of  five,  unused,  in  mint 
state  with  side  margin,  Nos.  8, 
9,  10,  14,  and  15  on  plate, 
unique  .  .  235 

Western  Australia,  first  issue,  4d., 
blue,  with  inverted  centre,  an 
excessively  rare  stamp,  only 
seven  other  specimens  Jjeing 
known  .  .  400 


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THE 


30itil0ti  IMIat^Bt: 


THE    MONTHLY    JOURNAL    OF 


THE    PHILATELIC   SOCIETY.    LONDON. 


Vol.  XIII. 


APRIL,    1904. 


No.    148. 


inberteti   OlentaB. 


EAR  to  the  heart  of  every  collector,  and  notably  so  to  the 
specialist,  are  those  varieties  of  stamps  known  as  "Errors," 
mainly  created  by  the  mistakes  or  carelessness  of  the 
printers.  These  varieties  naturally  range  very  widely  in 
their  importance,  from  a  minute  flaw  in  a  surcharge  to  an 
entire  impression  in  the  wrong  colour,  and  it  not  infrequently 
happens  that  too  much  importance  is  attached  to  errors  of 
a  trivial  nature,  such  as  defective  prints  or  broken  founts. 
The  two  most  striking  classes  of  these  errors  are — in  their 
order  of  philatelic  importance — (i)  Stamps  printed  entirely 
in  the  wrong  colours  ;  and  (2)  Stamps  that  are  printed  from 
two  dies,  one  of  which  is  inverted  in  its  impression  relatively 
to  the  other.  Both  classes  embrace  but  few  varieties,  and  both  include  some 
of  the  very  greatest  rarities  in  Philately.  In  the  first  class  the  entire 
impressions  are  errors,  and  they  are  clearly,  therefore,  more  important  than 
in  the  second  where  one  portion  of  the  stamp  is  correct.  In  their  relative 
order  of  rarity — according  to  our  judgment — and  only  taking  cognisance 
of  the  most  important  stamps  of  this  class,  may  be  (tentatively)  mentioned  : — 
(i)  Spain,  185 1,  2  reales,  blue. 

(2)  West  Australia,  1869,        is.,  bistre. 

(3)  South  Australia,  1870-1,  4d.,  blue. 


10  k.,  black  on  yell 010. 

3  r.  50  k.,  black  and ycllozv. 

4d.,  red. 

id.,  /;///(•. 

2d.,  lilac. 


(4)  Finland,  1866, 

(5)  »         i«95> 

(6)  Cape,  1 86 1, 

(7)  .. 

(8)  West  Australia,  1879, 

(9)  New  South  Wales,  1891,  \(\.,grcy. 

(10)  J5adcn,  1 85 1,  gkr., green. 

(11)  Straits  Settlements,  1899,  5  c,  carmine. 

All  these  are  rarities.     Of  the  Spain  t>iil)'  one  or  perhaps  two  copies  are 
known  ;    of  the  South  Austialia  two  exist  unused  and   five  used  ;    and  tiu- 


84  INVERTED   CENTRES. 

Finland  lo  k.  may  perhaps  be  found  in  twenty  instances.  The  Finland 
3  r.  50  k.  is  said  to  have  been  printed  in  only  a  very  few  copies,  but  its  true 
status  will  only  be  determined  by  the  lapse  of  time.  The  Cape  errors  are 
too  well  known  and  popular  to  require  any  remarks  on  our  part.  Numbers 
9,  10,  and  1 1  are  all  relatively  recent  discoveries,  and  their  position  in  above 
list  can  hardly  as  yet  be  defined,  but  they  will  assuredly  rank  high  therein. 

We  have,  apparently,  a  little  diverged  from  the  subject  indicated  by  our 
title,  but  in  order  to  weigh  the  relative  importance  of  the  inverted  centre 
stamps  we  deemed  it  necessary  to  state  how  far  they  were  superseded  in 
philatelic  value  by  any  other  class.  We  have  thus  placed  them  second  in 
importance  among  all  classes  of  errors,  while  on  the  score  of  rarity  several 
of  these  inverted  centres  are  on  an  equal  plane  wifh  the  errors  of  colour. 

The  most  important  of  the  inverted  centre  stamps  may  be  classed  in  the 
following  order  of  merit — we  omit  for  the  moment  such  recent  varieties  as 
the  100  reis  of  Brazil  (1891),  or  of  Congo  10  c.  (1895),  the  7  k.  of  Russia, 
etc.,  etc. 

(i)  Spain,  1867,  25  m.,  blue  and  rose. 

(2)  West  Australia,  1854,    4d.,  blue. 

(3)  India,  1854,  4  a.,  red  and  blue. 

(4)  Russia,  1865-75,  10  k.,  brown  and  blue  (two  varieties). 

(5)  United  States,  1869,    30  c,  red  and  blue. 

(6)  Russia,  1883-90,  14  k.,  blue  and  carmine  (two  varieties). 

(7)  United  States,  1869,  24  c,  lilac  and  green. 

(8)  „  „  „       15  c,  blue  and  brown. 

(9)  Spain,  1865,  12  c,  blue  and  rose,  perf 
(10)        „          „  „  „  imperf. 

As  far  as  our  knowledge  goes,  we  estimate  that  not  more  than  four  or 
five  copies  of  the  Spain  are  known,  of  the  West  Australia  perhaps  seven 
or  eight,  and  of  the  Indian  possibly  fifteen  to  twenty.  As  regards  the 
Russian  stamps,  it  is  very  difificult  even  to  guess  at  the  number  known ;  the 
10  kopecs  must,  however,  be  extremely  rare,  and  the  14  k.  is  also  very 
scarce.  As  to  the  United  States,  the  30  c.  is  also  an  extremely  rare  stamp, 
and  we  should  doubt  if  more  than  twenty  copies  are  known.  The  other  two 
values  are  far  more  often  seen,  and  the  1865  Spain  are  only  relatively  rare, 
except  in  unused  condition.  We  have  made  no  mention  of  the  recent  in- 
verts of  United  States,  as  time  will  better  show  how  far  they  are  really  rare. 

It  will  therefore  be  seen  that  these  inverted  centres  include  some  of  the 
"  great  rarities,"  and  the  surprise  of  our  readers  at  the  price  recorded  at 
Messrs.  Ventom,  Bull,  and  Cooper's  auction  for  the  4d.  Western  Australia 
may  thereby  be  somewhat  mitigated.  That  no  less  than  ;^400  should  have 
been  given  for  an  "  inverted  4d.  Swan  "  is,  however,  a  remarkable  fact,  and 
constitutes,  we  believe,  a  record  for  any  price  ever  paid  for  any  Australian 
stamp.  It  must,  however,  be  borne  in  mind  that  this  specimen  was  not 
cut  at  the  corners,  whereas  several  of  the  known  existing  specimens  have 
been  so  mutilated,  and  this  natui'ally  materially  increases  its  value.  It  is 
satisfactor}-'  to  know  that  this  fine  stamp  will  go  to  grace  the  Australian 
collection  of  one  of  our  leading  British  specialists. 


NOTES   ON   THE   STAMPS   OF  SOUTH  AUSTRALIA.  85 

In  our  "  Occasional  Notes  "  for  the  month  will  also  be  found  a  reference 
to  the  sale  in  Paris  of  a  30  c.  United  States  (1869)  with  centre  inverted,  which 
seems  to  have  changed  hands  at  a  remarkably  low  price.  Under  the  same 
heading  will  further  be  found  an  account  of  the  doings  of  one  Wolle  in 
America,  capable  apparently  of  removing  and  replacing  any  portion  of  a 
stamp  without  fear  of  discovery.  At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  London 
Philatelic  Society,  Mr.  Ehrenbach  showed  a  pair  of  stamps  apparently  tcte- 
beche,  but  which  had  been  so  cleverly  joined  together  as  to  defy  detection. 
If  all  these  facts  are  strung  together  the  moral  is  fairly  obvious  :  firstly,  high 
prices  for  inverted  centres,  tites-bcches,  and  other  errors ;  and,  secondly,  re- 
markable adroitness  in  making  imitations  of  these  varieties.  The  high 
prices  paid  for  this  class  of  stamp  will  undoubtedly  attract  the  attention 
of  the  fakers  and  forgers,  and  we  cannot,  therefore,  too  earnestly  counsel 
collectors  to  take  heed  in  purchasing  stamps  of  this  nature.  In  dealing  with 
firms  of  established  reputation,  of  which,  fortunately,  there  is  no  lack  in 
almost  every  portion  of  the  globe,  the  philatelist  is  on  sure  ground,  but 
if  stamps  of  this  kind  are  purchased  from  comparative  strangers,  the  most 
rigid  tests  should  be  demanded,  such  as  immersion  in  boiling  water,  or,  fail- 
ing that,  the  purchase  should  not  be  completed  without  the  certificate  of  an 
expert.  There  is  no  doubt  that  the  art  of  imitation  and  "faking"  of  stamps 
has  reached  a  dangerously  high  level  of  cleverness,  and  it  behoves  us  all 
to  face  the  enemy  and  to  see  that  we  are  not  defrauded  by  the  machinations 
of  these  adroit  stamp  forgers. 


(^ate0  on  the  (Stampe  of  (South  Australia. 

A  Paper  read  before  the  Philatelic  Society,  London,  on  January  22nd,  1904. 
By  L.  L.  R.  HAUSBURG. 


HE  first  stamps  used  in  South  Australia  were,  like  those 
of  most  colonics,  printed  in  London  by  Messrs.  Perkins 
Bacon  and  Co.  The  original  die  was  engraved  on  steel  by 
VV.  Humphrys. 

The  2d.  value  was  issued  on  the  ist  January,  1855,  and 
was  followed  by  the  id.  and  6d.  towards  the  end  of  October 
of  the  same  year.  On  August  21st,  1856,  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.  sent 
out  a  supply  of  500,000  of  the  is.  in  a  violet  colour.  The  history  of  this 
stamp  is  not  known  at  present.  As  far  as  I  know,  it  was  never  recorded 
in  any  philatelic  journal  until  1883,  when  a  collector  in  Adelaide  wrote  in  the 
Philatelic  Record  that  he  found  a  copy  among  some  stamps  that  had  been 
given  to  him.  There  is  no  doubt,  I  think,  that  this  stamp  was  never  issued, 
possibly  because  the  colour  was  too  much  like  that  of  the  6d. 

The  stamp  is  very  scarce,  but  what  has  become  of  the  half-million  ? 
The   id.,  unused,  is  a  good  stamp,  but  the  2d.,  of  which  a  considerable 
quantity  was  found  scmuc  jears  ago,  is  to  be  found  unused  in  most  collections. 


86  NOTES  ON  THE  STAMPS   OF  SOUTH  AUSTRALIA. 

They  are  nearly  always  in  mint  condition,  and  have  never  been  to  Australia. 
The  paper  of  the  remainders  is  whiter  than  that  of  the  issued  stamps  ;  doubt- 
less the  gum  of  the  latter  was  affected  by  the  sea  air  on  the  way  out,  and  by 
the  Australian  climate. 

Following  their  usual  custom,  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.  sent  out 
with  each  value  the  plate  (in  the  case  of  the  is.  two  plates),  and  a  supply 
of  paper  and  ink.  This  would  lead  us  to  expect  that  it  would  be  difficult 
to  distinguish  between  the  London-  and  colonial-printed  stamps.  As  you  all 
know,  there  is  not  the  slightest  difficulty,  and  this  may  be  due  to  the  fact 
that  the  inks  were  sent  out  dry,  and  the  colonial  printers  did  not  use  the  same 
medium  to  mix  them. 

Of  the  colonial-printed  imperforate  stamps  the  earliest  copy  known  is 
a  2d.,  blood-red,  dated  13th  January,  1857,  so  that  printing  operations  must 
have  commenced  in  1856.  The  id.  is  found  in  two  very  distinct  shades  :  one 
is  a  deep  yellow-green  with  a  smudgy  appearance,  as  if  there  was  too  much 
ink  on  the  plate ;  and  the  other  is  a  very  washy  yellow-green,  as  if  the  ink 
had  not  taken  to  the  paper.  The  2d.  is  found  in  a  great  range  of  shades 
from  blood-red  to  salmon.  Many  of  the  "  blood-red "  stamps  have  also 
a  very  smudgy  appearance,  so  much  so  that  at  first  sight  unused  copies  look 
as  if  faintly  obliterated  ;  but  close  examination  will  show  that  the  extra  lines 
across  the  stamp  are  in  the  same  colour  as  the  stamp  itself  Many  of  the 
2d.,  pale  red,  are  as  well  printed  as  the  London  production,  but  the  colour 
is  never  the  same.  All  these  stamps  unused,  in  the  imperforate  condition,  are 
very  scarce  indeed,  the  2d.  being  the  only  one  that  is  ever  met  with. 

The  2d.  is  found  with  another  impression  on  the  back,  but  as  is  the  case 
with  other  similar  stamps,  one  of  the  impressions  is  always  fainter  than 
the  other. 

Early  in  1859  a  rouletting  machine  was  first  employed,  and  continued  in 
use  for  many  years,  long  after  perforating  machines  were  introduced.  This 
is  where  the  first  difficulty  appears  with  regard  to  the  stamps  of  this  colony, 
and  that  is  to  distinguish  the  first  rouletted  stamps  from  those  of  later 
printings,  in  the  case  of  the  id.  and  6d.  values. 

There  is  a  sure  and  certain  test  for  this.  The  first  rouletted  stamps  are 
the  same  printings  as  the  imperforate  ones.  This  test  sounds  simple  enough, 
but  the  application  is  not  so  easy  in  the  case  of  the  id. ;  a  little  careful  study 
of  the  stamps,  however,  will  make  the  difference  clear. 

The  id.  in  the  washy  yellow-green  is,  of  course,  one  of  the  early  printings, 
and  the  other  early  id.  is  in  a  much  more  yellow  shade  than  any  of  the  later 
ones,  and  has  the  same  smudgy  appearance  as  the  imperf  stamp.  Both  of 
the  early  shades  of  the  id.  and  the  is.,  orange,  are  very  scarce  unused. 

The  shades  of  the  later  printings  of  the  id.  and  6d.  are  very  numerous. 
Some  of  them  are  very  scarce  and  difificult  to  find,  even  used. 

Among  the  shades  of  the  id.  there  are  a  dark  green,  the  same  shade  that 
is  also  found  perforated,  and  a  pale  yellow-green  found  also  perf.  x  roulette,  a 
much  softer  colour  than  the  early  pale  yellow-green.  Both  of  these  are 
scarce  unused. 

The  shades  of  the  6d.  are  very  confusing.  The  "  Prussian  blue  "  is  con- 
temporary with  the  id.,  dark  green,  mentioned  above,  and  is  the  same  shade 


NOTES   ON   THE   STAMPS   OF  SOUTH  AUSTRALIA.  87 

as  the  dark  blue  stamp,  which  is  found  perf.  x  roulette  and  perforated.  It 
must  not  be  confused  with  the  greenish  blue  stamp,  of  which  there  are  some 
very  dark  shades.  The  sky-blue,  and  ultramarine,  as  well  as  the  "  Prussian 
blue,"  are  exceedingly  rare  unused. 

The  later  colour  of  the  2d.,  rouletted,  orange-vermilion,  dark  to  pale,  is  quite 
a  different  colour  from  that  of  the  earlier  pale  red  stamp.  In  Messrs.  Napier 
and  Gordon  Smith's  handbook  the  pale  shade  is  dated  as  late  as  1867;  but 
I  think  it  quite  likely  that  both  the  dark  and  pale  shades  are  of  the  same 
printing.  They  appear  to  me  the  same  colour,  and  only  vary  in  depth. 
I  have  a  copy  of  the  pale  vermilion  shade  dated  1864.  While  looking  at  the 
various  specimens  of  this  2d.  stamp  I  should  like  to  draw  your  attention 
to  the  horizontal  strip  of  twelve  from  the  top  of  the  sheet,  with  full  margins. 
You  will  notice  that  one  vertical  line  of  roulettes  is  missing  ;  this  is  accounted 
for  by  the  fact  that  the  rouletting  machine  had  only  twelve  wheels,  whereas 
thirteen  would  be  necessary  to  roulette  both  sides  of  all  the  twelve  stamps. 

The  gd.  is  found  in  two  shades.  The  first  printing,  in  December,  i860,  is 
in  brownish  lilac,  but  the  later  ones  are  a  much  paler  colour,  and  are  usually 
less  clearly  printed. 

This  stamp  is  of  interest  for  a  peculiar  reason.  It  is,  I  think,  the  only 
case  in  which  the  public  are  advised  by  the  Postmaster,  in  his  notice  of  the 
issue  of  the  stamp,  to  moisten  the  face  of  the  stamp  to  make  the  back  adhere 
to  the  envelope. 

There  are  three  distinct  shades  of  the  is.,  brown.  The  greyish  brown 
was  the  first  issued,  and  was  followed  by  the  red-brown,  which  varies 
considerably  in  depth  of  colour;  the  last  was  the  chestnut-brown  —  a 
contemporary  of  the  id.,  dark  green,  and  6d.,  Prussian  blue.  I  find  that 
there  is  often  some  difficulty  in  deciding  which  is  the  chestnut-brown.  It 
is  the  same  colour  as  that  of  the   is.,  perforated   10. 

The  2d.,  pale  red,  lod.  on  gd.,  black  surcharge,  and  is.,  orange,  are  found 
printed  on  both  sides. 

The  plates  of  the  4d.,  gd.,  and  2s.  were  prepared  by  Messrs.  Perkins  Bacon 
and  Co.,  but  none  of  these  values  were  printed  in  London.  There  is,  however, 
a  proof  of  the  gd.  in  a  dull  lilac  shade — a  much  more  beautiful  stamp  than 
the  colonial  production. 

We  next  come  to  the  introduction  of  perforating  machines  in  1867.  There 
were  at  least  two  in  use  at  that  time,  one  gauging  lii  to  12,  and  the  other 
about  I2i.  It  must  not  be  imagined  that  this  marks  the  disuse  of  the  rouletting 
machines,  except  in  conjunction  with  the  perforating  machines.  Many  of 
the  rouletted  stamps  are  in  shades  that  came  out  long  after  the  perforating 
machines  commenced  to  work. 

All  the  stamps  perforated  and  rouletted,  with  the  exception  of  the  ul.,arc 
.scarce  unused,  the  4d.  being  one  of  the  great  rarities  of  South  Australia. 
The  6d.  and  is.,  perf.  I2i  x  roulette,  arc  also  very  .scarce  unused. 

The  introduction  of  perforating  machines  raises  the  most  difficult  point 
with  regard  to  the  stamps  of  South  Australia,  and  that  is  to  distinguish 
between  the  first  perforated  stamps  and  the  later  ])rintings  made  in  1871  or 
the  end  oi  1870,  perforated  by  the  same  machines. 

In  some  ca.ses  llu-  shades  of  the  hilrr  piinliii'js  arc  {luite  tlistinct   from 


88  NOTES   ON  THE   STAMPS   OF  SOUTH  AUSTRALIA. 

those  of  the  earHer  stamps,  but  in   other  cases   we  have  to  rely  on  dated 
copies,  which  fortunately  are  not  scarce. 

The  shades  of  the  id.  are  numerous,  the  earlier  ones — both  yellow-  and 
blue-green — being  much  paler  than  the  1 8/ 1  printings,  which  are  a  much 
deeper  and  fuller  green.     The  early  shades  are  all  scarce  unused. 

The  2d.  perforated  is  a  very  scarce  stamp,  and  does  not  occur  in  the 
second  printing  in  1871.  The  sheets  that  were  perforated  were  most  likely 
remainders  that  were  either  imperforate  or  imperfectly  rouletted,  as  one 
copy,  at  any  rate,  is  known  rouletted  and  perforated  as  well.  This  stamp 
was  superseded  early  in  1868  by  the  2d.  designed  by  Messrs.  De  La  Rue 
and  Co. 

In  the  last  number  of  the  Australian  Journhl  of  Philately,  December, 
1903,  a  writer,  under  the  name  of  "  South  Australian,"  expresses  his  doubts  as 
to  the  existence  of  this  stamp.  There  are,  however,  several  undoubted  copies 
in  collections  in  this  country. 

There  are  two  in  the  Tapling  Collection  ;  there  were  a  vertical  pair  dated 
17th  August,  1868,  and  a  copy  showing  roulettes  as  well  in  the  Castle 
Collection ;  and  there  is  another  one  in  Mr.  Castle's  present  collection. 

The  authors  of  the  Handbook  on  South  Australia  state  that  all  the  known 
copies  are  perf  ii|.  There  were,  however,  two  copies  in  Mr.  Gordon  Smith's 
collection,  which  you  now  see  in  mine,  one  of  which  is  perf.  ii^  x  I2|.  Both 
of  these  copies  are  dated  1868. 

"  South  Australian  "  seems  to  imagine  that  all  the  rouletted  stamps  of  the 
Perkins  Bacon  type  were  issued  before  the  series  perf.  x  roulette,  and  that 
the  latter  were  all  previous  to  the  series  perforated  only.  This,  I  think,  is  not 
the  case. 

From  the  dated  specimens  I  have  seen  I  believe  that  the  rouletting  and 
perforating  machines  were  all  in  use  at  the  same  time.  For  instance,  speci- 
mens of  the  sky-blue  6d.,  rouletted,  perf.  x  roulette,  and  perforated,  all  exist 
with  equally  early  dates.  A  similar  example  is  the  6d.,  Prussian  blue,  which 
was  issued  after  the  sky-blue. 

This  seems  to  show  that  the  various  shades,  and  not  the  different 
machines,  determine  the  dates  of  the  printings. 

The  printings  of  the  4d.  are  the  most  difficult  of  all  the  values  to 
distinguish.  There  is  one  distinct  dull  lilac  shade  which  certainly  belongs  to 
the  earlier  printings.  All  copies  with  dark  brown  gum  may  also  be  included 
with  the  early  ones. 

The  6d.,  sky-blue,  does  not  occur  in  the  later  printings  ;  it  is  very  scarce 
unused.  The  6d.,  Prussian  blue,  is  more  difficult  to  distinguish  from  the  later 
ones,  but  here  the  dated  copies  are  of  great  assistance. 

The  lod.  on  gd.  occurs  only  in  the  early  printing.  I  know  of  only  one 
copy  unused. 

The  IS.,  chestnut-brown,  perforated,  is  quite  different  from  an}^  of  the 
later  ones,  and  so  is  the  is.,  dark  brown;  these  are  easily  distinguished  by 
dated  copies.     They  are  both  scarce  unused. 

The  2s.,  pale  rose-qarmine,  is  a  peculiar-looking  stamp ;  it  is  generally 
supposed  to  be  the  same  shade  as  the  2s.  rouletted,  which  was  in  use  at  the 
same  time,  but  the  perforated  2s.  is  usually  paler  in  shade,  and,  I  believe,  is 


NOTES   ON   THE   STAMPS   OF  SOUTH  AUSTRALIA.  89 

not  known  unused.  There  are,  however,  three  copies  in  Mr.  C.  McXaughtan's 
collection,  all  with  early  dates,  which  are  identical  in  shade  with  the  2s. 
rouletted. 

There  is  also  a  dark  carmine  stamp  belonging  to  the  early  printing,  as 
copies  are  known  dated  February,  1870;  but  it  is,  as  far  as  I  know,  im- 
possible to  distinguish  the  early  from  the  later  ones,  unless  we  accept  as  early 
ones  all  those  with  dark  brown  gum.* 

The  6d.,  Prussian  blue,  and  lod.  on  gd.,  perf  x  roulette,  exist  with  impres- 
sions on  both  sides,  but  the  latter  has  the  surcharge  "tenpence"  on  only  one 
side.  The  2s.,  pale  rose-carmine,  perforated,  also  exists  with  impression  on 
the  back. 

Only  two  values  are  known  perforated  \2\ — the  id.  and  6d.,  sky-blue. 

It  is  not  necessary  to  say  any  more  about  the  subsequent  printings  late  in 
1870  and  1871,  except  that  the  id.  and  2s.  are  found  with  impressions  on 
both  sides. 

In  1868  the  Crown  and  SA  paper  (the  SA  being  wide  apart)  was  intro- 
duced. At  first  only  the  2d.  of  the  De  La  Rue  design  and  the  lod.  on  gd.  were 
printed  on  this  paper.  The  2d.  is  very  scarce  perforated  ii|^,  121,  and  com- 
pound, and  1 1|- X  roul.,  used  or  unused.  It  exists  with  impressions  on  both 
sides,  rouletted,  and  perf.  10.  The  lod.  on  gd.  is  only  known  perf  ir|,  and 
is  a  very  scarce  stamp  used  ;  in  an  unused  state  I  believe  it  is  unknown. 

For  a  short  time  in  1869  the  2d.  of  the  second  type  was  printed  on  Star 
wmk.  paper.  It  is  common  rouletted,  but  very  scarce  perforated  and 
perf.  X  roul. 

The  year  1870  marks  the  introduction  of  a  new  machine  gauging  10,  and 
also  a  new  value — the  3d.  All  the  values  except  the  2s.  exist  perforated  10, 
and  all  perf  10  compound  with  11^  and  \2\.  The  6d.,  perf  10,  is  a  scarce 
stamp  unused,  and  so  is  the  is.  perf  10  compound  with  iii  and  \2\.  It  is 
sometimes  said  that  the  stamps  perf  10  and  those  perf  10  compound  with 
I  \\  and  \2\  exist  on  the  same  sheet.  I  do  not  quite  see  how  this  can  be  the 
case,  as  we  should  then  expect  to  find  the  2s.  perf  10. 

The  3d.  value  was  made  by  surcharging  the  4d.  stamp,  printed  in  blue 
instead  of  purple,  with  "  3  PENCE,"  first  in  red  on  the  stamp  perforated  10,  and 
later  in  black.  The  latter  is  found  in  all  the  varieties  of  perforation  and  also 
without  the  surcharge  "  3  PENCE,"  perf  \\\  and  1 1|  x  12^.  This  stamp  is  one 
of  the  great  rarities  in  Australia,  two  being  known  unused,  and  four  or 
five  used.     It  is  also  found  with  double  surcharge. 

There  is  a  very  scarce  shade  of  the  3d.  It  is  quite  Prussian  blue  and 
almost  identical  with  the  colour  of  the  contemporary  6d.  It  is  quite  likely 
that  the  wrong  colour  was  used  by  mistake. 

Early  in  1 871,  or  possibly  late  in  1870,  a  supply  of  paper  was  obtained 
from  Melbourne  watermarked  V  and  Crown,  owing  to  a  tcmporar)'  deficiency 
of  the  Crown  and  SA  paper;  the  2d.  and  4d.  stamps  were  priiUcil  on  it.  It 
is  possible  to  find  the  4d.  without  watermark  ;  these  specimens  arc  from  the 
margin  of  the  V  and  Crown  jjaper.  It  is  also  found  with  impressions  on 
both  sides.     In  an  unused  state  the  4d.  is  very  scarce  indeed. 

*  Since  willing  these  iioles  I  have  found  a  copy  of  llic  2s.  in  ihc  dark  ciiiiiiine  sliinlc,  lialed 
OcUjljcr   131I1,    1S69. 


90  NOTES   ON   THE  STAMPS  OF  SOUTH  AUSTRALIA. 

The  supply  of  the  gd.,  hlac,  was  still  unexhausted  up  to  the  year  1872,  but 
apparently  all  the  sheets  had  been  rouletted.  For  some  reason  or  other, 
about  this  time  one  or  more  sheets  were  perforated  as  well.  It  is  a  scarce 
stamp  used,  unused  it  is  very  rare  indeed.  A  new  printing  in  a  violet  shade 
was  made  in  1872,  but  the  later  printings  are  in  mauve.  It  was  perforated 
ii|  and  compound  with  12\.  The  violet  stamp  is  found  with  impressions 
on  both  sides. 

A  new  design  for  the  id.  similar  to  the  2d.  was  prepared  by  Messrs.  De  La 
Rue  and  Co.  in  1875.  It  was  printed  on  the  Crown  and  SA  (wide)  paper 
and  perforated  10,  ii|,  and  12J,  and  their  compounds.  It  is  scarce  unused 
perf.  ii|  and  compound  with  I2|. 

The  year  1876  is  of  considerable  importance,  as  it  marks  the  introduc- 
tion of  a  new  paper,  with  watermark  large  broad-pointed  Star.  This  paper 
is  thicker  and  softer,  with  the  watermark  more  deeply  impressed,  and  conse- 
quently shows  the  watermark  more  clearly  than  the  old  paper.  A  new 
value,  the  8d.,  formed  by  surcharging  the  gd.,  printed  in  burnt  sienna,  with 
"8  PENCE,"  was  the  first  to  be  issued  on  the  broad  Star  paper.  It  was 
perforated   ilj  and  compound  with  12 J. 

It  was  soon  followed  by  new  printings  of  the  3d.,  4d.,  6d.,  Qd.,  is.,  and  2s., 
perforated  by  the  same  machines  as  the  earlier  stamps.  The  6d.  is,  however, 
the  only  one  known  perf  10  all  round,  and  the  latter  machine  was  not  used 
for  the  3d.  and  gd.  at  all.     The  3d.  is  known  with  double  surcharge. 

There  are  many  shades  of  the  is.,  but  owing  to  the  use  of  undated  post- 
marks it  is  impossible  to  assign  dates  to  the  various  printings.  The  deep 
red-brown  is,  however,  an  early  stamp,  the  later  ones  having  much  less  red 
in  them.     The  shade  known  as  lake-brown  is  anyhow  as  early  as  1887. 

Another  new  paper,  with  watermark  Crown  and  SA,  but  with  the  letters 
SA  close  together,  was  introduced  about  the  middle  of  1877.  Both  the  shape 
of  the  Crown  and  the  letters  SA  are  different  from  those  of  the  earlier  paper, 
and  the  watermark  of  the  new  paper  is  much  more  difficult  to  see  than  that 
of  the  old. 

The  id.  and  2d.,  second  type,  were  printed  on  this  paper,  and  are  found 
perf  10,  ii-|,  12J,  and  their  compounds  ;  those  without  the  perforation  10  are 
very  scarce. 

There  are  many  shades  of  both  values,  perf.  10,  but  none  are  scarce  except 
the  2d.,  blood-red.  There  is  a  2d.,  dark  brown,  which  is  chronicled  as  a 
separate  issue  by  the  authors  of  the  Handbook  on  South  Australia,  but  I  am 
inclined  to  think  that  the  colour  has  been  changed  accidentally  or  otherwise. 

In  1880  the  colour  of  the  4.A.  was  changed  to  reddish  purple,  and  all  the 
varieties  of  perforation  are  to  be  found,  those  without  10  being  scarce  unused. 
The  6d.  was  also  changed  in  1884  from  deep  blue  to  bright  ultramarine,  but 
it  is  never  found  without  the  perforation  10  horizontally.  The  8d.,  meanwhile, 
was  changed  from  burnt  sienna  to  yellow-brown,  and  finally  to  grey-brown, 
and  the  gd.  from  pale  mauve  to  lilac-rose.  This  pale  mauve  shade  of  the 
9d.  is  rather  scarce.  Neither  the  8d.  nor  Qd.  was  ever  perforated  by  the  10 
machine. 

A  new  value  was  required  in  1882,  and  the  id.  was  surcharged  "HALF- 
PENNY" in  black.     There  are  a  few  minor  varieties  in  this  surcharge,  such  as 


NOTES  ON  THE  STAMPS   OF  SOUTH  AUSTRALIA.  91 

"P"  of  "PENNY"  lower  and  first  "N"  thicker.  The  surcharging  was  done 
in  blocks  of  twelve,  repeated  five  times  on  each  pane.  This  was  superseded 
by  a  permanent  |-d.  of  new  type,  in  brown,  varying  from  chocolate  to  Venetian 
red,  and  perforated  at  first  10,  later  10  compound  with  \\\,  and  afterwards 
\\\  and  I2-|-, 

I  do  not  propose  to  say  anything  about  the  later  issues  in  these  notes 
except  to  draw  your  attention  to  the  ^d.,  perf  15.  Evidently  it  had  escaped 
the  notice  of  the  man  in  charge  of  the  perforating  machine  that  this  stamp 
was  only  half  the  width  of  the  others,  and  consequently  every  other  horizontal 
line  was  left  imperforate.  This  was  the  case  with  several  sheets,  and  this 
omission  was  corrected  by  putting  them  through  the  12\  machine. 

In  the  year  1897  the  old  machines  perforating  \\\  and  12\  were  fitted 
with  new  pins,  and  the  pd.,  is.,  2s.,  and  higher-value  stamps  were  perforated 
by  them.  In  1902  a  supply  of  the  old  paper,  watermarked  Crown  and  S  A 
wide,  was  found,  and  the  9d.,  is.,  and  2s,  stamps  were  printed  on  it  as  long  as 
it  lasted. 

There  has  always  been,  at  least  in  the  case  of  the  broad  Star  and  later 
papers,  a  special  paper  for  printing  each  value,  with  the  value  printed  on  the 
margin  of  the  sheet.  In  the  later  printings  on  the  broad  Star  paper,  most 
likely  because  the  proper  paper  was  all  used  up,  we  find  both  the  9d.  and  is. 
printed  on  the  6d.  and  2s.  paper. 

In  the  case  of  the  new  Jd.,  1883,  o^  the  small  type,  there  seems  to  have 
been  no  proper  paper  at  first.  I  have  never  seen  this  |d.  on  the  Jd.  paper 
earlier  than  the  1893  issue,  perf.  15.  All  I  have  seen  have  been  on  the 
6d.  paper,  but  as  the  new  type  of  6d.  came  into  use  only  in  1887,  the  Jd. 
must  have  been  printed  at  first  on  the  id.  and  2d.  paper. 

The  stamps  of  the  last  issues  are  found  printed  on  papers  of  many  different 
values.  This  is  excusable  in  the  case  of  the  long  stamps,  as  at  first  there 
would  be  no  Crown  and  S  A  paper  for  the  8d.,  9d.,  lod.,  and  is.  of  the  new 
type. 

I  have  purposely  refrained  from  saying  anything  about  the  nature  of  the 
various  perforating  machines.  There  is  a  great  deal  to  be  learnt  still.  I 
trust  that  Mr.  Basset  Hull  will  be  able  to  discover  more  about  them. 

I  have  kept  to  the  gauges  attributed  to  the  different  machines  b)-  the 
authors  of  the  Handbook  on  South  Australia. 

I  now  give  a  list  of  the  stamps  I  have  found  printed  on  the  wrong  paper, 
and  shall  be  glad  to  hear  of  others. 

9d.,  red-lilac,  wmk.  broad  Star  ;  perf.  \\\  .         .on  C}<\.  and  on  2s.  paper 

IS.,  brown,  dark  brown,  wmk.  broad  Star;  perf  iii, 

12^,  large  holes  .  ...  on  6d.  and  on  2s.  j3a[ier 

^d.,  yellow-brown,  wmk.  Crown  and  SA  close;  perf.  10  on  6d.  i)aper. 

3d.,  sage-green  „  „  „     lo  on  4d.  paper. 

|d.,  green  „  „  „     13  on  id.and  on  2d.  paptM- 

3d.,  sage-green  „  „  »     '3  on  id.  and  on  2d.  paper 

6d.,blue  „  „  „     13  on  id.and  on . id.  paper 

2s,  6d.,  mauve,  los.,  green,  £\,  i)luc,  wmk.  Crown  and 

SAclcse;  perf.  11  J,  12 J,  large  holes       .         .  on  id.  paper. 


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(Kolcrmal  OIrittci0m0. 


E  have  no  intention  of  belabouring  this  question  any 
further,  at  least  until  we  receive  the  promised  vindica- 
tion from  Messrs.  Bate  and  Hamilton,  but  we  think 
that  the  views  of  the  philatelic  community  in  Australia 
and  New  Zealand  will  be  read  with  interest.  The 
Australian  Journal  of  Philately  of  February  i6th  has 
the  following  article  : —  ' 

"NEW   ZEALAND. 

"We  have  received  from  Mr.  A.  T.  Bate,  of  Wellington,  New  Zealand, 
copy  of  a  letter  sent  to  the  editor  of  the  Lojtdon  Philatelist  in  reply  to  an 
article  entitled  '  The  Disgrace  of  New  Zealand.'  As  the  space  at  our  dis- 
posal will  not  permit  us  to  publish  the  letter  in  its  entirety  this  month,  we 
have  decided  to  hold  it  over  till  a  later  date  pending  developments.  We 
must  say,  however,  that  Mr.  Bate  makes  out  a  very  good  case  on  behalf  of 
his  colony  in  so  far  as  concerns  the  pictorial  issues  and  the  recent  varieties 
of  paper  and  perforations  of  the  -|d.  and  id.  stamps.  He  asserts  that  the 
Government  Printer  has  no  knowledge  of  Philately,  and  is  actuated  simply 
by  the  needs  of  his  department.  We  cannot  say,  however,  that  the  official 
correspondence  attached  exculpates  the  New  Zealand  Government  from 
blame.  The  letter  sent  by  Mr.  Gray,  Secretary  of  the  Post  Office,  to  Mr. 
Bate,  points  to  the  conclusion  that  the  Post  Office  does  not  derive  any 
benefit  from  the  sale  of  the  Island  stamps.  He  indicated  that  the  Islands 
are  worked  on  the  department  plan,  and  that  they  individually  get  the 
revenue  from  the  sale  of  these  stamps  credited  to  them.  So  far  as  philatel- 
ists are  concerned  it  does  not  matter  a  jot  who  gets  the  revenue.  The 
excuse  is  tendered  that  the  stamps  are  intended  for  fiscal  purposes  as  well 
as  postal  use,  and  that  they  are  only  sold  at  Auckland  out  of  courtesy  to  the 
department  controlling  the  Islands.  Apparently,  therefore,  we  have  to  shift 
the  responsibility  to  the  '  department  controlling  the  Islands ' !  Our  con- 
tention all  along  has  been  that  stamps  should  only  be  issued  and  sold  for  the 
purpose  for  which  they  are  intended,  namely,  postal  or  fiscal  use,  and  not 
with  a  sinister  hope  that  a  direct  revenue  would  be  obtained  from  their  sale 
to  stamp  collectors,  which  still  seems  to  have  been  the  case  in  this  instance. 

"  In  a  covering  letter  Mr.  Bate  writes  as  follows :  '  If  I  recollect  aright,  in 
an  editorial  note  to  a  previous  letter  I  sent  you  with  reference  to  the  Island 
stamps,  you  stated  that  these  stamps  were  sold  in  Auckland  and  never  saw 
the  Islands.  I  do  not  know  from  what  source  you  derived  the  latter  part  of 
the  information,  but  you  were  entirely  wrong,  as  a  little  inquiry  would  have 
proved.  The  stamps  are  as  a  matter  of  course  supplied  to  the  Islands,  and 
have  always  been  so  supplied  from  the  first.'  Our  contention  was  that  the 
stamps,  which  were  sold  in  Auckland,  never  saw  the  Islands. 

"  If  Mr.  Bate  could  obtain  from  the  postal  authorities  an  official  return  of 
the  amount  of  mail  matter  sent  from  all  the  Islands  since  the  introduction 


THE  RECENT  ISSUES   OF  NEW  ZEALAND.  93 

of  the  new  stamps,  it  would  help  considerably  to  the  pronouncement  of  a 
verdict.  Are  the  New  Zealand  postal  authorities  game  to  furnish  this,  and 
at  the  same  time  furnish  a  statement  of  the  stamps  sold  during  the  same 
period  ? 

"The  assertion  that  the  stamps  were  intended  for  fiscal  use  also  caused 
us  to  smile  rather  incredulously. 

"  Messrs.  Gibbons'  Mo7ithly  Journal  for  December  contains  an  important 
article  on  the  pictorial  issue  of  New  Zealand  stamps  of  1898,  by  Professor 
A.  Hamilton,  of  Otago  University,  Dunedin.  The  article  in  question  gives 
a  considerable  amount  of  interesting  data  and  official  correspondence  in 
connection  with  the  issue  of  this  pretty  series.  It  is  a  great  pity,  however, 
that  the  cable,  which  was  sent  about  the  mistake  in  the  spelling  of  the  word 
'  Wakitipu,'  reached  the  Agent-General  in  a  mutilated  condition.  As  the 
article  is  marked  'to  be  continued,'  we  hesitate  before  criticising  it,  but  the 
following  remarkable  sentence  appeared  in  an  advice  tendered  by  Mr.  Gray, 
Secretary  of  the  Post  Office,  to  the  Postmaster-General.  He  says :  '  The 
cost  of  the  engraving  will  be  covered  many  times  over  by  the  anticipated 
sales  of  stamps  to  collectors,  which  is  variously  estimated  at  from  ;^20,ooo  to 
;^40,ooo.'     Comment  is  needless." 

The  article  following  is  from  The  New  Zealand  PJiilatelist.  This  is  a 
new  journal,  although  it  has  apparently  been  issued  some  time  as  The 
Sterling  Monthly,  and  is  published  in  Nelson,  New  Zealand.  It  is  brightly 
and  smartly  written,  and  has  our  best  wishes  for  a  successful  and  extended 
career. 

"NEW   ZEALAND   ON    HER   DEFENCE. 

"There  are  two  sides  to  every  question,  and  it  is  with  genuine  pleasure 
that  we  are  able  to  record  the  fact  that  the  article  '  The  Disgrace  of  New 
Zealand,'  which  appeared  in  the  London  Philatelist,  has  roused  the  New 
Zealand  Postal  Department.  That  is  the  great  end  which  has  so  long  been 
desired  by  very  many  of  the  stamp  collectors  of  this  colony.  To  know  that 
the  philatelic  sin  of  issuing  a  multitude  of  varieties  of  the  penny  and  half- 
penny stamps  of  the  current  issue  was  not  premeditated,  and  for  the  purpose 
of  making  gain  from  the  philatelist,  is  a  great  matter.  We  had  our  fears  ;  we 
are  glad  to  have  them  dissipated.  We  yet  await  a  reasonable  e.xplanation  of 
the  issues  for  Niue,  Aitutaki,  and  Penrhyn.  That  may  also  be  given  as  the 
course  of  inquiry  goes  on. 

"  Now,  on  the  other  side  there  still  remain  the  [)lain  facts  that  the  recent 
printings  of  New  Zealand  stamps  have  been  so  varied  and  complex  as  to 
prove  beyond  a  doubt  that  there  lias  been  very  serious  mismanagement 
somewhere.  The  blame  may  be  shifted  from  the  Post  Office  to  the  Printing 
Department,  but  bhune  there  is,  and  it  must  still  rest  somewhere.  We  are 
not  living  in  the  early  days  of  experimental  stamp  production.  Surely  as 
good  workmanship  could  be  secured  here  as  in  other  colonies,  it  has  been 
stated  that  the  vagaries  of  our  stamp  issues  have  been  confined  to  the  half- 
penny and  penny  values.  Strictly  speaking,  this  is  hardly  the  case.  Not 
counting  shades,  there  have  been  issued  during  the  last  five  j-ears  or  so  four 
varieties  of  the  2d.,  four  of  llu'  Jid.,  three  of  the  i^X.,  four  of  llie  .jd.,  three  of 
the  5d.,  five  of  the  6(1.,  and  thice  each  of  the  highi-r  values.     These  numbers,  of 


94  THE  RECENT  ISSUES  OF  NEW  ZEALAND. 

course,  are  nothing  as  compared  with  the  long  array  of  varieties  of  the  lower 
values,  but  still  they  afford  convincing  proof  that  the  business  of  stamp 
production  in  New  Zealand  is  not  conducted  as  it  might  be.  We  are 
animated  by  no  desire  to  throw  discredit  on  any  Government  department, 
but  we  are  as  little  pleased  that  our  colony  should  get  a  reputation  for  slip- 
shod work  as  that  it  should  be  accused  of  petty  dishonesty.  We  want  to 
feel  that  in  stamp  matters,  as  well  as  in  everything  else,  ours  is  the  best 
country  in  the  world.  If  the  attack  of  the  London  Philatelist,  sudden,  swift, 
and  from  all  outside  appearances  justifiable  as  it  was,  has  the  effect  of 
securing  for  us  good  workmanship  and  uniform  stamps,  we  shall  certainly 
have  good  reason  to  be  thankful.  If  beyond  doing  that  it  should  create  a 
wholesome  terror  of  issuing  new  stamps  among  Colonial  Governments,  then 
Mr.  M.  P.  Castle  deserves  to  be  classed  among  the  world's  reformers." 

We  have  also  received  the  following  letter  from  a  well-known  philatelist 
and  member  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society,  Mr.  Oliver  Firth : — 

"  Sir, — In  connection  with  the  issue  of  unnecessary  stamps  by  the 
Government  of  New  Zealand,  may  I  point  out  that  while  it  is  quite  true 
that  Governments  need  not  consider  philatelists  in  issuing  their  stamps,  it  is 
equally  true  that  philatelists  are  under  no  obligations  to  consider  the  sus- 
ceptibilities of  Governments  in  expressing  their  opinions  regarding  such 
issues?  In  the  present  case,  indeed,  the  ground  of  complaint  is  not  that 
collectors  are  not  considered  too  little,  but  too  much ! 

"  The  statement  of  the  Hon.  W.  P.  Reeves  amounts  to  a  confession  that 
his  Government  did  issue  to  the  public  stamps  that  were  not  satisfactory  to 
their  producers.  Speaking  philatelically,  I  am  of  opinion  that  their  action 
in  so  doing  was  more  worthy  of  a  South  American  Government  than  of  that 
of  a  British  colony. 

"  In  spite  of  what  anyone  may  say,  the  fact  remains  that  New  Zealand 
has,  during  the  last  few  years,  issued  an  enormous  amount  of  unnecessary 
stamps,  a  large  portion  of  which  has  never  done  any  postal  service,  but 
remains  in  the  hands  of  collectors. 

"  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  even  the  Hon.  W.  P.  Reeves  has  nothing  to 
say  in  defence  of  the  issue  of  stamps  to  the  innocent  six  white  inhabitants 
of  Aitutaki.  Surely  these  men  can  have  done  nothing  to  deserve  this 
inconsiderate  treatment ! " 


philatelic  ^^ote 


s. 


AUSTRIA.     VARIETIES  OF  THE   1883    ISSUE. 
R.  Adolf  Passer  sends  us  the  following  note  concerning  this  issue, 
accompanied  by  specimens,  which  we  have  examined  and  compared 
with  others,  and  which  confirm  the  discovery  announced. 

"Availing  myself  of  your  request  to  co-operate  for  your  paper,  I  beg  to 
send  j'ou  the  following  information.     As   a   member  of  both  the    London 


OCCASIONAL   NOTES.  95 

Philatelic  Society  and  the  Prague  Club,  I  wish  that  this  discovery  should  be 
made  known  to  English  collectors,  the  German  collectors  getting  the  news 
through  Mr.  Krotzsch's  paper. 

"  Mr.  Gustav  Winter,  member  of  the  Deutscher  Verein  fiir  Briefmarken- 
kunde  in  Prag,  exhibited  at  the  meeting  of  March  ist  some  varieties  of  the 
Austrian  stamps,  issue  1883,  not  known  hitherto.  It  is  supposed  and  accepted 
that  these  stamps  first  received  the  coloured  background,  on  to  which  was 
imposed  the  black  print,  '  Kais.  Konigl.  Oesterr.  Post,'  and  the  value.  The 
types  now  exhibited,  however,  show  first  the  black  print,  and  on  top  of  this 
the  coloured  print.  The  5  kreuzer  values  show  best  and  most  clearly  this 
difference,  which  thus  makes  the  following  divisions  :  Type  I. — The  horizontal 
coloured  lines  under  the  black-printed  words  :  '  Kais.  Konigl.  Oesterr.  Post' 
Type  II. — The  horizontal  coloured  lines  over  the  black-printed  words: 
'  Kais.  Konigl.  Oesterr.  Post'  Looking  through  many  thousands  of  stamps 
of  this  issue,  all  values  have  been  found  in  Type  II.,  but  there  were  only  very 
few.  Enclosed  you  will  find  a  specimen  of  the  values  2,  3,  5,  10,  and  20 
kreuzer.  The  50  kreuzer  was  found  only  in  two  cases,  which  cannot  be 
sent  on." 


EXPERT  COMMITTEE. 
HE   Expert  Committee  has  made  the  following  regulations  and   scale 
of  charges   with  regard  to  specimens   submitted   for  examination   by 
persons  who  are  not  members  of  the  Philatelic  Society,  London  : — 

For  specimens  pronounced  genuine,  or  actually  to  be  what  they  appear 
to  be,  5  s, 

For  specimens  quoted  in  any  current  catalogue  at  ;^20  or  upwards — 
500  fcs.  or  400  m.,  I  OS. 

For  specimens  quoted   at  £<,o  or  upwards  — 1,250  fcs.  or   1,000  m.,  20s. 

Where  there  is  no  catalogue  quotation  an  auction  record  may  be  referred 
to,  but  in  cases  where  no  quotation  can  be  given,  the  charge  will  be  on 
the  highest  scale. 

In  all  cases  where  the  specimens  are  pronounced  not  to  be  genuine,  or 
actually  to  be  what  they  appear  to  be,  the  charge  will  be  2s.  6d. 

The  charges  made  to  members  will  remain  the  same  as  heretofore, 
namely,  3s.  and   is.  6d. 

In  all  cases  where  the  applicant  for  a  certificate — whether  a  member  or 
not — requires  an  answer  to  a  particular  question,  and  the  Committee  is 
unable  to  give  a  definite  opinion,  a  fee  of  is.  only — i  f.  25  c.  or  i  m. — will 
be  charged  to  cover  postages  and  expenses. 

The  fees  must  always  be  sent  ivith  the  stamps. 

These  regulations  will  apply  to  all  specimens  submitted  after  1st  July,  ifx>4. 


\i,Sb 


96  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

THE  BERLIN  PHILATELIC  EXHIBITION. 
E  have  received  from  the  Committee  of  this  Exhibition  an  intimation 
that  the  recently  pubhshed  Programme  would  probably  be  materially 
modified.  Several  of  the  groups  had  apparently  failed  to  meet  the  wishes  of 
exhibitors,  and  having  to  be  rearranged,  the  Committee  wanted  our  suggestions 
thereon,  which  we  had  much  pleasure  in  making.  We  have  not  yet  received 
the  amended  prospectus,  to  which,  however,  we  will  give  due  publicity  on  its 
arrival. 


THE    OFFICIAL   CATALOGUE   OF  THE   SOCltT^l  FRANC AISE 
DE   TIMBROLOGIE. 


N  common  with  the  other  and  numerous  oollaborateurs  in  the  produc- 
tion of  this  important  work,  we  have  received  a  special  presentation 
copy  with  the  Remerciements  de  la  Societe  Frangaise  de  Timbrologie,  which  we 
hasten  gratefully  to  acknowledge  as  ample  repayment  for  our  modest  contribu- 
tions to  the  book.  The  work  in  question  is  one  alike  of  magnitude  and  im- 
portance, and  demands  more  consideration  than  for  the  moment  we  are  able 
to  devote  to  it  in  this  month's  issue. 


THE    WEST-END  PHILATELIST. 
||'P|j|NDER  the  above  title  Mr.  D.  Field,  of  the  Royal  Arcade,  Bond  Street, 
l^^i  has  commenced  a  new  philatelic  journal,  to  which  we  wish  all  success, 
the  editorship  being  that  of  Mr.  B.  W.  H.  Poole,  who  in  his  preliminary  notes 
thus  enunciates  the  policy  of  our  new  contemporary : — 

"  Our  doctrine,  therefore,  in  the  main,  will  be  the  cult  of  the  obsolete 
stamp,  as  quite  apart  from  new  issues,  though,  as  many  of  our  readers  are 
doubtless  collectors  of  the  latter,  they  will  not  be  altogether  forgotten. 
Collectors  are  beginning  to  realise  that  it  is  no  longer  necessary  to  collect 
every  stamp  as  it  comes  out,  and  many  are  now  wisely  confining  themselves 
to  the  old  issues.  Obviously  one  can  as  consistently  collect  old  stamps  only 
as  one  can  collect  old  coins,  old  books,  or  anything  antique.  Collectors  of 
old  masters  do  not  hanker  after  a  picture  from  the  brush  of  every  new  artist ; 
collectors  of  old  coins  and  old  china  do  not  worry  to  procure  modern 
productions ;  so  why  should  collectors  of  the  fine  old  stamps  of  Philately's 
early  days  wish  also  to  procure  the  '  very  latest '  issues  ?  " 

Mr.  Field's  doctrine  being  "  the  cult  of  the  obsolete  stamp,"  it  is  hardly 
likely  that  he  would  highly  commend  new  issues.  His  remarks  thereon 
in  the  article  entitled  "  The  Publisher's  Corner "  lean  towards  the  cobbler's 
views  about  leather,  but  in  the  paragraph  following  there  is  nothing  but  truth, 
and  we  ourselves  know  numerous  instances  supporting  Mr.  Field's  remarks. 

"  Few  collectors  have  any  idea  of  the  magnitude  of  the  speculation  in 
recent  issues.  Usuallj^  the  speculators  are  not  collectors  or  dealers,  but  private 
individuals  with  a  slight  knowledge  of  Philately,  who,  incited  by  the  advertise- 
ments of  dealers  making  a  special  feature  of  new  issues,  import  and  hoard 
up  large  quantities  of  current  Colonials  in  the  hope  that  some  day  they  will 
be  able  to  unload  them  at  a  substantial  profit.  These  speculators  include 
officers  of  the  Navy  and  Army  and,  worst  offenders  of  all,  officials — postal 


OCCASIONAL   NOTES.  97 

and  otherwise — of  various  Colonies.  The  last  named,  especially  those  in  the 
smaller,  distant,  and  out-of-the-way  places,  speculate  very  heavily,  for  they 
know  just  when  the  stock  of  stamps  going  out  of  issue  is  low  enough  to 
enable  them,  with  their  friends,  to  buy  up  what  are  left.  This  accomplished, 
the  stamps  are  shared  according  to  the  inclinations  and  means  of  the  parties 
concerned,  who  await  a  favourable  opportunity — when  home  for  a  holiday 
or  on  sick  leave — to  dispose  of  their  treasures.  Usually  a  rude  awakening 
awaits  them,  for  in  nine  cases  out  of  ten  they  find  the  market  already  glutted 
with  the  varieties  they  have,  and  that  their  lot  is  not  wanted  at  any  price. 

"  There  are  dealers,  of  course,  who  sell  nothing  but  new  and  recent  issues, 
and  these  affirm  that  new  issues,  especially  if  purchased  in  large  blocks, 
complete  sheets,  etc.,  are  a  splendid  and  safe  investment.  These  individuals 
compare  the  great  and  increasing  value  of  the  fine  old  unused  stamps  with 
those  of  the  present  day,  totally  ignoring  the  greatly  altered  circumstances 
that  contributed  to  the  former  becoming  rare,  and  which  prevent  the  latter 
doing  so.  They  conveniently  forget  that  in  those  days  postage  was  dearer, 
the  number  of  stamps  printed  was  smaller,  and,  owing  to  the  great  prejudice 
then  existing  against  unused  stamps,  the  importations  of  these  were  small  in 
the  extreme." 


RECENT  ISSUES   OF  BRITISH  SOMALILAND. 
CORRESPONDENT  sends   US  a  copy  of  Capital,  an    Indian   Financial 
Review,  which,  after  a   severe  condemnation   of  the  recent   Panama 
surcharges,  proceeds  as  follows  to  criticise  the  doings  of  the  Indian  Govern- 
ment with  reference  to  the  issues  of  British  Somaliland  : — 

"  It  is  unnecessary,  however,  to  go  tu  an  obscure  American  Republic  to 
see  the  gentle  art  of  distressing  philatelists  practised  to  perfection.  There 
is  a  stamp-issuing  country  well  within  the  sphere  of  British  influence,  but 
east  of  Suez,  that  exemplifies  the  art  equally  successfully  and  possibly  more 
profitably.  The  first  stamps  of  British  Somaliland  saw  the  light  in  1903. 
There  are  thirteen  values  of  them,  ranging  from  a  \  anna  to  5  rupees,  consist- 
ing of  Indian  stamps  (Queen's  Head)  surcharged  'British  Somaliland'  at 
the  top  of  the  stamp.  The  second  series  is  similar  (though  fewer  of  the  loivcr 
values  are  out),  but  the  surcharge  is  at  the  bottom.  The  third  now  appearing 
has  the  surcharge  on  the  King's  Head  stamp ;  while  the  fourth  will  be  of 
a  new  and  distinctive  design,  and  has  yet  to  see  the  light.  Now  no  one  likes 
to  believe  that  the  Indian  Government  has  deliberately  laid  itself  out  to 
exploit  philatelists  as  income  producing  assets.  Perish  the  ignoble  thought ! 
But  why,  oh  why,  the  two  series  with  Queen's  Heads,  and  why,  indeed,  an\' 
Indian  surcharged  stamps  at  all  ?  " 


BOGUS  STAMPS  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES. 
HE  American  philatelic  journals  have  long  accounts  of  the  apprehension 
of  Richard  H.  P.  Wollc  (who  has  previously  been  in  trouble)  on  the 
cliarge  of  making  bogus  stamps,  aiui  tlic  proceedings  have  been  reported  at 
length  in  the  daily  papers,  from  one  of  which — the  InK^tou  Herald,  of  M;in  h 
the  14th — we  take  the  following  information  : — 


98  OCCASIONAL   NOTES. 

"  Richard  PI.  P.  Wolle  was  brought  before  United  States  Commissioner 
Fiske  on  March  13th,  and  was  charged  with  counterfeiting  and  having  in 
his  possession  counterfeits  of  United  States  stamps.  Secret  service  and 
special  agents  of  the  Government  and  stamp  collectors  of  this  city  are  filled 
with  glee  to-day  over  the  capture  of  Wolle.  Mr.  J.  M.  Bartels,  a  stamp 
collector,  with  offices  in  the  Old  South  building,  is  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment expert  in  these  matters,  and  is  the  special  agent  of  the  Post  Office 
Department  to  the  Louisiana  Purchase  Exposition,  empowered  to  buy  United 
States  and  foreign  stamps  for  the  exhibition,  and  to  instal  the  exhibit.  To 
him  is  due  much  credit  for  the  capture  of  Wolle." 

It  appears  that  Wolle  sold  some  stamps  to  Mr.  F.  C.  Foster,  which  were 
promptly  declared  bogus  by  Mr.  Bartels,  and  that  the  prisoner  subsequently 
had  the  impudence  to  call  himself  at  Mr.  Bartels'  office,  where  he  was  recog- 
nised and  handed  over  to  the  police. 

"  Wolle  employed  eight  different  methods  of  counterfeiting  stamps  and 
raising  Government  bills.  The  2  -  cent  Pan  -  American  stamp,  which  was 
suppressed  as  soon  as  it  was  discovered  that  a  part  of  the  issue  had  the 
centrepiece  upside  down,  was  one  that  he  delighted  to  counterfeit.  He  would 
erase  the  centrepiece  in  a  regular  stamp,  and  then  cleverly  paste  an  inverted 
centrepiece  from  another  stamp  in  its  place,  making  an  almost  perfect  re- 
production of  a  stamp  of  the  suppressed  issue.  A  counterfeit  which  cost  him 
4  cents  and  a  little  labour  was  raised  to  a  value  of  $150.  He  is  alleged  to 
have  sold  hundreds  of  these  stamps  for  $150  each.  Being  an  artist  of  wonder- 
ful ability  and  persistency,  he  was  able  to  make  stamps  with  the  pen  and 
brush,  which  would  pass  the  critical  gaze  of  experts,  even  when  using  a 
powerful  magnifying  glass.  He  bought  stamps  worth  90  cents,  and  so 
manipulated  them  as  to  make  them  saleable  to  expert  collectors  for  $10  each. 
He  procured  imperforate  stamps,  perforated  them,  and  engraved  the  scroll 
work  upon  the  borders,  making  them  saleable  for  $40  and  $50  each.  Some 
of  these  perforate  stamps  cost  him  6  cents  and  his  labour,  and  he  sold  them 
for  $50  each.  When  John  Wannamaker  was  Postmaster-General,  Congress- 
man, and  politician,  almost  anybody  could  procure  from  the  Government 
proofs  of  rare  stamp  plates  upon  thick,  heavy  cardboard.  Wolle  secured  many 
of  these  and  shaved  the  board  to  a  very  thin  paper,  pasted  the  stamps  upon 
envelopes,  and  applied  counterfeit  cancellation  marks,  and  then  sold  these 
counterfeits  for  fabulous  sums  of  money  to  collectors.  His  work  was  so 
marvellous  that  only  the  best  experts  could  detect  them." 

Wolle  by  no  means,  however,  confined  his  attention  to  American  stamps, 
but  operated  on  all  classes,  notably  those  of  France,  and  it  appears  that  his 
"fakes"  have  unfortunately  obtained  a  wide  circulation,  as  for  instance  only 
last  month  Mr.  Bartels  discovered  some  of  Wolle's  work  in  the  collection 
of  a  millionaire  New  York  collector,  and  told  the  man  that  his  stamps  were 
"  fakes,"  and  undoubtedly  the  work  of  Wolle.  These  particular  stamps  were 
traced  back,  and  shown  to  have  been  sent  out  of  the  Jefferson  City,  Mo., 
prison  by  Wolle. 

It  is  stated  that  Wolle  is  wanted  in  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Cleveland,  New 
York,  and  nearly  every  large  city  of  this  and  foreign  countries.  His  trial 
in  Boston  will  probably  be  a  long  and  sensational  one,  and  we  sincerely  trust 
that  the  effect  will  be  to  put  a  stop  to  the  sale  of  these  dangerous  forgeries. 


OCCASIONAL   NOTES.  99 

PHILATELY  IN  PARIS. 
ARIS  has  been  quite  lively  latterly  from  a  philatelic  aspect  owing  to  the 
important  auction  arranged  under  the  auspices  of  those  well-known 
dealers  Messieurs  Bernichon  and  Vervelle.  The  sale  lasted  from  the  i6th 
to  the  24th  March,  and  the  aggregate  realised  was  considerably  over  ;^2,ooo. 
The  prices  attained  were  on  the  whole  very  satisfactory,  and  we  are  informed 
that  on  some  days  the  attendance  was  not  less  than  1,500.  A  large  propor- 
tion of  the  stamps  submitted  for  sale  were  French,  which  easily  maintained 
their  popularity  and  sold  at  high  prices.  The  European  stamps  generally 
also  attained  respectable  prices,  the  highest  figure  being  ^^44  for  a  3-lire 
Tuscany  "with  small  margin."  We  note  that  the  30  c,  1869,  of  the  United 
States,  with  centre  inverted,  also  changed  ownership  at  the  low  price  of  £},^. 
Unless  this  specimen  was  very  bad  this  is  not  the  third  part  of  the  value  of 
this  stamp,  which  is  one  of  the  rarest  inverted-centre  stamps  of  the  world. 
In  view  of  the  significant  features  in  the  Wolle  case  in  America — else- 
where reported — ^purchasers  of  this  class  of  stamp  will  do  well  to  have 
them  expertised. 

Messieurs  Yvert  and  Tellier  are  issuing  in  parts  an  apparently  excellent 
catalogue  of  fiscal  stamps,  and  have  asked  us  to  call  the  attention  of  collectors 
thereto.  The  price  is  fixed  at  10  francs,  and  inquirers  are  directed  to  apply 
to  the  publishers,  37,  Rue  des  Jacobins,  Amiens. 


A  PLEA  FOR  ENTIRES. 
HE  London  Philatelist,"  writes  Mr.  B.  W.  Warhurst,  "  recently  expressed 
a  feeling  in  favour  of  the  collecting  of  entires  as  having  '  straightfor- 
wardness of  issue '  among  their  merits — their  bulk  being  considered  the 
greatest  objection.  On  a  previous  occasion  you  were  kind  enough  to  insert 
a  letter  of  mine  on  the  subject  of  their  neglect  by  stamp  collectors,  and  I 
again  venture  to  refer  to  them,  because  the  time  will  come  (and  it  is  not  far 
distant)  when  philatelists  will  be  looking  round  for  them,  and  some  guiding 
hints  as  to  varieties  of  these — especially  the  post  cards — which  are  not  obtain- 
able from  any  recent  book  or  catalogue. 

"  It  may  seem  presumptuous  for  an  outsider  to  offer  anything  in  the  form  of 
a  suggestion  to,  or  criticism  of,  the  Philatelic  Society,  but  it  seems  to  me 
that  the  oldest  and  highest  society  is  one  that  ought  to  be  looked  up  to  for 
information  relating  to  every  branch  of  Philately,  or  at  least  that  portion  of 
the  subject  that  deals  with  the  collection  of  postal  issues  in  any  form,  leaving 
fiscals  out  of  the  question,  as  there  is  a  special  society  for  their  study.  That 
the  Society  has  several  thorough  workers  in  the  cause  is  evidenced  by  the 
valuable  information  published  yearly,  and  in  some  of  the  books  (few  get  my 
way,  their  cost  being  prohibitive)  reference  is  made  to  the  various  covers  and 
cards  issued  for  postal  purposes.  Of  the  other  members  there  arc  doubtless 
a  goodly  number  of  specialists  or  advanced  collectors,  and  if  only  one-tenth 
of  them  could  be  induced  to  'specialise'  in  entires  for  a  change,  or  even  to 
add  the  jjostal  cards  and  envelopes  to  their  specialised  adhcsives,  there  would 
probably  appear  in  the  London  Philatelist  some  very  interesting  information 
as  to  the.se  pariahs. 


loo  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

"  Details  of  the  most  elaborate  description  appear  in  the  various  journals 
as  to  every  new  adhesive,  many  of  which  are  unworthy  of  such  permanent 
record  as  being  made  merely  for  sale  and  not  for  use.  Owing  to  the  decision 
of  the  leading  .firm  of  stamp  traders  not  to  keep  entires  in  stock,  their 
monthly  journal  does  not  even  chronicle  the  envelopes  or  post  cards,  and  no 
other  journal  gives  any  descriptive  articles  thereon,  though  a  few  new  cards 
are  mentioned  now  and  then  as  having  been  seen,  and  yet  they  are  as 
strictly  and  legitimately  postal  issues  as  any  adhesive.  Among  the  few 
collections  that  remain  there  must  be  many  varieties  of  envelopes,  even  of  our 
own  country,  that  have  not  been  formally  chronicled,  though  the  particular 
points  may  be  known  to  their  owners.  Being  but  human,  these  owners 
depart  from  time  to  time,  taking  their  knowledge  witli  them,  their  treasured 
collections  are  broken  up  in  lots  and  sold  for  what  they  will  fetch,  and 
connecting  links  as  to  some  doubtful  points  may  thus  be  severed,  while  future 
students  may  spend  many  months  or  years  in  discovering  what  would  be  a 
simple  matter  if  a  central  bureau  of  information  had  existed,  to  which  these 
points  might  have  been  communicated  earlier.  It  seems  to  me  that  it  should 
not  be  a  difficult  matter  for  the  premier  Society  to  act  as  such  an  Information 
Bureau,  where  manuscript  notes  and  odd  Press  cuttings  can  be  collected  and 
collated  under  special  headings  until  such  time  as  opportunity  may  arise  of 
publishing  the  main  points  in  permanent  form.  Unfortunately,  when  such 
information  as  is  acquired  by  your  members  is  made  public,  it  is  unavailable 
to  90  per  cent,  of  earnest  collectors  because  of  the  high  prices  and  very 
limited  editions  printed.  Even  if  it  is  considered  necessary  to  have  a  special 
edition  for  members  of  the  Philatelic  Society  along  with  a  few  collectors  to 
whom  a  guinea  is  but  as  the  odd  shilling  would  be  to  most  others — a 
cheaper  edition  offered  at  bare  cost  of  printing  and  paper  would  be  freely 
advertised  or  recommended  by  all  philatelic  journals  the  world  over,  and 
thousands  of  philatelists  would  avail  themselves  of  the  offer  of  reliable  in- 
formation at  a  low  price,  while  among  such  an  extended  circle  of  readers 
there  might  be  many  who  could  give  supplementary  information  as  to  doubt- 
ful points,  and  would  send  to  your  Society  where  they  would  not  trouble  to 
send  to  a  local  journal. 

"As  to  the  'bulky'  objection — there  was  a  collection  of  European  adhe- 
sives  alone  that  changed  hands  a  few  years  ago  announced  as  being  mounted 
in  something  less  than  a  hundred  volumes,  and  it  strikes  me  very  forcibly 
that  all  the  types  and  most  of  the  sizes  of  every  stamped  envelope  and  post 
card  yet  issued  throughout  the  wide,  wide  world  would  repose  comfortably  in 
half  that  number  of  books  of  slightly  larger  size.  To  one  who  has  searched 
for  years  for  duplicates  of  varieties  that  have  been  fairly  common  here,  it 
is  distressing  now  to  know  that  most  of  them  have  migrated  to  the  United 
States  or  to  Germany,  where  the  number  of  earnest  collectors  of  these  is 
probably  one  hundred  times  greater  than  in  this  country,  yet  the  question  of 
bulk  does  not  seem  to  trouble  them,  nor,  in  my  limited  experience,  does  the 
question  of  cost  to  the  extent  that  it  does  here,  where  so  much  attention  is 
given  to  the  investment  or  speculative  side  of  Philately." 


[       loi       ] 

[tin  MsBixtB, 


NOTES    OF   SSIKW,    AND    VARIATIONS  OF   CURRENT,    ISSUES. 

(Varieties  of  Obsolete  Stamps,  and  Discoveries,  will  be  found  under  "Philatelic  Notes.") 
IVe  do  nol  pro/ess  to  chroiticle  everything,  but,  with  the  kind  help  of  correspondents,  are  desirous  that 
all  the  important  novelties  may  be  included.  Speculative  stamps — i.  e.  those  not  really  required  for 
postal  ptaposes — will  be  considered  on  their  merits,  and  Jubilee  issues  will  not  be  chronicled. 
Members  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society,  and  other  readers  generally,  are  invited  to  co-operate  with  us 
in  making  the  columtis  as  interesting  as  possible.  Our  foreign  readers  can  especially  help  tts  in 
this  dii-ection,  by  sending  copies  of  any  official  documents  7-elative  to  changes  in  the  curreitt  issues, 
or  early  intimation  of  any  new  issue,  accovipanied,  when  possible,  by  a  specimen  ;  such  information 
will  be  duly  credited  to  the  correspondent,  and,  if  desired,  the  specimen  promptly  returned. 
Address:  Mr.  A.  Churchill  Emerson,  Effingham  House,  Arundf.i,  Street,  Strand, 
London,  W.C. 


BRITISH    EMPIRE. 

Australian  Commonwealth.— ^'■zf'f^i'i- 
Weekly  states  that  the  Postage  Due  series 
with  white  space  at  foot  is  now  obsolete,  the 
remaining  values  (^d.,  6d.,  and  8d.),  Type  2, 
having  been  issued. 

Postage  Dues. 
^d.,  6d.,  and  8d.,  Type  2. 

British  Honduras. — According  to 
Ewen's  Weekly,  "SPECIMEN"  copies  of  the 
20  c,  King's  Head  stamp,  in  violet  colour, 
have  now  been  seen. 

Adhesive.     20  c. ,  violet. 
Cape  of  Good   Hope. — Messrs.   P.   L. 
Pemberton  and  Co.  have  shown  us  the  2^d. 
stamp  of  the  King's  Head  issue. 

The  M.C.  lists  a  letter  card  with  the 
King  Edward  stamp. 

Adhesive. 

2jd.,  ultramarine;  Anchor;  perf.  14. 

Letter  Card. 

id.,  carmine  on  grey. 

Ceylon. — The  2  c,  King's  Head,  post 
card  in  reply  form  is  noted. 

Post  Card.     2  +  2  cents,  buff-yellow. 

Falkland  Islands.— "specimen"  copies 
of  four  values  in  the  King's  Head  type  have 
now  been  seen,  and  Ewcn^s  Weekly  remarks 
that  :— 

"The  3s.  is  said  to  be  on  CA  paper,  about 

three  watermarks  showing  to  each  stamp. 

Are  we  to  assume  the  stock  of  C  C  paper 

has  at  length  come  to  an  end  ?    The  change 

from  CC  to  CA  paper  was  made  in   1882, 

but  the  printers  had  such  an  inmicnse  stock 

of  the  C  C  paper  suitable  for  large  stam|)s 

that  it  has  only  just  become  exhausted.     If 

our  supposition  is  correct,  the  next  ]3rinlings 

of  the  high  values,  at  present  watermarked 

Crown  C  C,  will  be  on  C  A  paper." 

Adhesive!. 

(i.)  Small  design.     CA;  14^ 

•id.,  green.  |  id.,  vermilion. 

aid.,  blue. 

(ii.)  Large  design.     CA  ;   14. 

3s.,  sea-green  or  l)lue-grceti. 


India. — Kishengarh. — Etuen's  Weekly  in- 
forms us  that  an  8  annas  value,  printed  in 
large  sheets  of  two  panes  tete-beche  about 
half  an  inch  apart,  has  appeared,  and  that  the 
2  rupees  now  comes  in  a  vermilion  shade. 

Adhesives. 

8  annas,  black  ;  pin-perf.  (pairs  tete-beche): 

2  rupees,  vermilion. 

Nabha. — Some  King's  Head  stationery  is 
listed  by  the  M.  C. 

Etivelope.     \  anna,  green  ;  black  overprint. 
Post  Card,     \^\  anna,  red-brown       ,, 

Jamaica.— The  id.  and  5d.  values  of  the 
new  Arms  type  have  appeared. 

Adhesives. 
id..  Arms  type,  carmine  and  black  ;  CA;  perf.  14. 
Sd-  ,,  yellow  ,,  ,,  ,, 

Newfoundland.  —  MekeePs  Weekly 
chronicles  a  new  inland  post  card  issued 
on  March  14th. 

It  is  printed  in  green,  with  ornamental 
lathework  for  a  ground,  and  a  border  of 
the  same.  The  stamp,  in  the  same  colour, 
has  a  portrait  of  King  Edward,  similar  to 
the  new  Canadian  stamps,  but  with  the  face 
turned  more  toward  the  front. 

Post  Card,     i  cent,  green  on  white. 

Orange  Rivf.r  Colony.— Additions  to 

the  list  of  King's  Head  stationery  are  made 

by  Eivctis  Weekly. 

Envelopes,     id.,  green  on  white. 

id.,  carmine  on  cream  laid. 

St.  Helena.— Messrs.  Whitfield  KIdl; 
and  Co.  write  us  as  follows  : — 

"We  arc  officially  notified  that  all  the 
Queen's  Head  jioslagc  stamps  were  with- 
drawn from  circul.ition  on  the  31st  March. 
We  arc  not.  however,  informed  what  is  to 
be  done  with  the  remainders,  but  we  pre- 
sume they  will  be  (or  perhaps  have  been) 
destroyed.  These  rcmaindeis  consist  of  the 
5s.,  CC;  ihc  2d.,  2^(1.,  3(1.,  4(1.,  6(1.,  and  is,, 


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NEW  ISSUES. 


CA,  of  the  old  type  ;  the  iW.,  2d.,  2|d.,  5d., 
and  lod.  of  the  small  Queen's  Head  (De  La 
Rue)  type.  The  -Id.,  id  ,  and  ad.  of  the  sur- 
charged type  and  the  \d.  and  id.  of  the  1896 
issue  were  exhausted  some  time  ago.  As 
regards  the  ^d.  and  id.,  small  King's  Head 
type,  issued  in  1902,  no  more  of  these  are 
to  be  printed  after  the  present  stock  is  ex- 
hausted, so  that  the  only  stamps  now  current 
are  the  pictorial  set  of  1903." 

South  Australia.— Other  values  of  the 
long  "postage"  set  have  appeared,  perf 
an  even  12. 

Adhesives.     \A.,  vermilion;  perf.  12. 
IS.,  brown  ,, 

Sudan. — The   2   piastres,   with    multiple 

watermark,  for  public  use,  has  been  chronicled. 

Adhesive. 
2  piastres,  blue  and  black  ;  new  wnik. 

Tasriania.— Mr.  W.  F.  Petterd  has  sent 
our  publisher  the  new  "  One  Penny "  post 
card  recently  issued  in  that  State.  The 
printing  is  in  pale  rose-red,  more  towards 
a  rosine  shade,  on  a  medium  thick  white 
card,  size  4I  ins.  by  2\  ins.  The  design  of 
the  stamp  is  similar  to  the  old  type,  but 
the  King's  Head  is  substituted  for  that  of 
the  late  Queen.  The  inscription  has  been 
altered  also  from  that  of  the  old  design. 
Underneath  the  words  "POST  card"  are 
the  following,  in  two  lines,  and  prefaced  by 
an  indicator  hand :  "  Available  only  for  the 
Commonwealth,  British  New  Guinea,  New 
Zealand,  and  Fiji ;  if  used  for  any  other 
place,  a  halfpenny  stamp  must  be  affixed." — 
The  Australian  Philatelist. 

Post  Card,     id.,  rose-red. 


EUROPE. 

Crete. — A  correspondent  at  Canea  in- 
forms us,  in  a  letter  posted  on  St.  Valentine  s 
day,  that,  the  supply  of  the  current  i  lepton, 
bro7V7i,  having  run  out,  the  fiscal  stamp  of 
the  same  design,  in  olive-yellow,  was  issued 
for  postage ;  in  proof  of  which  he  kindly 
franked  his  letter  with  twenty-five  of  these 
stamps  \—M.  J. 

Fiscal  Postal.     I  1.,  olive-yellow. 

Denmark. — It    is    reported    in    Eiveiis 

Weekly  that  the  stock  of  8  ore  envelopes 

has  been  surcharged  "10"  in  black. 

Envelope. 
"10"  without  colour  on  an  oval  ground  of  net- 
work in  black,  on  80.,  red,  with  additional 
surcharge  "  10  "  covering  the  "  8  "  at  foot. 

Holland. — Ewens  Weekly,  on  the  au- 
thority of  the  Nederlandsch  Tijdschrift  voor 


Postzegelkunde,  records  the  issue  of  a  new 

specialist  variety. 

Adhesive. 
Current  type.     2.\  c.,  green,  printed  on  thicker 

paper,  similar  to  that  of  the  gulden  values. 

Issued  3.04,  or  earlier. 

The  interesting  history  of  this  stamp  is  re- 
counted by  our  contemporary  as  follows  :  — 

"The  inventor  of  an  automatic  machine 
for  the  delivery  of  stamps  made  a  trial  with 
current  2|  cent  (|d.)  stamps,  but  declared 
the  paper  to  be  too  thin.  The  Dutch  Post 
Office  were  courteous  enough  to  print  940 
stamps  on  thicker  paper,  similar  to  that 
employed  for  the  gulden  values,  and  a  second 
trial  was  madd  After  147  of  the  stamps 
had  been  disposed  of,  someone  discovered 
that  the  machine  gave  out  the  stamps  every 
time  it  was  asked,  regardless  of  whether  the 
formality  of  putting  a  coin  in  the  slot  had 
been  gone  through.  It  was  therefore  re- 
manded for  inquiries,  and  an  employee  of  the 
Post  Office,  seeing  his  opportunity,  obtained 
permission  to  purchase  all  the  stamps  left  in 
the  machine,  to  the  number  of  793.  These 
he  is  now  retailing  at  5d.  each  !  The  other 
147  will  probably  be  saved  also,  although 
lost  to  the  stamp  market ;  it  is  extremely 
likely  most  would  be  used  on  picture  post- 
cards." 

Italy. — The  Segnatasse  set,  with  figures 
in  magenta,  has  had  the  10  lire  added  to  it 
by  Ewetis  Weekly. 

Though  listed  in  Gibbons'  1904  Catalogue, 
the  5  lire  has  yet  to  appear  for  use  in  the 
home  country. 

The  10  c.  reply  card  is  announced  by 
MekeeVs  Weekly. 

Postage  Due. 
10  lire,  blue  and  magenta. 

Post  Card. 
10  4- 10  c,  claret  on  greenish. 

Portugal. — The  20  reis  value  has  been 
added  to   the  new   Postage   Due   set,  and 
Ewefis  Weekly  gives  the  colour  as  violet. 
Postage  Due.     20  reis,  violet. 


AMERICA. 

Colombian  Republic. — MekeeVs  reports 
having  seen  a  new  i  c,  type  of  the  i  peso, 
and  a  2  centavos  in  a  new  colour,  dark  blue 
on  bluish  paper.  These  two  stamps  served 
to  frank  an  ordinary  letter  from  Bogota. 

Adhesives. 

1  c,  green. 

2  c,  blue  on  bluish. 

Antioquia. — Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and 
Co.  send  us  two  stamps  similar  in  shape  to 
the  50  c.  and  i  peso  of  1903,  but  with  Arms 
in  the  centre.     They  bear  the  usual  inscrip- 


NEW  ISSUES. 


103 


tion,  "  DEPARTAMENTO  DE  ANTIOQUIA,"  and 

the  date  1903.  "Colombia"  appears  at  top, 
and  the  value  in  figures  is  repeated  in  the  four 
corners.  Adhesives. 

4  C,  pale  brown  ;  perf.  12. 

5  c,  blue  ;  perf.  12. 

We  gather  from  Ewen's  Weekly  that 
60,000  copies  of  the  i  cent,  of  1902  were 
printed  in  blue  early  in  1903.  It  is  known 
that  the  2  cents,  changed  its  colour  to  violet 
about  the  same  time,  and  we  chronicled  it 
on  the  authority  of  A.  J.  P.  Ewen's  states 
that  200,000  were  printed  of  the  2  cents,  in 
violet.  Adhesive. 

I  cent.,  bhte ;  1902  type. 

Barra7iquilla.  —  From  Messrs.  Whitfield 
King  and  Co.  we  have  received  the  10  cents, 
of  the  Pier  type  printed  in  blue  on  salmon 
laid  paper,  imperf 

Adhesive. 
10  cents.,  salmon  laid  paper;  Pier  type;  imperf. 

Boyaca. —  Our  Ipswich  friends  send  us 
a  new  stamp  from  this  place.  It  is  so  badly 
lithographed  that  we  cannot  make  out  the 
design.  The  inscription  reads :  "  REPUBLICA 
DE  COLOMBIADEP'°  DE  BOYACA."  "CORREOS" 
appears  at  top  and  the  value, "  10  centavos," 
in  curved  label  at  foot. 

Adhesive. 
10  centavos,  orange  ;  rough  perf.  12. 

Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co.  write  us 
as  follows  : — 

"We  have  just  received  a  letter  from  one 
of  our  correspondents  in  this  Republic  in- 
forming us  that  paper  money  is  no  longer 
accepted  in  payment  of  postage  stamps, 
which  necessitates  another  new  issue,  as  the 
value  of  the  Colombian  peso  had  gone  down 
to  about  id.  Three  new  stamps  have  there- 
fore been  issued  of  the  value  of  2,  5,  and 
10  centavos,  colours  blue,  rose,  and  mauve 
respectively.  These  are  printed  on  very 
thin  paper,  and  are  sold  at  the  same  rate 
as  the  American  gold  dollar,  so  that  they 
are  equivalent  to  about  4s.  2d.  per  peso." 

Panama. — The  2  c.  post  card  has  been 
overprinted  "  RKPUliLiCA  DE  PANAMA,"  in 
carmine,  in  two  lines,  City  of  Panama  type. 
— Ewen's  Weekly. 

Post  Card.     2  c. ,  black  on  buff. 


OTHER  COUNTRIES. 

AZOKES. — It  is  reported  that  tlic  expected 
20  rcis  value  has  been  added  to  the  new 
Postage  Due  set. 

/'os/ii^e  Dm.     20  rcis,  violet. 


Eritrea. — The  10  c.  post  card  listed  on 
page  155,  vol.  xii.,  now  exists  in  reply  form. 
This  information  is  given  by  Mekeel's  Weekly. 

Post  Card.     10+  10  c,  claret  on  greenish. 

French  Colonies. — Indo-  China. — 
Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co.  send  us  the 
15  c,  the  only  value  yet  issued,  of  a  new  set 
for  this  Colony. 

The  design  consists  of  a  mailed  female 
figure  to  left  with  olive  branch  over  left 
shoulder,  and  right  hand  resting  on  a  sword ; 
at  side  of  head  is  an  anchor,  "  postes  "  and 
value  above,  "indo  chine  franqaise"  at 
foot.  Adhesive. 

15  centimes,  brown  on  blue  ;  perf.  14  x  13. 

Ivory  Coast.  —  Some  more  provisionals 
have  been  issued  here.  The  M.  J.  reports 
as  follows  : — 

"We  have  received  a  small  set  of  pro- 
visionals formed  by  surcharging  some  of  the 
current  stamps  of  this  Colony  with  new 
values,  in  black. 

'0,05'  on  30  c,  cinnamon. 

'0,10'  on  75  c,  brown  on  yellow. 

'  0,15  '  on     I  fr. ,  olive-green  on  toned. 

'0,15' on     I  fr.  ,,  on  pale  yellow. 

"In  the  copies  before  us  the  first  'o'  on 
the  two  lower  values  is  much  smaller  than 
the  other  figures ;  the  i  fr.  stamp  exists 
upon  two  very  different  kinds  of  paper,  one 
of  them  thicker  and  less  transparent  than 
the  other,  the  thick  paper  being  pale  yellow 
on  the  face.  In  each  case  there  is  a  thin 
and  a  thick  bar  across  the  original  value." 

Senegal. — On  page  306,  vol.  xii .,  we  stated, 
on  the  authority  of  a  contemporary,  that  the 
50  c,  rose,  of  1892,  would  be  surcharged 
with  the  figure  "  10."  In  the  Metropolitan 
Philatelist  we  notice  that  the  50  c,  brown 
on  bluish,  of  1899-1900,  has  met  with  this 
surcharge.  Adhesive. 

10  centimes  on  50  c. ,  brown  on  bluish, 
of  1 899- 1 900. 

French  Post  Office.s  Abroad.— On 
the  authority  of  a  Continental  journal,  Ewen's 
lists  a  quantity  of  stationery.  We  are  in- 
debted to  the  same  source  for  the  following 
information  : — 

Tlie  sets  of  adhesives  for  Canton,  11  oi- 
hao,  Mongtzd,  Packhoi,  Tchong-king,  and 
Yunnansen  have  been  reinforced  by  the 
50  c.  in  grey,  overprint  black.  The  sets 
hitherto  contained  the  50  c,  carmine  on 
rose. 

The  Iloi-hao,  Packhoi,  aiul  Yunnansen 
sets  have  received  the  25  c,  black  on  rose 
(old  colours). 


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PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'   MEETINGS. 


The  2  c,  Canton,  is  mentioned  as  occurring 

with   overprint   in    Chinese    currency  only, 

"Canton"  being  omitted.     Is  this  an  error, 

or  due  to  off-centre  printing  ? 

Stationery. 

Stamps  of  Mouchon  type  retouched. 

Post  Card.  Post  Card.  Letter  Card.  Letter  Card. 
lo  c.        lo+io  c.  15  c.  25  c. 

Alexandria  —  ...  I  ...  I  ...  i 
China  ."  I  ...  I  ...  I  ...  i 
Crete  .  i  ...  i  ...  i  ...  i 
Levant  .  —  ...  i  ...  i  ...  i 
Morocco  .  —  ...  I  ...  —  ...  I 
Port  Said  .  —  ...  I  ...  I  ...  — 
Zanzibar  .      I      ...     i       ...     —        ...         i 

There  is  also,  for  Morocco,  a  "  5  centuios  '' 
on  IOC.  post  card,  and  the  following  : — 

Envelopes. 
5  c,  type  Blanc,  date  232,  size  107x70  mm., 
green  on  white,  Alexandria,  China,  Port 
Said,  Zanzibar. 
15  c. ,  type  Mouchon,  retouched,  without  date, 
size  123x96,  147  X  112  mm.,  red  on  green, 
Port  Said. 

Haytl — We  are  told  that  the  portrait  on 
the  permanent  set,  listed  on  page  ']'].,  is  that 
of  President  Nord,  and  not  of  General 
Simon  Law,  and  we  are  in  doubt  whether 
the  2,  5,  10,  and  20  cents  are  printed  in 
colour,  oil  black.,  as  described. 

*  Surcharged  i  piastre. 


Liberia. — Our  publishers  have  found  in 

their  stock  two  unchi-onicled  varieties  of  the 

75  c.   on    I   dollar  of  1902,  the   surcharge 

(Type  30   in   the   copies   shown   us)  being 

struck  upon  the  two  Official  stamps  of  1892 

and  1894  respectively,  instead  of  the  ordinary 

stamps.     We  should  suppose  that  these  are 

errors^  and  are  not  intended  to  be  Official 

75  c.  stamps. 

75  c.  on  |i,  blue  and  black  (No.  308). 

75  c.  on  |i,  ultramarine  and  black  (No.  323). 

The  stamps  themselves  are  in  curiously 
shaped  sheets  ;  horizontal  rows  of  two  only, 
we  do  not  know  .how  many  rows. — M.  J. 

Philippine  Islands. — A  small  addition 
to  the  new  stationery  chronicled  on  page  77 
is  made  by  the  A.  J.  P. 

Envelope. 
I  c. ,  green  on  white  ;  green  overprint. 

Russian  Post  Offices  in  China. — To 
the  set  of  six  stamps  issued  in   1899  have 
lately  been  added  three  higher  values,  but 
we  are  not   told  whether   they  are  on  the 
horizontally  or  vertically  laid  paper. 
Adhesives. 
20  k. ,  blue  and  carmine  ;  black  overprint. 
50  k.,  mauve  and  green         ,,  ,, 

I  r. ,  brown  and  orange        ,,  ,, 


jl/ihitdxc  Snrietus'  Ulettiitgs, 


^IjilaicUc  ^0tKt^,  1l0ttb0n. 


The  eleventh  meeting  of  the  season  1903-4 
was  held  at  Effingham  House,  Arundel 
Street,  Strand,  on  Friday,  i8th  March,  1904, 
at  7.4s  p.m. 

Members  present :  E.  D.  Bacon,  Gordon 
Smith,  Herbert  R.  Oldfield,  C.  Neville 
Biggs,  J.  C.  Sidebotham,  T.  Maycock, 
Edward  J.  Nankivell,  F.  Ransom,  L.  W. 
Fulcher,  W.  Schwabacher,  Thos.  Wm.  Hall, 
Douglas  Ellis,  J.  A.  Tilleard,  and  Robert 
Ehrenbach. 

The  chair  was  taken  by  Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon, 
and  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  on  the 
4th  March,  1904,  were  read  and  signed  as 
correct. 

Mr.  Douglas  Ellis  then  gave  a  display  of 
his  very  fine  and  complete  collection  of 
Japanese  post  cards.  Many  of  the  varieties 
included  in  Mr.  Ellis'  collection  would  now 
be  very  difficult  to  obtain.  Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon, 
in  moving  a  vote  of  thanks,  called  attention 
to  the  numerous  varieties  which  might  be 
found  in  the  design  and  prints  on  many  of 
these  cards,  and  intimated  that  in  the  third 


issue  no  less  than  600  varieties  might  be 
found.  The  resolution  was  seconded  by  Mr. 
Gordon  Smith  and  carried  unanimously. 
Mr.  Ellis,  in  responding,  intimated  that  he 
had  not  thought  it  necessary  to  go  into  all 
the  minor  details  which  would  represent 
some  of  the  varieties  to  which  Mr.  Bacon 
referred. 

Mr.  E.  J.  Nankivell  then  read  a  short 
paper  entitled  "New  Ideas  in  Albums,"  and 
produced  for  the  inspection  of  the  members 
samples  of  the  Stolzenberg  covers,  a  new 
loose  -  leaf  book  with  a  special  patent 
fastening,  diffisring  entirely  from  any  that 
had  been  produced  hitherto,  and  also  a 
complete  set  of  the  Cistafile.  A  long  and 
general  discussion  ensued,  most  of  the  re- 
marks relating  to  the  Cistafile,  as  to  which 
very  conflicting  opinions  were  expressed, 
some  members  being  of  opinion  that  it  was 
an  excellent  device,  and  others  indicating- 
various  objections  and  difficulties  which  oc- 
curred to  them.  A  vote  of  thanks  to  Mr. 
Nankivell  for  his  paper  and  display  was 
moved  by  Mr.  H.  R.  Oldfield,  seconded  by 
Mr.  T.  W.  Hall,  and  carried  unanimously, 
and  after  a  short  response  by  Mr.  Nankivell 
the  proceedings  terminated. 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'   MEETINGS. 


lo; 


fSxrmingljam  ^Ijilat^lic  ^omtg. 

Hon.  President—'^.    B.   Avery,   Esq. 

Hon.  Secretary — 

Mr.  G.  Johnson,  b.a.,  208,  Birchfield  Road,  Birmingham. 


January  7th. — Messrs.  J.  T.  Chamberlain, 
E.  Antoniades,  A.  G.  Kelson,  Dr.  D.  G. 
Thomson,  Captain  J.  R.  P.  Clarke,  and 
Major  J.  A.  Dealy  were  unanimously  elected 
members. 

Votes  of  thanks  were  accorded  the  follow- 
ing for  contributions  to  the  permanent 
collection  :  Mr.  C.  Stewart-Wilson,  a  superb 
selection  of  300  Indian  and  surcharged  on 
Indian  for  the  Native  States,  all  mint,  and 
including  many  rarities  and  high  values  ; 
also  to  Messrs.  C.  G.  Fryer,  Wilcox-Smith, 
H.  Wade,  and  T.  S.  Parkinson.  Messrs. 
W.  Morley  and  J.  Edwards  were  thanked 
for  donations  to  the  library. 

Mr.  P.  T.  Ueakin  showed  his  collection  of 
the  stamps  of  Turkey,  and  an  interesting 
discussion  took  place  on  the  early  issues, 
which  will  be  shortly  resumed,  when  certain 
variations  of  overprint  will  be  further  in- 
vestigated. 

H^rts  pijilatilii:  ^ort^t^. 

A  General  Meeting  was  held  at  Ander- 
ton's  Hotel,  Fleet  Street,  E.C.,  on  Tuesday, 
January  19th,  1904,  at  7  p.m. 

Present :  Messrs.  J.  C.  Sidebotham,  W. 
Schwabacher,  R.  Frentzel,  L.  E.  Bradbury, 
W.  G.  Cool,  C.  R.  Sutherland,  R.  Meyer, 
K.  Wiehen,  D.  Thomson,  W.  T.  Standen, 
E.  Bounds,  H.  Wills,  A.  H.  Giles,  F.  J. 
Melville,  W.  A.  Boyes,  W.  Jacoby,  C.  S. 
Dudley,  S.  Chapmaw,  A.  Barrett,  T.  H. 
Harvey,  A.  G.  Wane,  H.  Thompson,  A.  B. 
Kay,  C.  J.  Daun,  Harvey  Clarke,  and  H.  A. 
Slade. 

Mr.  J.  C.  Sidebotham  was  voted  to  the  chair. 

The  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  on  Decem- 
ber 1 5  th,  1903,  were  read  and  signed  as  correct. 

Messrs.  V.  H.  Gregory,  D.  Glendining, 
and  S.  E.  Gwyer  were  duly  elected  as 
ordinary  members  of  the  Society. 

Donations  of  Yvert  and  Tellier's  Cata- 
logue (1904)  of  Stamps  of  France  and 
French  Colonies,  and  of  Forgeries  for  the 
Forgery  Collection,  were  received  from  Mr. 
Franz  Keichenhcim,  and  were  acknowledged 
with  thanks. 

At  the  termination  of  routine  business, 
the  chairman  introduced  Mr.  Harvey  Clarke, 
who  gave  a  display  of  his  collection  of  the 
earlier  issues  of  New  .South  Wales.  Though 
there  is  little  douljt  that  Mr.  Clarke's  collec- 
tion of  the  stamps  of  this  colony  is  the  best 
in  (ircat  liritain,  the  profusion  of  shades 
and  mint  condition  exhibited  in  the  unused 
Sydney  Views,  and  the  issues  of  1852  and 
1854-6,  the  i)latings  of  used  .Sydney  \'iews, 
the  great  rarities  of  perforations,  water- 
marks, and  printings,  the  errors,  etc,  etc., 
came  as  a  complete  revelation  to  the  majority 
of  the  nienibcrs  present.     To  sum  up  :   Mr. 


Harvey  Clarke  has  very  nearly  attained  phil- 
atelic perfection — possession  of  a  collection 
of  the  stamps  of  a  difficult  country,  superbly 
arranged  and  highly  specialised,  with  no 
semblance  of  duplication  or  "bloating." 

Mr.  Chapman  proposed  and  Mr.  Cool 
seconded  a  hearty  vote  of  thanks  to  Mr. 
Clarke  for  his  courtesy  in  giving  the  members 
an  opportunity  of  seeing  and  examining  his 
treasures.  This  vote  was  put  to  the  meeting 
and  carried  with  acclamation.  Mr.  Clarke, 
in  response,  thanked  the  members  for  his 
cordial  reception,  and  promised  to  bring 
another  of  his  countries  before  the  H.P.S. 
on  a  future  occasion. 

Proceedings  terminated  at  9.15  p.m. 

A  General  Meeting  was  held  at  Ander- 
ton's  Hotel,  Fleet  Street,  E.C.,  on  Tuesday, 
February  i6th,  1904,  at  7  p.m. 

Present :  Messrs.  W.  G.  Cool,  W.  Schwa- 
bacher, R.  Frentzel,  L.  E.  Bradbury,  W. 
Simpson,  C.  R.  Sutherland,  C.  J.  Daun,  K. 
Wiehen,  T.  H.  Harvey,  A.  G.  Wane,  E. 
Bounds,  W.  T.  Standen,  C.  S.  Dudley,  H. 
Thompson,  A.  H.  L.  Giles,  C.  E.  Fagan. 
L.  W.  Fulcher,  A.  Bagshawe,  W.  V.  Morten, 
H.  L.  Hayman,  H.  Wells,  J.  K.  Boddy,  W.  A. 
Boyes,  F.  J.  Melville,  H.  A.  Slade,  and  three 
visitors. 

Mr.  Fred  J.  Melville  was  \-oted  to  the  chair. 

The  minutes  ofthe  meeting  held  on  January 
19th,  1904,  were  read  and  signed  as  correct. 

Messrs.  Harvey  Clarke,  and  Stuart  Ander- 
son were  duly  elected  as  life  members,  and 
Mr.  H.  W.  Baron  as  an  ordinary  member  of 
the  Society. 

A  paper  on  "  Our  Young  Philatelists  and 
Philatelic  Prospects,"  compiled  by  Mr.  E. 
Heginbottom,  b.a.,  was  read  by  Mr.  W.  G. 
Cool,  in  the  unavoidable  absence  of  the 
author.  The  paper  was  well  thought  out, 
full  of  common  sense,  and  of  great  practical 
utility.  As  such  it  was  much  appreciated  by 
the  members,  and  at  the  conclusion  of  the 
reading — after  discussion — a  vote  of  thanks 
was  passed  to  Mr.  Heginbottom  for  his 
valualale  paper,  the  vote  being  duly  recorded 
on  the  minutes. 

Mr.  W.  V.  Morten  then  exhibited  his 
collection  of  the  stamps  of  Zanzibar,  accom- 
panied by  descriptive  notes.  It  is  common 
knowledge  that  these  stamps  ha\e  been  so 
thoroughly  "  Mortenised  "  that  little  remains 
to  be  discovered  as  regards  the  dift'erent  over- 
prints, etc.  ;  thus  members  had  an  op)5ortunity 
of  examining  the  results  of  the  exhaustive 
labours  expended  in  amassing  a  practically 
complete  collection  of  this  difficult  country. 

Mr.  Hayman  proposed  and  Mr.  Frentzel 
seconded  a  hearty  vote  of  thanks  forthe  highly 
specialised  display  that  had  been  brought 
before  the  Society.  'Ihis  was  carried  with 
acclamation,  and  Mr.  Morten,  in  respond- 
ing, trusted  that  any  of  the  members  who 
jjossesscd  any  interesting  varieties  would  do 
liim  the  favour  of  lending  them  for  inspection. 

The  meeting  terminated  at  9.15  ]).ni. 
II.  A.  Sladi;,  lion.  Sit.  ntiii  J'reastncr. 

iNCiLlisiDK,  St.  Ai.uans,  Fftriiary  lo'k,  igo4. 


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SURCHARGES. 
To  the  Editor  of  the  "  Loiidoji  Philatelist^ 
Dear  Sir, — The  January  London  Phil- 
atelist reached  me  a  few  days  ago  with  Mr. 
Morten's  letter  on  page  25.  I  had  aheady 
seen  it  in  other  philatelic  journals.  Its 
alleged  excuse  is  apparently  an  article  I 
contributed  to  the  Philatelic  Journal  of 
India  as  long  ago  as  July  last.  That  article 
advocated  the  abolition  of  the  surcharge 
and  the  creation  of  a  uniform  "  Emergency  " 
label  for  use  throughout  the  Empire,  with  a 
space  at  top  and  bottom  left  blank  for  the 
insertion  of  the  name  of  country  and  value 
of  stamp.  As  such  a  label  would  never  in 
the  usual  course  of  things  reach  the  public 
prior  to  the  fiUing-in  of  the  name  and  value, 
all  irregularities  in  the  completed  stamp 
would  be  official  and  therefore  interesting, 
and  at  the  same  time  the  field  of  operation 
for  the  foi'ger  would  be  greatly  curtailed. 
I  mentioned  Zanzibar,  but  quite  incidentally, 
and  this  casual  reference  has  occasioned  the 
letter  you  have  published.  I  have  already 
replied  to  it  in  the  Stamp  Collector's  Fort- 
nightly, and  the  editor  of  the  Philatelic 
Journal  of  l7idia  has  dealt  with  it  in  his 
January    issue.     As,    however,    very    many 


more  readers  will  see  Mr.  Morten's  letter 
than  will  ever  see  my  article,  may  I  be 
permitted  to  say  that  I  never  re-raised  any 
disproved  "allegations  brought  against  an 
honourable  gentleman,  Mr.  Remington,"  and 
that  I  had  never  even  heard  of  that  official 
until  my  critic  needlessly  dragged  his  name 
into  renewed  publicity  ?  May  I  also  remark 
that  I  do  not  understand,  and  very  rightly 
resent,  Mr.  Morten's  reference  to  "  the  pain 
and  annoyance"  I  must  have  caused  the 
"senior"  in  my  department?  I  have  never 
been  in  Government  service,  but  were  it 
otherwise  I  should  still  consider  Mr.  Morten's 
reference  as  going  beyond  the  bounds  of 
journalistic  fairness.  I  may  add  that  the 
printer  made  me  dub  the  surcharge  "an 
artistic  afterthought."     I  wrote  "inartistic." 

Mr.  Morten's  Quixotic  peppering  of  the 
philatelic  Press  with  his  fantastic  defence  of 
Zanzibars  has  been  so  general  that  I  feel  far 
from  willing  to  ask  you  to  inflict  this  further 
contribution  upon  philatelic  readers.  He  is 
an  entire  stranger  to  me,  but  the  personal 
element  in  his  letter  has  left  no  other  course 
open  to,  Yours  faithfully, 

WiLMOT   CORFIELD. 

Calcutta,  2.%th  February,  1904. 


%\\z  JRarket. 


Note. — Under  this  title  will  be  inserted  all  the  information  that  may  refer  in  any  way 

to  the  financial  aspects  of  Philately,  e.g.  the  sales  or  values  of  stamp,   the  state 

of  the  Market,   Trade  publications,  etc. 


Messrs.  Puttick  and  Simpson, 
Sale  of  March  8th  and  9th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

French  Colonies,  187 1-6,  4  c, 
grey,*  mint 

Naples,  1858,  set  complete,*  gum 

Ceylon,  imperf,  is.,  lilac,*  nearly 
full  gum 

India,  Large  Service,  4  a.. 

British  East  Africa,  1890,  \,  i,  and 
4  a.,*  mint 

British  South  Africa,  1891,  set  of 
four,  surcharged* 

Cape  of  Good  Hope,  woodblock, 
4d.,  dark  blue,  small  margins 

Niger  Coast,  "one  half  penny" 
on  2|d.,  blue,  strip  of  four,  on 
entire    .  ... 

New  Brunswick,  is.,  mauve  . 

Nova  Scotia,  is.,  violet,  poor 
colour  .  ... 

Dominica,  is.,  mauve,  CA,  pair* 

Nevis,  6d.,  green,  C  A,*  mint 

St.  Lucia,  1883-6,  IS.,  orange- 
brown,*  mint 


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10 

5 

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376 


3  IS     o 


3  12 


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17 

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660 


26    o    o 


£ 

Virgin  Islands,  1 899,  4d.,  "  pence  "     3 

Victoria,    1854,   lithographed,   2d., 

red-lilac,  a  strip  of  six  and  a 

pair,  on  entire  original,  one  is 

the  variety  with  broken  step 

and  error  "  Tvo  " 

Ditto,  1860-2, 6d.,  orange,  a  pair, 

fine   deep    colour,   right-hand 

stamp  has  some  perfs.  clipped 

at  side,  but  the  other  is  very 

lightly  cancelled  and  a  superb 

copy     .  ... 

Ditto,  ditto,  another  pair,  very 

fine       .  ... 

Ditto,  1886-8,  IS.  6d.,  blue,  block 

of  eight,*  mint     .  .         .     3  12     6 

Collections:  3,607,  ^15,  and  4,693,  ^13. 

Sale  of  March  22nd  and  23rd,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Great  Britain,  1887,  3d.,  brown  on 

orange,'''  mint      .  .         .1120 

Ceylon,    is.    9d.,   green,    imperf*     4   10     o 
Ditto,  1872-80,  C  C,  2  c.  to  96  c, 

set  of  eleven,*  mint         .         .     3  15     o 


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15 

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2    12      6 


1 1    10     O 


British  Central  Africa,  £2,  rose- 
red,*  mint 
Ditto,  1896,^1,  blue,  mint 

British  East  Africa,  1890,  |,  i,  and 
4  a.,*  mint 
Ditto,    1891,   "|-  anna  AB"  in 
MS.  on  2  a.,  ver. 

Cape  of  Good  Hope,  triangulars, 
1853-8,  6d.,  slate,*  with  gum. 
Ditto,    ditto,    ditto,     is.,    deep 
green,*  mint 

Gold  Coast,  20s.,  green  and  car- 
mine,* mint 

Sierra  Leone,  C  A,  4d.,  blue,*  mint 

Zululand,  ^5,  purple  and  black  on 
red,*  mint 

New  Brunswick,  6d.,  yellow  . 
Ditto,  IS.,  mauve    . 
Ditto,  Connell,  5c., brown, used  (?) 
no  perf  at  left 

Newfoundland,  1897,  "  ONE  cent" 
on  3  c,  slate,  a  block  of  fifty, 
forty  are  Type  33,  eight  Type 
34,  and  two  Type  35,*  mint    . 

Nova  Scotia,  is.,  purple 

St  Vincent,  J,  in  red,  on  half  6d., 
yellow-green,  pair 

Antioquia,  1868,  5  c,  green,  a  pair, 
close  at  left,  but  very  fine, 
postmarked,  on  small  piece 
of  original,  with  a  i  peso, 
carmine 
Ditto,  ditto,  a  single  copy,  very 
fine  and  postmarked,  on  small 
piece  of  original 
Ditto,  ditto,  I  peso,  carmine 

British  Guiana,  1862,  2  c,  yellow, 
unused  and  fine,  with  full 
roulettes 

Hawaii,  1851,  13  c,  blue.  Type  3, 
damaged  and  (as  usual)  rather 
heavily  cancelled,  rare  stamp 

New  South  Wales,  1850-1,  Sydney 
Views,  id.,  lake,  Plate  i, 
unused,  double  printed,  two 
minute  tears  at  bottom,  fine 
colour  .  ... 

Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  id.,  carmine, 
Hate  2,  on  laid,*  nearly  full 
gum,  slightly  cut  into  at  right, 
and  creased  at  extreme  right 
top  corner 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  3d.,  green  on 
yellowish 

New  Zealand,  1856,  id.,  red  on 
blue,*  no  gum 

Tasmania,  1853,  id.,  blue,*  close 
at  right  side 

Western  Australia,  i860,  6d.,  sage- 
green,*  no  gum   . 

*  *  * 

Messrs,  Plumridge  anu  Co. 
Sale  of  March  15th  and  i6th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

British  Guiana,  i860,  thick  paper, 

])crf.  12,  24  c,  deep  green  i     3 

Great  Britain,  1858,  2(1.,  Ijliic, 
Pluto  y,  block  of  twelve,  with 
reversed  wnik.,*  mint     .        .212 


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15     o 


15     o 
7     6 


14  14    o 


10  o 

17  6 

15  o 
4  o 

16  o 


Great   Britain,   1867,  £1,   brown-     £    s. 
lilac,  Anchor.       .  .         .215 

Ditto,  1883-4,  2s.   6d.,  hlac  on 

blued*  .  .         .     I   18 

Ditto,  ditto,  O.W.  Official,  Queen, 
5d.,  a  superb  copy  on  small 
piece     .  .  .         .     2   10 

Ditto,    ditto,   ditto,   ditto,    lod., 

superb  on  small  piece  .         .60 
Ditto,  ditto.  Board  of  Education, 
1902-3,  Queen,  is.,  green  and 
scarlet .  .  .         .510 

Nevis,  1878,  litho,  6d.,  grey  .         .36 

New   Zealand,   1856,   id.,  red   on 

blue      .  .  ..28 

Switzerland,  Zurich,  6  rappen,  hori- 
zontal lines,  fine,*  with  Expert 
Committee's  opinion       .         .20 

Victoria,  1850,  3d.,  blue,  rouletted, 
pair 


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Sale  of  March  29th  and  30th, 

^  Unused. 

British  Columbia,  1865,  5  c,  rose, 

imperf* 

British  Guiana,  1876,  96  c,  drab,* 

mint      .  ... 

Ditto,  1888-9,  $1,  green,*  mint  . 

British  South  Africa,  1S91,  set  of 

four,  surcharged,*  mint 
Cape   of   Good    Hope,   1880,  3d., 
lilac-rose,*  with  gum 
Ditto,  ditto,  "3"  on  3d.,*  mint  . 
France,  1853-60,  20  c,  blue,  fe/e- 

beche  pair,*  mint 
Great  Britain, small  Crown, perf.  14, 
2d.,  blue,*  mint    . 
Ditto,  1847-54,  IS.,  green,*  full 
gum      .  ... 

Ditto,  1867,  2s.,  blue,*  mint 
Ditto,    O.W.    Official,    Queen's 

Head,  5d.,  used  . 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  lod.,  ditto 
NewZealand,  1855,  is., yellow-green 
Orange  River  Colony,  1896,  25  on 
3d.,  variety  with  Roman  "1" 
and    anticjue    "  2 "   se   tenatit 
with  ordinary  variety,mint  pair 
St.    Vincent,    1869,    4d.,    yellow,* 
mint      .  ... 

Ditto,  1875,  perf   11  to  12,  is., 
claret,*  ditto 
Transvaal,  "  V.R.I,"  £1,  green      . 
Ditto,  ditto,  inverted,  id.,*  mint 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  id.,*  ditto 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  2d.,*  ditto 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  2kl.,*  ditto    . 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  4d.,*  ditto 
Ditto,  (liUo,  ditto,  6d.,*  ditto 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  is.,*  ditto 
Victoria,  1864,  2s.,  blue  on  green,* 
mint      .  ... 

Ditto,    1865-75,  V  and   Crown, 

IS.,  blue  on  l)luc,*  mint  . 
Ditto,  1873-6,  V  and  Crown,  gd., 

red-brown,*  mint 
Ditto,   1861,  Emblems,  on  laid, 
perf.,  4d.,  rose,  mint 


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Messrs.  Ventom,  Bull,  and  Cooper. 
Sale  of  March  17th  and  i8th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Great  Britain,  O.W.  Official,  1902, 

lod.,  used 
Saxony,  3  pf.,  red  on  entire    . 
Wurtemberg,  70  k.,  purple,  used   . 
Spain,  1852,  12  c*      . 
Ditto,  1865,  12  c,  frame  inverted, 

cut  close 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  perf.,  ditto 
Sweden,  1866, 17  ore,  purple-grey,* 

mint      .  ... 

Ceylon,  9d.,  lilac-brown,  imperf.    . 

Ditto,  IS.  9d.,  yellow-green,  ditto 

Ditto,  1868,   id.,  blue,  pane  of 

sixty,*  mint 
Ditto,  1 872-80,  Rs.  2. 50,  lilac-rose 
Hong  Kong,  1863-71,  CC,   18  c, 

lilac*    .  ... 

British  Central  Africa,  ^50,  green, 

surcharged  "  25,"  in  red  ink, 

postmarked,  on  piece 
Cape  of  Good  Hope,  woodblock, 

id.,  red 
Lagos,    I  OS.,    lilac -brown,    pen- 

marked    .  .  .         . 

Niger  Coast,  1893-4,  id.,  in  red, 

on  half  2d.,  green  and   car- 
mine,* with  gum 
Orange   River   Colony,    " V.R.I. ," 

2ld.,  blue,*  mint 
Uganda,   first    issue,   40  cowries, 

black    .  ... 

British  Columbia,  i2j,  10  c,  lake  . 

Ditto,  $1,  green 
British   Guiana,   1852,   i    c,  black 

on  magenta 
Nevis,  1867,  is  ,  blue-green* 
Ditto,    1878,    htho,    6d.,    grey,* 

mint     .  ... 

St.  Vincent,  id.  on  half  6d.,  green 
Virgin   Islands,  is.,  rose-carmine, 

double-lined  frame* 
Buenos  Ayres,  3  pesos,  yellow-green 
Brazil,    1866,    perf.    13I,    430    r., 

yellow* 
New  South   Wales,  Sydney,    id., 

red,  Plate  2,*  no  margins 


IS 


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1  18 

3  5 

2  7 

1  10 

2  17 
2  12 

4  15 


19 

ID 


Sale  of  April  7th  and  8th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Great  Britain,  "v.R."  id.,  black,  no 

gum      .  ... 

Ditto,    id.,  red-brown.  Anchor, 

roulette,*  mint     . 
Ditto,  id.,  ditto,  Dickinson  paper, 

pair*    .  ... 

Ditto,    id.,  ditto,  large   Crown, 

perf.  16,*  mint     . 
Ditto,  id.,  rose-red,  ditto,  ditto* 
Ditto,  1870, 1  Jd.,ditto,"O.P.P.C." 
Ditto,   2d.,  blue,   small    Crown, 

perf.  14,*  mint     . 
Ditto,  ditto,  large  ditto,  perf  16* 
Ditto,  1858,  ditto,  Plate  7,  block 

of  8,*  mint 
Ditto,   1847-54,  octagonal,  6d., 

violet,*  ditto 


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Great  Britain,   lod.,  brown,*  gum 

Ditto,  IS.,  green,  mint,  with  side 
margin,  Plate  2,  tiny  defect  in 
bottom  margin     . 

Ditto,  another  mint  in  the  pale 
green  shade;  slightly  creased 

Ditto,  IS.,  green,  Plate  i,  a  very 
fine  part  sheet  of  15,  with  full 
margins,  overprinted  "SPECI- 
MEN," mint 

Ditto,  1862,  3d.,  rose,  with  white 


IS     o 
2     6 

ID      O 


500 


dots,  a  superb  horizontal,  cor 
ner   pair,   imperforate,*   mint 

Ditto,  1855-57, wmk.  small  Garter, 
4d.,  carmine,  on  blue   safety 
paper,  no  gum*  .  .         .     8 

Ditto,  wmk.  medium  Garter,  4d., 
carmine,  on  blue  safety  paper,* 
3  perfs.  are  missing  right  side  10 

Ditto,  4d., rose-carmine,  on  white 
paper*  .  .         .     5 

Ditto,  wmk.  large  Garter,  4d., 
rose,  superb  block  of  4,*  mint     3 

Ditto,  1876,  8d.,  brown-lilac,* 
mint      .  .  .         .     2 

Ditto,  1862,  IS.,  green,  with  hair 
lines,  horizontal  mint  pair  with 
full  corner  margins,  imperf.* 

Ditto,  2s.,  pale  blue,  entire  pane 
of  25  with  full  margins,*  each 
stamp  overprinted  "SPECIMEN," 
mint      .  ... 

Ditto,  1880,  2S.,  brown,  very 
slightly  defective,*  with  gum 

Ditto,  wmk.  Maltese  Cross,  los., 
grey-green,*   with   gum,   and 


626 

800 

10  o 
500 

3  12  6 
276 

500 

4  15  o 
3  17  6 


28 

0 

0 

I 

19 

0 

3 

15 

0 

5 

0 

0 

6 

0 

0 

very  slightly  torn  left  side       .10    o    o 
Ditto,    £\,   brown-lilac,*   mint, 
with  top  margin  . 

Gibraltar,  1st  issue,  is.,  bistre 

Ceylon,  i86r,  8d.,  yellow-brown*  . 

Ditto,  1862,  deep  rich  brown,* 

mint      .  ... 

Ditto,  ditto,  9d.,  brown,*  mint   . 

British  South  Africa,  1896,  "One 
Penny"  on  3d.,  grey-black  and 
green,*  mint 

Cape     triangulars,    is.,    emerald- 
green,*  with  gum 
Ditto,  woodblock,  4d.,  dark  blue 

Transvaal,  1870,  id.,  black,  on  thin 
transparent  paper,*  mint 
Ditto,  1877,  6d.,  blue,  on  green, 
fine  roulette,*  mint 

Bahamas,  perf  13,  4d.,  rose,  no 
wink.*  .  ... 

Ditto,  ditto,  6d.,  lilac,  ditto* 

Grenada,  1871,  "One  Shilliing," 
mauve,  error 

Trinidad,  1863,  no  wmk.,  perf  13, 
IS.,  bright  mauve* 

New  South  Wales,  Sydney  View, 
3d.,  green,  unused,  with  full 
gum,  the  variety  whip  omit- 
ted. No.  18  on  plate,  fine,  and 
excessively  rare  .  .         .  56     o    o 

Victoria,  ist  issue,  id.,  dull  brick- 
red,  a  very  fine  horizontal  pair,* 
extremely  scarce  .         .  10    o    o 


3 

5 

0 

3 

0 

0 

4 

10 

0 

3 

0 

0 

3 

5 

0 

3 

0 

0 

9 

0 

0 

16 

0 

0 

THE 


30iid0n  iMIat^liBt: 


THE    MONTHLY    JOURNAL    OF 

THE    PHILATELIC   SOCIETY,    LONDON. 


Vol.  XIII. 


MAY,    1904. 


No.    149. 


^Ite  ©fRctal  (Stamps  of  ®nat  Britain. 


HESE  stamps  have  been  very  much  in  evidence  during  the 
past  twelve  months,  and  have  formed  aHke  the  subject  of 
many  articles  in  the  philatelic  Press  and  the  topic  of  count- 
less conversations  among  collectors.  A  fresh  interest  will, 
however,  now  be  imported  into  the  question,  as  we  are 
informed  that  the  supplies  of  these  official  surcharges  have 
been  called  in  from  all  the  departments,  that  no  further 
surcharged  stamps  of  this  nature  will  be  issued,  and  that 
the  existing  stocks  will  all  be  destroyed.  This  somewhat 
startling  intelligence  will  doubtless  be  welcomed  on  all  sides, 
coupled  with  a  strong  feeling  of  regret  that  the  alteration 
could  not  have  been  effected  at  an  earlier  date,  and  thus 
have  avoided  all  the  uncertainties  and  tribulations  connected  with  the 
acquisition  of  these  stamps  by  the  adherents  of  Philately. 

"  Better  late  than  never  "  will,  we  opine,  be  the  verdict  of  the  general  body 
of  collectors.  We  have  on  former  occasions  not  hesitated  to  express  our 
views  as  to  the  exact  status  of  these  stamps  —  that  we  considered  the 
surcharges  of  relatively  little  philatelic  importance,  and  that  their  collec- 
tion could  well  be  ignored  by  all  save  the  specialist.  To  the  latter,  how- 
ever, their  prohibited  sale  was  a  sore  trouble,  and  we  should  now  trust 
that  collectors  will  be  enabled  to  acquire,  hold,  and  transfer  these  official 
stamps  without  fear  of  penal  servitude !  The  ways  of  officials  arc  not  our 
ways,  but  wc  should  imagine  that  these  stamps  will  now  be  demonetised, 
and  that  being  thus  recognised  as  valueless,  no  restriction  will  be  placed  on 
their  sale  in  unused  state  by  the  Somerset  IIou.se  authorities.  We  cannot 
see  any  reasonable  arguments  against  such  a  course  of  action,  assuming, 
of  which  there  can  be  no  doubt,  that  all  the  existing  stocks  arc  rigidly  and 
ruthlessly  destroyed. 


IIO 


THE  ADHESIVE   STAMPS   OF  PORTUGAL. 


If  this  destruction  is  carried  out  some  of  the  varieties  will  inevitably 
become  very  rare,  and  will  naturally  be  eagerly  sought  after  by  specialists. 
It  will,  however,  afford  a  gleam  of  comfort  to  those  who  have  to  pay  high 
prices  for  certain  specimens  that  they  can  see  finality  in  their  acquisition,  and 
this  will,  no  doubt,  greatly  tend  to  enhance  their  value  and  interest  in  the 
eyes  of  the  philatelist.  As  with  so  much  in  this  world,  the  honour  and 
estimation  in  which  men  and  things  are  held  is  largely  posthumous,  and 
their  greatest  glory  and  appreciation  are  only  attained  after  the  decease  of 
the  man  or  the  destruction  of  the  object.  Having  thus  joined  the  ranks- of 
the  dead  states,  it  is  quite  likely  that  the  British  ofificial  stamps  will  attain  a 
perennial  popularity  among  the  specialists  of  Philately. 


%\\t  Jlih^site  (Stanip0  of  f  artxtgal. 

By  J.  N.  MARSDEN. 
A  Paper  read  before  the  Philatelic  Society,  London,  on  December  iqth,  1902. 

{Continued from  page  38.) 


Issue  XV.     1880.     D.  Luiz. 

ly  BOUT  May,  1880,  the  colours  of  the  10  and  150  reis  were 
altered,  the  former  from  blue-green  to  yellow-green,  and 
the  latter  from  blue  to  yellow.  When  the  first  printing 
of  the  yellow  stamp  was  exhausted  the  blue  was  re- 
issued, and  for  some  time  the  two  colours  were  issued 
and  used  concurrently,  the  blue,  however,  finally  giving 
place  to  the  yellow. 

It  is  a  curious  fact,  and  one  which  I  cannot  explain,  that,  although  the 
150  reis,  yellow,  was  issued  in  1880,  the  official  notification  of  the  change  in 
colour  only  appeared  in  the  Government  gazette  of  the  i8th  February,  1884, 
it  being  therein  stated  that  the  stamp  in  the  changed  colour  would  be  issued 
on  the  17th  March  following,  and  that  from  the  ist  April  the  blue  stamp 
would  not  be  available  for  use. 

I  can  discriminate  only  one  variety  of  type  in  the  1 50  reis,  yellow,  viz. 
variety  No.  2  of  the  blue  stamp. 

Both  the  10  reis  and  150  reis  of  this  issue  exist  in  the  two  perforations 
\2\  and  1 3 J. 

I  have  previously  stated  that  there  was  no  reprint  of  the  10  reis,  blue- 
green,  but  it  may  be  that  one  of  the  two  shades  in  which  this  stamp  has  been 
reprinted  was  intended  for  the  blue-green.  The  shades,  however,  in  the 
reprints  are  not  very  marked,  not  nearly  so  distinct  as  in  the  originals. 

The  reprint  of  the  10  reis  is  a  new  variety,  in  which  the  figures  in  the  left- 
hand  upper  corner  are  closer  together.  The  dot  on  the  inside  of  the  "  i  "  in 
the  left-hand  lower  corner  is  not  invariably  present,  but  as  far  as  I  have  seen, 
there  is  always  a  dot  to  the  right  of  the  top  part  of  the  upper  "  S."  The 
reprint  of  the  1 50  reis,  yellow,  is  of  variety  2. 


THE  ADHESIVE  STAMPS   OF  PORTUGAL.  iii 

SYNOPSIS. 
Issue  XV.     1880.     D.  Luiz. 

Paper  varying  in  thickness.     Perf.  12 J. 
10  reis  ;  deep  to  pale  yellow-green. 

150    „    (variety  2);  yellow  (slight  shades). 
Perf.  i3i. 
10  reis  ;  deep  to  pale  yellow-green. 

150    „    (variety  2);  yellow  (slight  shades). 

Reprints. 

On  thick  reprint  paper.     Perf.  13 J. 
10  reis  (variety  2);  yellow-green,  with  a  slight  shade  of  blue 
and  pale  yellow-green. 
150    ,,    (variety  2) ;  pale  yellow. 

Issue  XVI.    1880-1.    D.  Luiz. 

The  various  values  of  this  issue  appeared  at  different  dates,  and  although 
all  prepared  at  about  the  same  time,  were  only  put  on  sale  as  the  same  values 
in  use  were  exhausted.  The  dies  were  originally  cut  in  wood  by  Senhor 
Joao  Pedroso  Gomes  da  Silva,  reproduced  in  metal,  and  twenty-eight  re- 
productions clamped  together — seven  horizontal  rows  of  four — to  form  a 
sheet  of  each.  The  first  to  appear  was  the  25  reis,  dull  mauve,  in  May,  1880, 
followed  by  the  5  reis  in  June  of  the  same  year.  The  50  reis  only  appeared 
in  January,  1881. 

In  Stanley  Gibbons'  Monthly  Journal  for  January,  1903,  appeared  a  very 
interesting  article  from  the  pen  of  Mr.  Ehrenbach,  in  which  he  shows  the 
existence  of  two  dies  of  the  5  reis.  Die  I.  has  the  cheek  shaded  almost 
all  over,  but  in  Die  II.  there  is  a  white  space  stretching  from  the  moustache 
to  the  temple.  But  I  am  disposed  to  invert  this  order  and  to  give  the  first 
place  to  his  Die  II.,  more  particularly  as  the  early  proofs  show  the  white 
space.  This  is  all  the  more  satisfactory,  as  otherwise  one  might  be 
tempted  to  think — were  Mr.  Ehrenbach's  order  the  right  one — that  his 
No.  II.  might  be  a  worn  No.  I.  In  the  synopsis  I  shall  therefore  reverse 
his  order. 

With  the  5  reis  we  arc  introduced  to  a  new  and  distinct  quality  of  paper, 
which  for  some  years  from  this  time  was  extensively  used  for  all  values 
of  Portuguese  stamps.  In  Portugal  it  is  called  "  papel  {)orcellana"  ([wrcclain 
paper),  presumably  because  it  is  surfaced  with  the  clay  used  in  the  manu- 
facture of  porcelain,  or  it  may  be  because  the  Portuguese  word  "porcellana" 
is  the  name  given  to  the  tiger  or  venus  shell,  and  the  shiny  enamelled  surface 
of  the  paper  resembles  the  enamel  of  the  shell.  Stamps  printed  on  this 
paper,  if  soaked  in  water,  lose  their  brilliancy,  and  it  is  difficult  to  distinguish 
the  character  of  the  paper.  There  is  fortunately  an  unfailing  test  by  which 
it  may  be  distinguished.  If  the  surface  be  rubbed  with  a  silver  coin,  or, 
better  still,  a  blunt-pointed  silver  instrument,  a  black  mark  remains  which 
does  not  injure  the  stamp,  as  it  may  be  ea.sily  removed  witli  the  corner 
of  a  .slightly  moistened  handkerchief  There  is  a  similar  pa[)cr  used  for  high- 
class  magazines  and  periodicals  called  "  chromo  paper,"  but  il  is  unaffected 


112  THE   ADHESIVE   STAMPS   OF  PORTUGAL. 

by  silver.     The  best  terms  to  employ  in  speaking  of  the  paper  I  consider  to 
be  "  chalk  surfaced,"  and  it  is  the  one  I  shall  hereafter  use. 

Although  the  variety  on  this  surfaced  paper  may  have  been,  and  probably 
was,  issued  at  the  beginning  of  1881,  yet,  long  after  this  date,  in  fact  into 
1887,  stamps  continued  to  be  printed  on  the  ordinary  paper  as  well,  in  all 
probability  to  use  up  old  stock.  The  5  reis  of  this  issue  on  surfaced  paper 
did  not  supersede  the  others,  and  judging  from  their  rarity,  few  must  have 
been  issued. 

Reprints  of  all  values  exist,  perforated  13  J.  I  have  seen  a  reprint  of  the 
5  reis  perforated  12 J,  so  it  is  quite  possible  that  the  other  values  may  be  met 
with  perforated  12 J. 

SYNOPSIS. 

Issue  XVI.    1880-1.    D.  Luiz. 

Paper  varying  in  thickness.     Perf.  1 2  J. 

5  reis,  Die  I. ;  deep  black,  grey-black. 

5     >)      )>  '■^-  J)  )) 

25     ,,  dull  mauve,  grey,  and  red-lilac, 

with  intermediate  shades. 
50     „  deep  blue,  blue. 

Perf.  13I. 
5  reis,  Die  I. ;  deep  black,  grey-black. 

5      »        >>  '■'-  15  ;> 

25     „  dull  mauve,  grey  and  red-lilac, 

with  intermediate  shades. 
50     ,,  deep  blue,  blue. 

On  chalk-surfaced  paper.     Perf.  125. 
5  reis,  Die  I. ;  black. 

Perf.  13I. 
5  reis.  Die  I.  ;  black. 

Reprints. 

On  thick  reprint  paper.     Perf.  12^. 
5  reis,  Die  I. ;  black. 

Perf.  i3|. 
5  reis.  Die  I. ;  black. 
25     ,,  pearl  grey-red  lilac. 

52     ,,  deep  blue,  blue. 

Issue  XVII.     1882.     D.  Luiz. 

In  the  Government  gazette  of  the  26th  January,  1882,  appeared  a  notice 
that  a  25  reis  of  a  new  type  would  be  issued  on  the  ist  February  following. 
The  notice  is  interesting,  in  that  it  states  that  from  the  i6th  February  all 
previous  25  reis  stamps,  of  whatever  type,  would  not  be  available  for  use. 
The  presumption  is,  that  up  to  the  i6th  February,  1882,  stamps  of  25  reis, 
of  whatever  type,  including  reprints,  could  be  used  to  frank  correspondence. 
This  form  of  notice  is  used  for  all  subsequent  issues,  so  that  from  this  date 
it  may  be  taken  that  whenever  a  colour  is  changed,  or  a  new  type  issued, 
all  previous  issues  of  the  particular  value  are  put  out  ot  use, 


THE  ADHESIVE   STAMPS   OE  PORTUGAL.  113 

For  the  stamps  of  this  issue  the  centre  was  engraged  in  steel  by  the 
Paris  engraver,  Mons.  Mouchon,  and  the  frame  by  Senhor  V.  Alvez. 

The  50  reis,  blue,  was  issued  on  the  15th  June,  1882. 

Both  were  issued  indiscriminately  on  ordinary  and  on  chalk-surfaced 
paper,  perforated   I2-|-  and   13I. 

From  about  this  period  Portuguese  stamps  may  be  met  with,  perforated 
in  the  centre,  with  a  fine  rayed  star.     These  have  done  duty  on  telegrams. 

It  is  a  moot  point  whether  these  stamps  were  ever  really  printed  specially 
for  the  reprint  collections,  as  if  so,  they  were  printed  when  the  originals  were 
actually  in  use.  In  reprint  collections  they  always  occur  on  chalk-surfaced 
paper,  without  gum,  and  perforated  13 J.  In  a  used  state  it  is  impossible  to 
distinguish  one  from  the  other,  but  unused  I  think  they  can  be  distinguished 
by  a  trained  eye,  and  I  am  inclined  to  consider  them  as  belonging  to  the 
class  of  reprints,  and  as  such  collect  and  classify  them. 

SYNOPSIS. 
Issue  XVII.     1882.     D.  Luiz, 

Paper  slightly  varying  in  thickness.     Perf.  12^. 
25  reis;  red-brown,  brown,  pale  brown. 
53     ,,      blue,  dull  blue. 

Perf.  13^. 
25  reis;  red-brown,  brown,  pale  brown. 
50     ,,     blue,  dull  blue. 

On  chalk-surfaced  paper.     Perf.  i2|. 
25  reis;  red-brown,  brown,  pale  brown. 
50     „     deep  blue,  blue. 

Perf.  i3i. 
25  reis;  deep  brown,  red-brown,  brown,  pale  brown. 
50     ,,      deep  blue,  pale  blue. 

Reprints. 

On  chalk-surfaced  paper.     Perf.  13^. 
25  reis ;  brown. 
50     „      blue. 

Issue  XVIII.     1882  8.     D.  Luiz. 

For  the  sake  of  convenience  I  include  in  this  issue  all  values  and  colours 
which  have  already  appeared  of  the  cmbos.sed  series  of  1870  to  date,  but 
printed  on  chalk-surfaced  [)apcr.  The  20  reis,  in  a  pale  stone  shade,  was  the 
first  to  ap[jear  in  July,  1882.  This  was  followed  by  the  other  values  in  the 
following  order,  but  I  can  only  judge  by  the  dated  specimens  I  have  seen  : 
10  reis,  100  reis,  150  reis,  80  reis,  orange,  15  reis,  300  reis,  and  80  reis,  yellow. 
It  must  be  noticed,  however,  that  during  this  period,  1882  to  i888,  the  various 
values  sometimes  appeared  on  the  ordinary  paper  and  sometimes  on  the 
surfaced,  until  in  the  year  1888  all  stamjjs,  with  the  exception  of  the  2  reis 
and  1,000  reis,  were  issued  on  the  surfaced  paper. 

The  10  reis  belongs  to  variety  2. 


114 


THE  ADHESIVE  STAMPS   OF  PORTUGAL. 


In  the  15  reis  varieties  i  and  3  are  met  with,  and  there  is  besides  a  new 
variety,  in  which  the  "  5  "  in  the  lower  left-hand  corner  is  much  lower  than 
the  "  I,"  the  figures  in  the  right-hand  upper  corner  being  wide  apart. 

There  are  two  varieties  of  the  20  reis,  the  variety  i  of  the  1870  issue  and 
a  variety  in  which  the  figures  in  the  upper  corners  are  more  spaced,  but  not 
so  much  as  in  variety  2,  which  I  have  before  mentioned  as  occurring  in  the 
reprints  of  Issue  X.,  and  which  we  again  meet  with  in  the  20  reis,  carmine. 

In  the  80  reis  I  have  not  been  able  to  identify  Mr.  Ehrenbach's  variety  C, 
and  am  inclined  to  think  that  it  is  due  to  the  lighter  impression.  I  have 
varieties  i  and  2  in  both  orange  and  yellow. 

Of  the  100  reis  I  have  three  varieties  :  No.  i,  the  same  as  the  stamps  on 
ordinary  paper ;  No.  2,  where  the  "  i  "  in  the  upper  left-hand  corner  is  further 
from  the  frame,  and  No.  3,  similar  to  No.  i,  but  the  "  i  "  in  the  right-hand 
lower  corner  leans  over  to  the  right. 

There  are  two  varieties  of  the  1 50  reis,  No.  2  already  described,  and 
No.  3,  where  the  "  5  "  in  the  lower  left-hand  corner  leans  to  the  right. 

The  300  reis  is  a  new  variety,  in  which  the  "  3  "  in  the  lower  right-hand 
corner  is  closer  to  the  letter  "s"  than  in  variety  i. 


D.  Luiz. 

Perf.  12I. 


10 

reis  (1 

15 

)>  \ 

15 

))  \ 

15 

"  \ 

20 

!)   \ 

20 

"    \ 

80 

"    \ 

80 

))   \ 

100 

))    \ 

100 

?'   \ 

100 

"    \ 

150 

J)    \ 

150 

'>    \ 

300 

"    \ 

10 

reis  ( 

15 

)>  \ 

20 

"  \ 

20 

"  \ 

80 

jj  \ 

80 

"  \ 

100 

1'  \ 

150 

3>    \ 

300 

J>    \ 

SYNOPSIS. 

Issue  XVIII.    1882-8. 

On  chalk-surfaced  paper. 

variety  2) ;  deep  yellow-green,  yellow-green,  pale  yellow-green. 
,,       i);  red-brown  (shades),  fawn. 

))       3/  ))  "  " 

„       4)  „  fawn. 

,,       i) ;  pale  stone. 

!>       3y  ') 

,,       i);  orange,  orange-yellow,  yellow. 
,,       2)         ,,  „  and  yellow,  with  inter- 

mediate shades. 
,,       i) ;  lilac-pink. 
,,       2)  ,,         (shades). 

))       3/  )'  >' 

2);  yellow. 

))       3/         >> 

,,       2)  ;  deep  lilac,  deep  mauve. 

Perf.  13I. 

variety  2);  yellow-green  (shades)., 
,,       3) ;  red-brown,  fawn. 
,,       i) ;  pale  stone. 

,,  t);  orange-yellow. 

„  2) ;  orange. 

,,  i);  lilac-pink,  grey-lilac. 

,,  2) ;  yellow. 

,,  2) ;  deep  lilac,  deep  mauve. 

( To  be  contintied. ) 


Prcofe  or  fejsaiis  of  the  (Staiu|jiai  of  the 
©range  Jfree  ^State. 


By   N.   YAAR. 


AM  at  present  busy  cataloguing,  sorting,  and  classifying  the 
stamps  of  this  Colony,  which  up  to  the  time  of  the  war  have 
been  woefully  neglected  by  the  specialist.  Although  several 
specialists  have  tried  to  enumerate  them  and  describe  the 
various  varieties  in  their  proper  order  of  issue,  I  have  not 
heard  of  any  successful  result,  neither  do  I  think  any  catalogue 
is  worthy  of  the  name  as  a  guide  for  the  specialist  of  this  country. 

In  the  meantime  I  am  doing  my  utmost  to  compile  one  which  will  meet 
the  demands  of  all,  but  before  completing  the  same  I  shall  have  to  wait  for 
fuller  information,  material,  and  time  enough  to  digest  such. 

It  is  not,  however,  at  present  this  catalogue  that  has  induced  me  to  write 
this  note,  but  the  possession  of  an  interesting  document,  on  which  I  would 
wish  more  information  than  it  has  been  possible  for  me  to  get  together,  and 
which,  on  being  cleared  up,  will  enable  me  to  complete  another  section  of 
the  work  I  have  undertaken. 

Our  firm  has  become  the  possessor  of  a  foolscap  sheet  dated  "^^  Nov  i88j'' 
on  which  are  affixed  some  stamps,  of  what  I  presume  to  be  proofs  or  essays 
of  colours  of  stamps.  This  I  think  to  be  the  proper  appellation,  as  both 
perforation  and  colours  differ  from  those  in  the  recognised  issue. 

In  the  Philatelic  Journal  of  Gi-eat  Britain  of  January,  1902,  this  sheet 
is  described,  but  I  think  it  will  not  be  amiss  to  go  over  the  ground  again  and 
mention  some  items  which  seemed  to  have  escaped  previous  notice. 

The  sheet  or  sheets  are  composed  of  two,  of  which  one,  the  largest, 
is  6^x13  inches,  white  wove  paper,  ruled  in  small  blue  squares,  with  a 
blank  margin  at  the  top  of  about  two  inches,  and  bearing  as  watermark 
"IGINAL — KEY  MILL — KENT"  (which  I  think  may  be  safely  put  "Original — 
Turkey  Mill — Kent"j,  in  three  rows  of  double-lined  block  capitals.  On  this 
.sheet  is  written  at  the  heading,  "  Oct  3^,  i88j"  ;  lower  down,  "  Orange  Free 
States  Postage  Stamps";  and  the  third  line  reading,  "  Existing  and  proposed 
sclicnies  of  Colonrs"  in  neat  handwriting. 

At  the  left-hand  margin  some  part  of  tiic  sheet  has  been  cut  awa)',  and 
about  the  middle  of  the  sheet  is  written,  "  'J'/iis  colour  cannot  be  improved 
upon";  and  lower  down,  nearly  at  the  end,  where  part  of  the  margin  has 
also  been  cut  away,  is  again  written,  "  This  colour  cannot  be  improved  upon." 
It  is  unfortunate  that  these  margins  were  cut  away,  as  1  think  tlu-  stamps 
of  that  date  must  have  been  affixed  thereto,  as,  according  to  above,  Uk-  uonl 
" lixisting"  leaves  no  shadow  of  a  (l()ul)t. 

At  the  open  sj)acc,  where  the  "3   [icnce "  sluniUl  li.ive  Ijccn,  is  written, 


ii6     PROOFS   OF  THE   STAMPS   OF  THE   ORANGE  FREE  STATE. 


"  This  colour^'  etc.,  and  as  this  was  blue,  we  can  fully  comprehend  why  no 
alteration  has  been  made. 

Further  down,  at  the  open  space  where  the  '■  One  Shilling "  should  have 
been,  is  also  written,  "  This  colour,"  etc.,  and  being  orange,  no  alteration  was 
made,  as  we  know. 

Gummed  on  this  sheet  is  a  smaller  sheet  of  the  same  texture  and  water- 
mark, but  leaving  an  opening  at  top  of  about  two  inches,  from  which, 
however,  can  be  seen  the  heading  already  quoted. 

On  this  sheet  is  found  the  then  current  "  One  Penny "  type  in  different 
colours,  all  perforated  12. 

On  the  left-hand  margin  are  to  be  found  stamps  as  follow : — 

id., 

Proposed  colours,  being  those  established 

(Bracketed  together.)  by    the    International    Postal    Con- 

vention on  these  duties. 


grey-green. 

Id., 
carmine. 


Lower  down  a  part  cut  out  in  size  of  two  stamps 


Cut  out. 


2d. 


Colour  in  which  this  new  duty  is  to 
be  printed,  in  accordance  with  the  in- 
structions in  the  order. 


(Written   in  lead 
pencil),  blue. 


4d., 
^rey-brown. 


6d., 
slate-blue. 


(Bracketed  together.)  Proposed  colours. 

Lower  down  a  part  cut  out  in  size  of  one  stamp  : 


Cut  out. 


IS. 


(Written  in  pencil),  grey. 


At  the  end  of  the  sheet,  stamp  of: 

5s-,_ 
grey-olive. 


Proposed  colour. 


As  we  observed  above,  on  the  first  sheet  the  "  2d  and  3d  "  spaces  are  cut 
out,  and  on  this  sheet  the  space  for  "  2d  and  3d  "  is  also  cut  out,  so  it  will 
not  surprise  me  to  hear  if  somebody  has  found  the  "  One  Penny,"  mauve, 
perforated  12  instead  of  14,  either  used  or  unused  ;  but  it  will  then  be  known 
that  this  came  from  this  or  a  similar  sheet.  Why  I  presume  that  the  "  One 
Penny  "  was  in  the  mauve  colour  is,  because  of  the  remark  "  Colour  in  which" 


PROOFS   OF  THE  STAMPS   OF  THE   ORANGE  FREE  STATE.      117 

etc.,  and  about  two  months  later  the  "  2d  "  was  issued  in  this  colour.  As  to 
the  "4d,"  grey-brown,  this  stamp  has  been  met  with  and  mentioned  by  the 
Philatelic  Record  of  January,  1884,  as  shown  by  Messrs.  Theodor  Buhl 
and  Co.,  and  noted  as  a  curiosity  of  the  "  One  Penny  in  bistre!' 

As  far  as  I  can  ascertain,  a  proposal  was  made  in  1882  (see  Philatelic 
Record,  July,  1882)  to  hold  an  International  Postal  Convention  of  the  South 
African  States,  in  order  to  have  a  uniform  set  of  stamps  in  similar  colour, 
and  to  regulate  and  reduce  the  internal  postage. 

Each  separate  state  brought  their  scheme  and  proposals,  but  by  some 
misunderstanding  the  respective  states  disagreed,  and  the  scheme  fell  through. 

That  the  proposed  colours  were  not  accepted  does  not  surprise  me,  as  I 
read  as  late  as  1894,  when  another  convention  was  held  between  the  South 
African  States,  and  a  proposal  for  uniform  colours  was  entertained,  the 
Orange  Free  State  again  refused  to  join  in,  on  account  of  a  resolution  passed 
in  the  Volksraad,  stating  that  no  alterations  in  the  colours  of  stamps  would 
be  considered. 

According  to  the  Philatelic  Journal  of  Great  Britain  this  sheet  emanated 
from  Messrs.  De  La  Rue's  offices,  and  was  found  amongst  the  papers  of  a 
gentleman  (now  dead)  who  once  held  an  official  position  in  the  Orange 
Free  State.  That  this  may  be  the  case  1  cannot  gainsay ;  but  if  I  hesitate  to 
accept  this  it  is  only  on  account  of  the  handwriting,  which  is  undoubtedly 
that  of  a  Dutchman  well  schooled  in  the  English  language,  but  making  the 
mistake  at  the  heading,  viz.  "States"  whereas  an  Englishman  would  have 
written  "Stated 

That  the  scheme  was  not  from  Messrs.  De  La  Rue  and  Co.  is  evident, 
and  the  notes  were  undoubtedly  from  the  proposer  (perhaps  the  Postmaster- 
General  of  Orange  Free  State) ;  but  that  the  printing  was  done  at  Messrs. 
De  La  Rue  and  Co.'s  is  a  fact. 

I  cannot  for  certain  give  the  reason  why  these  stamps  were  not  accepted, 
except  as  stated  above;  but  why  they  were  perforated  12  instead  of  14,  as 
customary,  is  a  mystery.  If  to  avoid  any  fraudulent  use,  this  could  have 
been  more  effectually  done  if  these  stamps  (or  proofs)  had  been  imperforate, 
instead  of  being  perforated  12,  the  average  novice  or  layman  not  noticing  a 
few  perforations  more  or  less. 

To  ascertain  positive  official  facts  concerning  these  proofs  I  wrote 
Messrs.  De  La  Rue  and  Co.  a  letter  containing  several  questions  on  this 
subject,  but  to  my  surprise  and  disappointment  I  received  the  following 
answer : — 

"  Dear  Sirs,  &c, — Wc  regret  that  we  are  not  allowed  by  the  Crown 
Agents  of  the  Colonies  to  give  any  information  as  to  the  issues  of  Colonies 
under  their  control,  and  that  we  arc,  therefore,  unable  to  reply  to  your 
questions." 

As  I  thought  that  no  obstacle  would  be  placed  to  my  asking  iiiformatit)n 
of  the  stamps  of  a  country  not  at  the  time  under  control  of  the  (.Town 
Agents,  I  wrote  to  them,  asking  |)ermissioii  to  put  a  cojjy  of  enclosed 
questions  to  Messrs.  De  La  Rue  and  Co.,  but  I  was  again  disap[)ointe(.l  in 
the  following  answer  : — 


ii8  PHILATELIC  NOTES. 

"  Dear  Sirs,  &c. — In  acknowledgment  of  your  letter,  making  certain 
inquiries  with  regard  to  stamps  issued  by  the  late  Orange  Free  State,  and 
to  inform  you  that  Messrs.  De  La  Rue  and  Co.  acted  rightly  in  declining  to 
give  such  information.  It  is  not  our  practice  to  give  such  information  as 
that  which  you  request,  and  I  therefore  regret  that  we  are  unable  to  assist 
you  in  this  matter." 

As  will  be  perceived,  I  did  all  in  my  power  to  gain  information  from  the 
proper  quarters,  but  unfortunately  without  success. 

If  I  had  had  this  document  in  my  possession  before  the  war,  I  do  not 
doubt  that  I  could  have  cleared  up  the  whole  business  satisfactorily,  but  this 
was  out  of  question,  as  all  documents  and  officials  ware  scattered  anywhere. 

As  a  last  resource  I  then  wrote  to  Messrs.  Pemberton  and  Co.,  the  earlier 
possessors  of  this  document,  but  unfortunately  they  could  not  throw  more 
light  on  the  subject  than  they  had  already  done.  They  wrote  us  they  had 
bought  this  document  in  their  shop  over  the  counter  from  an  Englishman, 
whose  father,  apparently,  had  some  official  position  in  the  Free  State,  but 
that  they  could  not  learn  anything  further  about  it. 

We  bought  this  in  our  turn  from  a  London  dealer  who  bought  it  from 
them,  so  here  I  come  to  the  end  of  my  investigation. 

I  hope,  now  that  I  have  put  all  the  facts  before  the  philatelic  public, 
someone  more  fortunate  than  I  have  been  will  clear  up  the  points  I  have 
tried  in  vain  to  ascertain. 

Mr.  Yaar  kindly  forwarded  the  sheet  in  question  for  our  inspection,  and 
it  fully  answers  to  the  description.  It  is  evidently  an  official  document,  and 
we  take  the  stamps  to  be  colour-trials  of  the  adopted  type. — Ed. 


philatelic  ^ote0. 


THE   WEST  AUSTRALIA   40.   INVERTED   CENTRE. 

T  will  be  seen  from  our  auction  lists  that  this  stamp,  as  mentioned 
last  month,  has  established  a  record  of  price  as  far  as  the  Australian 
issues  are  concerned.  The  purchaser,  however,  has  for  his  money  one  of 
the  rarest  stamps  in  the  world.  As  far  as  we  are  at  present  aware,  the 
only  copies  known  are  in  the  following  collections :  the  Earl  of  Crawford's, 
Mr.  W.  B.  Avery's,  M.  la  Rdnotiere's,  and  a  South  American  collection.  Besides 
these  there  are  two  specimens — one  in  the  Tapling  and  one  in  the  Dublin 
collection  (the  latter  having  formerly  belonged  to  the  late  Duke  of  Leinster). 
This  makes  in  all  seven  copies,  only  five  of  which  are  private  property. 
There  may  be  one  or  two  more,  but  in  any  case  Mr.  Hausburg  may  be  con- 
gratulated upon  having  secured  a  rarity  of  the  highest  order,  and  one  that 
will  worthily  grace  his  splendid  collection  of  Australian  stamps. 


PHILATELIC  NOTES.  119 


BRITISH  BECHUANALAND  1888  ERROR. 


E  are  indebted  to  Mr.  A.  H.  Stamford  for  the  discovery  of  a  new  error 
of  surcharge.  The  Ad.,  vermilion,  of  this  colony,  issued  in  August, 
1888,  is  surcharged  above  and  below  respectively  with  the  words  "BRITISH" 
and  "BECHUANALAND"  in  block  capitals,  and  bears  a  second  surcharge,  placed 
between  the  above,  consisting  of  the  word  "  Protectorate,"  in  lower  case. 
There  are  two  types  of  the  latter  surcharge,  and  in  the  second  type  (Nos.  ^2a 
and  52^5  in  Stanley  Gibbons)  it  exists  with  the  word  "  Protectorate"  inverted. 
It  is  this  latter  stamp  that  Mr.  Stamford  has  kindly  submitted  to  us — and 
there  can  be  no  question  as  to  its  genuineness — but  the  surcharge  in  lieu  of 
being  normal  is  spelt  "  Portectorate."  Mr.  Stamford  adds  the  following  in- 
formation, which  demonstrates  the  advantages  of  studying  one's  collection  :— 
"  It  is  very  strange  that  I  have  actually  had  this  stamp  in  my  collection 
for  three  years  or  so,  getting  it  about  that  time  from  Mr.  Tamsen  in  a  block 
of  four.  The  error,  which  is  apparently  undoubtedly  genuine,  was  evidently 
not  noticed  at  the  time  by  either  of  us,  and  I  believe  it  to  be  practically 
unique.  It  must  have  been  a  very  early  printing  indeed  of  the  stamp,  as  I 
am  told  that  in  the  sale  of  Tamsen's  stamps  there  was  at  least  one  whole 
sheet  or  more  of  this  setting,  but  in  the  normal  surcharge." 


DATES   OF   THE  FIRST  ISSUE   OF   VICTORIA. 

I'e    read    in    the    Australian  Journal  of  Philately    for   March    15th    an 
interesting  little  note  hereon  by  that  well-known  philatelist  Mr.  C.  B. 
Donne,  of  Melbourne,  to  the  following  effect : — 

"  Two  very  early  prints  of  the  first  issue  of  Victoria,  half-length  series, 
turned  up  here  last  week.  They  were  on  the  original  cover,  and  bore  the 
postmark  January  loth,  1850,  being  ten  days  after  the  stamps  were  first 
issued  in  the  colony.  This  is  the  earliest  date  known  here  on  the  original 
cover.  The  two  stamps  are  as  follows  :  id.,  orange-vermilion,  without  frame, 
and  3d.,  bright  blue,  without  frame  and  with  band  on  orb  showing  only  in  the 
centre.  Both  the  stamps  are  very  fine,  clear  impressions,  and  are  highly 
prized  by  the  owner.  They  are  on  an  official  letter  by  the  Superintendent's 
Office,  Melbourne,  to  the  acting-mayor  of  Geelong.  To  my  surprise,  they 
bear  the  butterfly  cancellation  of  -^',  all  previous  specimens  I  have  seen  on 
covers  being  obliterated  by  tlic  butterfly  cancellation  No.  ^." 

It  will  be  seen  that  this  date  confirms  Mr.  Castle's  theory  of  the  order  of 
issue  in  his  articles  on  these  stamps.  The  first  2d.  is  of  course  the  fine  lines 
and  borders,  but  while  on  this  subject  it  is  well  to  place  on  record  that 
the  writer  has  it  on  entire  envelope  bearing  a  postmark  of  Portland,  January 
17th,  1850.  The  first  printing  <jf  all  three  values  of  Issue  I.  is  now  there- 
fore clearly  defined. 


®aasionaI  ^oUb. 

LONDON  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY. 
SEASON    1904-5. 


SI 


E  are  desired  to  state  that  the  first  meeting  of  the  London  Philatelic 
1  Society  for  the  ensuing  season  will  be  held  on  Friday,  October  14th. 
It  has  also  been  decided  to  hold  the  Annual  Dinner  on  the  day  preceding, 
Thursday,  the  r3th,  and  it  is  hoped  that  country  members  will  thus  be  enabled 
to  attend  both  functions. 


EXPERT  COMMITTEE. 


HE  Expert  Committee  has  made  the  following  regulations  and  scale  of 
charges  with  regard  to  specimens  submitted  for  examination  by  persons 
who  are  not  members  of  the  Philatelic  Society,  London. 

For  specimens  pronounced  genuine,  or  actually  to  be  what  they  appear 
to  be,  5  s. 

For  specimens  quoted  in  any  current  catalogue  at  ^20  or  upwards — 
500  fcs.  or  400  m.,  los. 

For  specimens  quoted  at  ^^"50  or  upwards — 1,250  fcs.  or  1,000  m.,  20s. 

Where  there  is  no  catalogue  quotation  an  auction  record  may  be  referred 
to,  but  in  cases  where  no  quotation  can  be  given,  the  charge  will  be  on  the 
highest  scale. 

In  all  cases  where  the  specimens  are  pronounced  not  to  be  genuine,  or 
actually  to  be  what  they  appear  to  be,  the  charge  will  be  2s.  6d. 

The  charges  made  to  members  will  remain  the  same  as  heretofore, 
namely,  3s.  and  is.  6d. 

In  all  cases  where  the  applicant  for  a  certificate— whether  a  member  or 
not — requires  an  answer  to  a  particular  question,  and  the  Committee  is 
unable  to  give  a  definite  opinion,  a  fee  of  is.  only — i  f.  25  c.  or  i  m. — will 
be  charged  to  cover  postages  and  expenses. 

The  fees  must  always  be  sent  with  the  stamps. 

These  regulations  will  apply  to  all  specimens  submitted  after  ist  July, 
1904. 


SALE  OF  THE  STAMPS  OF  VIRGIN  ISLANDS. 

E  have  received  the  following  communication  from  the  Crown  Agents 
for  the  Colonies  : — 

"Whitehall  Gardens,  London,  S.W. 

2()th  March,   1904. 

"  The  Crown  Agents  for  the  Colonies  call  the  attention  of  stamp  dealers 
and  collectors  to  the  following  announcement  in  the  Leeivard  Islands 
Gazette  of  Thursday,  the  3rd  March,  1904. 


occasional  notes.  121 

" '  Colonial  Secretary's  Office, 

22nd  February,  1904. 
Notice  is  hereby  given    that  tenders   will   be  received   at   the   Colonial 
Secretary's  Office  up  to  the  ist  of  August,    1904,  for  the  remainder   of  the 
present  issue  of  the  Virgin  Islands  stamps,  which  will  be  recalled  as  soon  as 
a  stamp  of  a  new  issue  is  received  from  the  Crown  Agents. 

By  command, 

E.  St.  John  Branch, 

Colonial  Secretary.' 

"  The  Crown  Agents  have  no  information  as  to  the  number  of  stamps 
remaining. 

"  Any  inquiries  and  tenders  should  be  addressed  direct  to  the  Colonial 
Secretary,  Antigua,  West  Indies." 


DINNER  OF  THE  HERTS  PHILATELIi^  SOCIETY. 

HE  sixth  Annual  Dinner  was  held  at  Anderton's  Hotel,  Fleet  Street, 
E.C.,  on  Tuesday,  May   lOth,   1904,  at  7.30  p.m. 

Among  those  present  were  :  Messrs.  J.  C.  Sidebotham,  L.  E.  Bradbury, 
R.  Frentzel,  R.  Frentzel,  jun.,  A.  H.  L.  Giles,  Gordon  G.  Smith,  S.  Chapman, 
C.  Stuart  Dudley,  K.  Wiehen,  H.  Wills,  H.  Thomson,  Fred  J.  Melville, 
W.  A.  Boyes,  A.  G.  Wane,  T.  H.  Harvey,  D.  Thompson,  B.  W.  H.  Poole, 
E.  J.  Patterson,  R.  Meyer,  W.  V.  Morten,  J.  W.  Jones,  H.  L.  Hayman, 
G.  Gaffe,  A.  Bagshawe,  C.  D,  Lord,  Baron  Percy  de  Worms,  W.  Jacoby, 
Chas.  P.  Sisley,  D.  R.  Hunter,  F.  E.  Mainland,  R.  S.  Fannin,  S.  Tomkinson, 
G.  M.  Folkard,  J.  Ratcliffe  Cousins,  and  H.  A.  Slade. 

After  duly  honouring  the  loyal  toasts,  the  Chairman,  Baron  Percy  de  Worms, 
gave  the  "  Herts  Philatelic  Society."  He  pointed  out  that  at  the  eight 
meetings  held  during  the  past  season  ten  exhibits  of  stamps  were  given  that 
would  be  very  difficult  to  excel  or  even  to  emulate.  Mr.  Harvey  Clarke's 
New  South  Wales,  Mr.  Daun's  Oil  Rivers  and  Niger  Coast,  Mr.  Wickham 
Jones'  Japan,  and  Mr.  Yardley's  Griqualand  (to  quote  examples),  would  be 
very  hard  to  beat  in  any  company,  and  he  thought  the  Society  might  well 
congratulate  itself  on  being  able  to  induce  such  eminent  philatelists  to  favour 
its  members  with  a  display  of  their  collections. 

Mr.  W.  V.  Morten,  in  proposing  the  toast  of  "  The  Officers,"  referred  in 
flattering  terms  to  the  part  taken  in  the  organisation  of  the  Society  by  the 
Hon.  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  whose  health  was  drunk  with  musical  honours. 
Mr.  Slade,  in  thanking  the  members  for  the  cordial  manner  in  which  he  was 
received,  stated  that  the  Society  was  making  much  headway  in  every  direction. 
The  number  of  members  was  steadily  increasing,  the  balance  in  hand  was 
satisfactory,  and  the  average  attendance  at  the  meetings  was  larger  than  that 
of  any  other  Society  in  England.  Mr.  Archibald  lioyes,  the  Hon.  Auditor, 
also  responded,  and  gave  an  equally  pleasing  account  of  the  Society  as  far  as 
it  came  within  his  domains.  In  response  to  Mr.  Sidebotham's  toast  of  "The 
Chairiuan,'"  Jiaron  Percy  dc  Worms  expressed  his  interest  in  the  welfare  of 
the  Society,  and  promised  on  behalf  of  himself  and  of  his  broliuT  to  promote 
that  welfare  as  far  as  possible.     Mr.  i-'rcd  J.  Melville  gave  the  toast  of  "  Tlic 


122  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

Visitors"  in  an  admirable  and  humorous  speech,  to  which  Mr.  Ratchffe  Cousins 
responded.  The  latter  stated  that  although  not  a  collector  himself,  yet  his  wife 
was,  and  he  had  been  appalled  at  computing  the  immense  amount  of  labour 
involved  in  obtaining  a  complete  collection  of  English  penny  reds. 

The  musical  part  of  the  programme  was  efficiently  carried  out  by 
Miss  Maude  Willby,  Messrs.  Fred  Stephens  and  Henry  Burnard,  and  Mr. 
George  Gaffe  consented  to  act  as  accompanist.  A  pleasant  and  successful 
evening  was  brought  to  a  close  at  1 1   p.m. 


STAMP  COLLECTING  AND  ITS  LITERATURE. 


WIJR.  P.  J.  Anderson  has  kindly  supplied  us  with  the  following  copy  of 
^J  a  note  that  he  made  for  Notes  and  Queries  (23rd  April,  1904).     The 
information,  though,  perhaps,  not  new  to  all  collectors,  will,  however,  well 
repay  perusal  by  our  readers  : — 

Writing  to  N.  and  Q.  in  August,  1902,  I  mentioned  that  Judge  Suppant- 
schitsch,  of  Vienna,  claimed  to  have  unearthed  a  reference  to  collecting  in  the 
Family  Herald  for  22nd  March,  185 1.  I  find  that  the  reference  is  in  an  adver- 
tisement : — 

"  Postage  Stamps. — To  collectors  of  the  Used  Postage  Stamps.  The 
Advertiser  will  give  (in  exchange)  four  of  the  Penny  Red  Stamps  for  one 
Oval  off  the  Stamped  Envelopes.  Any  person  that  would  collect  a  few 
would  be  kindly  thanked  by  T.  H.  S.,  Smith's  Library,  20,  Brewer  Street, 
Golden  Square.  N.B.  The  Ceiling  of  the  Library  is  decorated  with  80,000 
Postage  Stamps,  in  various  Devices,  and  admitted  to  be  the  most  novel 
Ceiling  in  England." 

This  advertiser,  however,  obviously  aims,  not  at  a  collection  in  the  philatelic 
sense,  but  at  a  mere  accumulation  of  used  duplicates. 

In  the  late  Mr.  J.  K.  Tiffany's  Philatelical  Libraiy  (St.  Louis,  privately 
printed,  1874),  p.  94,  is  the  entry:  "Part  III.  Articles  on  Stamp  Collecting. 
*i.  Annuaire  scientifique,  1855.  Stamp  Collecting."  The  prefixed  asterisk 
shows  that  Mr.  Tiffany  had  not  seen  the  article  in  question,  and  I  have  failed 
to  find  it,  or  even  an  Annuaire  Scientifique  in  185 1.  The  only  periodical  of 
that  name  that  I  can  trace  is  the  Annuaire  Scientifique,  edited  by  P.  P. 
Deherain,  the  first  issue  of  which  is  dated  1862. 

So  far,  then,  it  would  seem  that  N.  and  Q.  contains  the  earliest  printed 
reference  to  Philately.  As  nearly  forty-four  years  have  elapsed  since  its 
appearance,  on  23rd  June,  i860,  the  note  may  be  reproduced  here : — 

"  Postage  Stamps. — A  boy  in  my  form  one  day  showed  me  a  collection  of 
from  300  to  400  different  postage  stamps,  English  and  foreign,  and  at  the 
same  time  stated  that  Sir  Rowland  Hill  told  him  that  at  that  time  there  might 
be  about  500  varieties  on  the  whole.  This  seems  a  cheap,  instructive,  and 
portable  museum  for  young  persons  to  arrange ;  and  yet  I  have  seen  no 
notices  of  catalogues  or  specimens  for  sale,  such  as  there  are  of  coins,  eggs, 
prints,  plants,  etc.,  and  no  articles  in  periodicals.  A  cheap  facsimile  catalogue, 
with  nothing  but  names  of  respective  states,  periods  of  use,  value,  etc.,  would 
meet  with  attention.  If  there  be  a  London  shop  where  stamps  or  lists  of 
them  could  be  procured,  its  address  would  be  acceptable  to  me,  and  to  a 
score  young  friends.  S.  F.  Creswell. 

"  The  School,  Tonbridge." 


OCCASIONAL  NOTES.  123 

Mr.  Creswell  seems  to  have  met  with  no  response,  and  the  next 
references  are  found  a  year  later  in  Beeton's  Boy's  Own  Magazine : — 

"  W.  T.  and  J.  F.  C  should  advertise  in,  say,  for  cheapness,  the  Daily 
Telegraph,  for  old  foreign  postage  stamps.  You  cannot  get  them  gratuitously. 
We  know  several  collectors  who  have  to  pay  for  them." — June,  1861. 

"  C.  J.  Armstrong,  Bexley,  Kent,  will  be  glad  to  exchange  foreign  postage 
stamps.  And  S.  G.  L.,  Arbourfield,  Streatham  Hill,  Surrey,  has  also  a  collec- 
tion. The  latter  will  exchange,  but  will  accept  no  remittance  beyond  postage 
for  his  answers  to  inquiries." — August,  1861. 

"  E.  Pemberton,  Warstone  House,  near  Birmingham,  would  be  glad  to 
effect  exchanges  with  stamp  collectors  per  post." — September,  1861. 

This  is  interesting  as  being  evidently  the  first  appearance  of  Mr.  Edward 
L.  Pemberton  (born  1844,  died  1878),  the  well-known  writer  on  Philately.  An 
"  In  Memoriam  "  notice  and  portrait  are  given  in  the  Philatelic  Record  for 
February,  1879. 

"  Extra  Prize  for  January. — We  have  received  scores  of  applications  from 
subscribers  to  open  up  a  correspondence  on  the  subject  of  Foreign  Postage 
Stamps,  giving  the  names  and  addresses  of  those  who  are  desirous  of  ex- 
changing or  purchasing  such  stamps.  As  far  as  we  could,  we  have  done  so ; 
but  finding  it  impossible  to  meet  the  requirements  of  all  our  applicants  in 
this  respect,  we  now  offer  one  of  our  usual  prizes  to  him  who  will,  on  or  before 
the  5th  of  December  next,  send  us  the  completest  collection  of  Foreign 
Postage  Stamps,  such  collection  to  be  engraved  and  published  in  the  Bofs 

Own  Magazine.     The  collection  must  be  accompanied  by  an  introduction." 

November,  1861. 

"H.  Barber,  44,  Douglas  Street,  Deptford,  S.E.,  wishes  to  announce  that  he 
has  above  400  foreign  postage  stamps,  many  of  them  duplicates." — December 
1861. 

This  seems  to  be  the  first  trade  advertisement,  as  after  this  H.  Barber 
advertises  every  month,  sometimes  mentioning  special  stamps. 

"Foreign  Postage  Stamps;  Extra  Prize  for  January. — There  is  not  a  shade 
of  doubt,  all  things  considered,  that  the  winner  of  this  prize  is  entitled  to  it, 
still  there  are  several  other  very  good  collections.  The  best  collection 
possesses  the  following  characteristics :  a  tersely  written  introduction,  admir- 
able arrangement,  great  variety,  and  remarkable  neatness  in  mounting.  On 
the  first  opportunity  we  will  publish  in  the  Bofs  Otun  Alagaziiic  a  selection 
from  the.se  foreign  stamps.  Many  of  our  stamp-collecting  subscribers  will  be 
pleased  to  possess  the  following  list  of  those  with  whom  they  may  correspond 
with  reference  to  their  common  pursuit :  H.  F.  Winter,  The  College,  Chester 
(Prize),"  etc.— January,  1862. 

A  list  of  twelve  subscribers  follows,  several  of  the  addres.scs  being  schools. 
The  promised  selection  of  stamps  is  not  published  in  this  volume,  which  is 
the  last  of  the  first  series. 

"Foreign  Stamp  Collectors  are  informed  that  an  advertisement  announcing 
their  desire  to  exchange  or  .sell  foreign  stamps  can  be  in.scrtcd  in  the  Bovs 
Oivn  Magazine  for  is.  6d." — January,  1862. 

In  March  there  are  five  advcrti.semcnts  for  exchange  or  [)urchasc,  ant!  the 
number  increa.ses  monthly;  by  December,  1862,  there  are  two  pages  of 
advcrti.semcnts,  double  C()lumn.s.  By  July,  advertisers  offer  to  .send  lists,  and 
special  stamps,  Modena,  Naples,  etc.,  are  mentioned.     In  September  antl  the 


124  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

following  months  there  are  advertisements  of  new  and  unused  foreign  stamps, 
italicised  as  if  these  were  considered  specially  valuable. 

I  recently  received  some  interesting  reminiscences  from  Mr.  Samuel  Allan 
Taylor,  Boston,  the  doyen  of  American  philatelic  dealers  and  editors.  I  find 
his  advertisements  in  the  Boy's  Own  Magazine  for  1863,  and  I  have  before 
me  vol.  i.  (the  late  Mr.  Tiffany's  copy)  of  his  Stamp  Collector's  Record,  begun 
at  Montreal  in  February,  1864,  and  continued  at  Albany  and  Boston. 
Referring  to  Judge  Suppantschitsch's  supposed  discovery,  Mr.  Taylor 
writes : — 

"  I  do  not  think  that  any  German,  Frenchman,  Swede,  Russian,  Turk,  or 
Southern  European  heathen  of  any  kind  is  entitled  to  more  than  a  smile  of 
pity  from  Englishmen  when  he  attempts  to  discover  anything  concerned  with 
Philately  or  anything  else  in  English  printed  literature.  .  .  .  The  earliest 
notice  in  print  on  this  side  is,  as  far  as  I  have  ever  seen,  a  paragraph  in 
November,  i860,  which  states  that  young  girls  were  collecting  the  stamps  of 
different  nations.  This  appeared  in  a  monthly  periodical  called  Littell's 
Living  Age,  published  here  in  Boston.  When  the  Civil  War  broke  out  in 
1 861,  the  Rebel  States  quickly  issued  stamps  for  themselves — special  ones 
first  like  Mobile,  New  Orleans,  Nashville,  etc.  These  were  counterfeited  by 
a  Philadelphia  firm,  and  were  reproduced  in  sheets  of  six  {i.e.  six  of  a  kind) 
and  sold  by  newsboys  in  the  street  and  in  stationers'  stores,  not  at  all  as 
philatelic  treasures,  but  as  curiosities  of  the  Rebels.  They  sold  some  half 
dozen  sheets  for  10 c.  The  words  'Facsimile  Rebel  Postage  Stamp,  printed 
by  S.  C.  Upham,  Philadelphia,'  were  printed  in  small  type  on  each  sheet. 
This  thing  was  largely  instrumental  in  bringing  stamp-collecting  into  vogue. 
The  first  person  who  sold  stamps  as  a  business  was  a  man  named  James 
Brennan,  who  opened  a  small  office  (a  very  small  place,  not  over  10  feet 
square)  at  37,  Nassau  Street,  New  York,  in  1863.  He  published  a  list,  the 
type,  style,  size,  etc.,  having  been  copied  from  one  printed  by  James  Robinson, 
of  Liverpool.  This  was  a  foolscap  size,  4  pp.  thing,  but  the  prices  were  filled 
in  with  the  pen.  Before  that  one  A.  C.  Kline,  now  dead,  of  Philadelphia,  had 
issued  a  '  Manual,'  a  copy  of  Mount  Brown's  first  issue  merely.  Kline  was  a 
dealer  in  antiques,  old  coins,  armour,  firearms,  etc.,  and  stamps  were  only  a 
small  portion  of  his  business.  He  kept  a  quite  good-sized  store  on  the 
ground  floor.  Another  person,  Wm.  P.  Brown,  212,  Broadway,  New  York, 
who  is  still  in  existence,  and  who  then,  as  now,  was  more  of  a  coin  dealer  and 
authority  than  a  stamp  man,  sold  stamps,  but  only  through  the  medium  of 
the  mail,  not  having  any  office,  he  being  a  printer  in  a  weekly  newspaper 
office  (of  which  his  father,  a  distinguished  clergyman,  was  editor).  I  believe 
that  for  some  time  he  had  a  stand  attached  to  the  railing  of  the  City  Hall 
Park,  as  also  had  another  man  named  John  Bailey,  but  the  business  was 
largely  coins  and  odd  things,  even  military  buttons.  No  one  then  knew 
what  stamps  existed,  until  the  manuals  of  Mount  Brown,  Baillieu,  Potiquet, 
and  others  appeared.  This  was  all  in  New  York,  of  course.  J.  W.  Scott,  who 
is  a  native  of  London,  came  to  New  York  in  1863,  he  being  then  a  lad  of 
fifteen  years.  He  came  across  Brown  at  his  stand  and  made  exchanges  in 
stamps  with  him,  but  shortly  after  left  New  York  and  went  to  California. 

"I  was  in  Montreal  from  i860  to  1864.  I  had  gathered  some  ten  or  a 
dozen  foreign  stamps  as  far  back  as  1857-8,  France,  England,  and  one  10  gr. 
Hanover;  but  I  never  saw  or  heard  of  any  collectors  until  1862,  when  I 
chanced  to  see  the  collection  (probably  forty  or  so)  of  a  man  named  J.  A. 
Nutter,  and  I  made  exchanges  with  him  for  local  stamps,  as  I  (having  been 
brought  up  in  New  York)  knew  where  the  local  stamps  or  posts  were.  I  left 
Canada  in  1864,  and  after  a  short  time  abandoned  the  druggist  business  and 
came  to  Boston,  and  have  been  here  ever  since.     J.  W.  Scott  I  never  heard  of 


OCCASIONAL  NOTES.  125 

until  1867;  the  previous  account  of  him  I  got  from  W.  P.  Brown.  You  can 
depend  on  it  that  no  other  dealer  was  earlier  than  James  Brennan  in  1863.  .  .  . 
I  note  in  the  Philatelic  Journal  of  America  for  March,  1885,  being  the  first 
number  of  that  paper,  the  statement  that  Dr.  Blackie,  of  Nashville,  has  been 
'collecting  for  twenty-nine  years,'  but  that  sort  of  talk  is  absurd.  Letters 
from  foreign  countries  were  almost  invariably  paid  in  money  and  were 
stamped /'(^■/(^  by  the  Postmaster.  Street  letter-boxes  were  unknown  here,  at 
any  rate,  and  where  would  he  have  got  the  stamps  in  1856?  But  the  egotism 
of  the  average  stamp-collector  is  something  very  awful.  .  .  .  My  earliest 
commercial  relations  with  Great  Britain  were  with  F.  E.  Millar,  of  Dalston, 
George  Prior,  of  Fenchurch  Street,  London ;  C.  H.  Hill,  of  Argyll  Street, 
Glasgow ;  and  H.  M.  Lennox,  Newhall  Terrace,  Glasgow." 

In  9th  S.  X.  83  I  quoted  the  sum  of  j[,l,g20  paid  in  1897  for  a  pair  (id.  and 
2d.)  of  "  Post  Office"  Mauritius,  as  a  record  price  ;  but  that  record  was  broken 
on  13th  January  last,  when  an  unused  copy  of  the  2d.  was  sold  by  Messrs. 
Puttick  and  Simpson  for  £\,\^o.  The  discovery  of  this  specimen  in  a  collection 
formed  in  1864  by  Mr.  James  Bonar,  now  of  Hampstead,  is  chronicled  in  the 
London  Philatelist  for  1903,  pp.  269,  301  ;  1904,  p.  i. 


THE  BERLIN  INTERNATIONAL  PHILATELIC  EXHIBITION. 
E  have  now  received  the  definitive  programme,  and  it  will  be  seen  that 
it  differs  very  materially  from  the  first  one  {vide  pages  41,  42,  and  43, 
London  Philatelist).  Better  late  than  never,  and  it  must  be  conceded  that  the 
alterations  are  improvements  that  should  materially  increase  the  competition 
among  collectors.  The  work  of  selecting  the  honorary  committee  and.  the 
judges  has  also  been  completed.     The  full  list  of  this  latter  is  as  follows : — 


Jules  Bernichon,  Paris. 

Friedrich  Breitfuss,  St.  Petersburg. 

M.  P.  Castle,  Brighton. 

Dr.  Emilio  Diena,  Rome. 

Robert  Ehrenbach,  London. 

Johannes  Elster,  Berlin. 

Von  Hoek,  Rotterdam. 

Oberstleutenant  Dr.  jur.  P.  Kloss, 
Dresden. 

Landgerichts-Prasident  C.  Linden- 
berg,  Ratibor. 


P.  Mahe,  Paris. 
William  Moser,  Dresden. 
Hauptmann  P.  Ohrt,  Spandau. 
Chas.  J.  Phillips,  London. 
Baron    A.   de    Reuterskiold,    Lau- 
sanne. 
Edw.  M.  Ruben,  Copenhagen. 
Julius  Schlesinger,  Berlin. 
Ernst  Stock,  Berlin. 
Max  Thier,  Charlottenburg. 


PROGRAMME   OF   TIIK    INTERNATIONAL   POST.VGE    STAMP    EXHIBITION, 

BERLIN,    1904. 

The  Exhibition  takes  place  from  August  25th  to  September  4th,  1904, 
in  the  Exhibition  Rooms  of  the  Architcct's-housc,  93/94,  Wilhelm-Strasse, 
near  Lcipzigcr-Strasse. 

Division  I.     GENERAL  COLLECTION.S.     Stamps. 
Class  I.     Unused. 

Class  2.  Used  or  Mixed: — (a)  Large  Collections;  {b)  Medium  Collections  ; 
(c)  Small  Collections  (u[)  to  5,000  stamps). 

(l'\)r  smaller  collections,  well  and  iiilclligibl)-  arranged,  or  in  good  con- 
dition, prizes  in  valuable  stamps  are  reserved.) 
1494 


126  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

^,  TT  1  Entires. 

Class  3.      Unused. 

Class  4.     Used  or  Mixed  : — {a)  Large  Collections  ;  (J))  Small  Collections 

(up  to  i,cx)0  stamps). 

Division  II.     SPECIAL  COLLECTIONS. 
A.    German  Empire  and  Colonies.     Stamps. 

Class  5.     German  Empire  : — {a)  Unused;  (h)  Used  or  Mixed ;  {c)  Entires. 
Class  6.     German  Colonies  : — {a)  Unused;  {h)  Used  or  Mixed;  (c)  Entires. 

B.    Germany :  Single  States.     Stamps. 

Class  7.     General  Collections  : — {a)  Unused  ;  (3)  Used  ;  (c)  Mixed. 
Class  8.     Collections  of  Single  States  : — {a)  Unused  ;  {b)  Used  or  Mixed. 

C.    Germany  and  Colonies.     Entires. 

Class  9.  German  Empire  and  Colonies  : — {a)  Unused  ;  {h)  Used  or 
Mixed. 

Class  10.     Germany  :  Single  States  : — {a)  Unused  ;  (b)  Used  or  Mixed. 

D.    Great  Britain  and  Colonies. 

Class  II.     British  Colonies  (General  Collections). 

Class  12.  Any  one  country  of  the  following : — (a)  British  Guiana;  {b) 
Ceylon  ;  {c)  Great  Britain  ;  id)  Mauritius  ;  (e)  New  South  Wales  ;  (/)  South 
Australia  ;  {g)  Transvaal ;  ijt)  Victoria. 

Class  13.  Any  one  country  of  the  following : — {a)  India;  {U)  Canada; 
{c)  Cape  of  Good  Hope ;  {d)  Natal ;  {e)  New  Zealand  ;  (/")  Newfoundland ; 
{S)  Queensland  ;  (/«)  St.  Vincent ;  (?)  Straits  Settlements  and  Malay  States ; 
{k)  Tasmania  ;  (/)  Trinidad  ;  (?«)  West  Australia. 

Class  14.  Any  two  of  the  following  countries : — {a)  Barbados  ;  {U)  British 
East  Africa  ;  if)  Fiji  ;  id)  Grenada ;  {e)  Griqualand  ;  (/)  Hong  Kong ; 
(^)  Cashmere ;  {Ji)  New  Brunswick  ;  (?)  Newfoundland ;  {k)  Nova  Scotia ; 
(/)  Nevis ;  (;«)  Orange  River  Colony ;  {n)  Turks  Islands ;  {0)  Uganda ; 
(/)  Zanzibar. 

Class  15.  Any  two  of  the  following  countries : — (a)  Bahamas;  (d)  Bechuana- 
land  ;  (c)  British  Central  Africa ;  (d)  British  Honduras  ;  (e)  Central  Africa ; 
(/)  Gambia;  (g)  Indian  States  (only  overprinted  Indian  stamps);  (h)  Labuan; 
(i)  Niger  Coast ;  (/?)  New  South  African  Republic  ;  (/)  St.  Helena ;  (w)  St. 
Christopher ;  (n)  Tonga. 

Class  16.     At  least  three  countries  not  mentioned  in  Classes  11  to  15. 

Class  17.     Entires  : — (a)  Unused  ;  (d)  Used  or  Mixed. 

E.   France  and  Colonies.     Stamps. 

Class  18.     France: — {a)  Unused  ;  {b)  Used  or  Mixed. 

Class  19.  Colonies: — id)  General  Collection  of  the  French  Colonies ; 
{J})  one  or  more  of  the  following :  Benin,  Guadeloupe,  Nossi-Be,  New 
Caledonia,  Obock,  Reunion,  St.  Pierre  and  Miquelon,  Senegal,  Tahiti ; 
{c)  two  or  more  of  the  following :  Congo,  Diego  Suarez,  Gaboon,  Guiana, 
Madagascar,  Soudan,  Zanzibar ;  {d)  the  above  colonies  together. 


OCCASIONAL  NOTES.  127 

F.   Netherlands  and  Colonies.     Stamps. 
Class  20.     Netherlands: — (a)  Unused  ;  ((^)  Used  or  Mixed. 
Class  21,     Colonies: — {a)  General  Collection  of  Dutch  Colonies;  (J))  one 
or  more  of  Dutch  Colonies. 

Entires. 

Class  22.     Netherlands  and  Colonies. 

G.    Single  Collection  of  Stamps  of  European  Countries  other  than  German, 

British,  French,  or  Dutch. 

The  Exhibition  in  the  following-  classes  can  include  one  country  or  one 
colony. 

Stamps. 

(Any  one  or  more  of  the  undermentioned  countries.) 

Class  23.  Denmark,  Iceland,  Sweden,  Norway,  Danish  West  Indies. 

Class  24.  Italy,  Italian  States,  San  Marino. 

Class  25.  Belgium,  Luxemburg. 

Class  26.  Portugal. 

Class  27.  Portuguese  Indies,  Azores,  Madeira,  the  Portuguese  Colonies. 

Class  28.  Spain. 

Class  29.  Spanish  Colonies. 

Class  30.  Switzerland. 

Class  31.  Austria-Hungary,  Bosnia,  Montenegro. 

Class  32.  Russia,  Russian  Levant,  Finland — {a)  Russia  only  ;  {b)  Russian 
Levant ;  ic)  Finland,  Wenden  ;  id)  Russian  Rural  or  Semstuv  Stamps. 

Class  33.  Roumania. 

Class  34.  Bulgaria,  Servia,  Eastern  Roumelia,  South  Bulgaria. 

Class  35.  Turkey. 

Class  36.  Greece,  Crete. 

Entires. 

Class  37.     Single  Countries  out  of  those  under  E  to  G. 

H.    General  Collection  of  Europe.     Stamps. 
Class  38.     (a)  Unused  ;  {b)  Used  ;  {c)  Mixed. 

Entires. 
Class  39.     Unused,  Used,  or  Mixed. 

I.    Countries  other  than  European.     Stamps. 
(One  or  more  of  the  after-mentioned  countries.) 

Class  40.  United  States  of  America  and  Confederated  States. 

Class  41.  Brazil,  Bolivia,  Peru,  San  Domingo,  Buenos  Ayres,  Colombia, 
Mexico. 

Class  42.  Argentine,  Corricntcs,  Chili,  Venezuela,  Uruguay. 

Class  43.  Costa  Rica,  Ecuador,  Ilayti,  Honduras,  Nicaragua,  San 
Salvador,  Guatemala,  Paraguay. 

Class  44.  Hawaii. 

Class  45.  Ja[)an,  Shanghai,  C-hina,  Corca. 

Class  46.  Persia,  Egypt. 


128  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

Class  47.     Congo  State,  Siberia,  Sarawak,  Siam,  Samoa. 
Class  48.     Indian  Vassal  States,  Suaheli. 

Class  49.  Countries  and  Groups  of  Countries  not  mentioned  in  Classes 
40  to  48. 

Entires. 

Class  50.     United  States  of  America. 

Class  51.     Collection  of  one  or  more  from  Classes  41  to  49. 

K.    Stamps  on  Letters. 
Class  52.     General  Collection. 

Class  53.     {a)  German  Empire  and  Colonies  ;  {h)  German  Single  States. 
Class  54.     Single  or  Several  Countries  other  tharn  Germany  and  German 
States. 

L.   Rarities.     Stamps  and  Entires. 

(Pairs,  Blocks,  and  Sheets  count  as  one  piece.) 
Class  55.     Open  to  Collectors  only: — (a)  Great  Rarities  of  trade  value 

at  least  of  500  marks  per  stamp  or  part  of  a  stamp  ;  {b)  Exhibits  up  to  fifty 

stamps  ;  {c)  Exhibits  of  more  than  fifty  stamps. 
Class  56.     Open  to  Dealers  only. 

M.    Various. 

Class  57.  {a)  Cut-out  Envelopes — {ad)  General  Collection,  ibb)  Specialised 
Collection  ;  {b)  Obliterations  ;  [c)  Curiosities  and  other  Specialities  \  {d)  Trials, 
Printing  Proofs,  etc. — {aa)  General  Collection,  (bb)  Specialised  Collection  ; 
(<f )  Reprints — [aa)  General  Collection,  {bU)  Specialised  Collection  ;  ie)  For- 
geries. 

Class  58.  {a)  Telegraph  and  Telephone  Stamps;  ib)  Fiscal  Stamps; 
(c)  Local  Stamps  ;   id')  Private  Postage  Stamps. 

Division  III.     ACCESSORIES. 
Literature. 

Class  59.  (a)  Library  Catalogues ;  ih)  Philatelic  Works  and  Pamphlets 
(from  Author  or  Printer). 

Class  60,  Collecting  Books  for  Stamps  : — {a)  Printed — {ad)  for  Beginners, 
(bb)  for  Advanced  Collectors  ;  {b)  Unprinted  (so-called  Permanent  Albums). 

Class  61.  Albums  for  Entires  : — {a)  for  Envelopes  and  Post  Cards  ; 
{b)  for  Post  Cards  only. 

Class  62.  Technical  Accessories  : — (a)  Magnifying  Glasses-,  Tweezers, 
etc. ;  {b)  Adhesive  Labels,  etc. 

Note. — The  Judges  have  a  large  number  of  Gold,  Silver,  and  Bronze 
Medals,  also  Diplomas,  at  their  disposition.  For  smaller  collections,  where 
the  principal  value  is  in  the  order,  arrangement,  and  cleanness,  small  awards 
of  postage  stamps  will  be  also  distributed. 

Applications  should  be  sent  as  soon  as  possible — at  latest  July  15th,  1904 
— to  Herrn  Dr.  H.  Lux,  Ingenieur,  Friedenau  bei  Berlin,  Hauffstrasse  8, 

To  applications  by  exhibitors  a  short  description  should  be  appended 
(German,  French,  English,  Italian,  or  Spanish),  which  will  be  published  in 
the  Exhibition  Catalogue. 


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^ebklu. 


THE  OFFICIAL  CATALOGUE  OF  THE  SOCIETE  FRANCAISE 

DE   TIMBROLOGIE.* 

HE  appearance  of  this  imposing  volume  is  an  event  of  con- 
siderable philatelic  importance  for  two  reasons.  It  is  the 
first  time  that  any  philatelic  society  has  officially  issued  a 
general  catalogue,  and  the  work  is  so  divided  into  main  and 
subordinate  varieties  that  it  will  serve  alike  for  a  guide  to  the 
general  collector  and  to  the  specialist.  This  has  already  been 
done,  though  not  so  thoroughly,  by  other  cataloguers,  and  the  fact  that  such 
an  important  body  as  the  Soci6te  Frangaise  de  Timbrologie  has  considered  it 
necessary  to  complete  their  work  in  this  form  marks  a  new  departure  in 
Philately  which  will  inevitably  have,  sooner  or  later,  to  be  followed  by  all 
other  catalogues.  We  have  before  now  expatiated  on  this  theme,  nor  need 
we  say  more  at  present  than  to  earnestly  urge  upon  the  compilers  of  all 
catalogues  the  necessity  of  following  this  good  example,  if  they  wish  for  the 
continued  existence  of  the  general  collector.  If  the  less  advanced  philatelist 
is  not  protected  against  the  multitudinous  varieties  of  the  modern  catalogue, 
he  will  gradually  but  inevitably  disappear,  and  stamp  collecting  will  lose  its 
new  recruits. 

This  Catalogue  has  in  reality  been  produced  by  a  small  limited  company, 
distinct  from  but  specially  authorised  by  the  French  Society,  and  to  be 
entitled  its  official  catalogue.  The  work  of  compilation — which,  has  been 
enormous — has  been  effected  by  MM.  J.  Bernichon,  G.  Layus,  and  A- 
Montader,  and  the  latter  gentleman  especially  has  evolved  an  energy  and  a 
sustained  power  of  labour  that  have  rarely,  if  ever,  been  equalled  in  the  annals 
of  Philately.  Under  the  editorship  of  these  three  gentlemen  no  less  than 
sixty-four  of  the  best-known  names  in  the  stamp  world  have  contributed  their 
quota  in  writing  or  revising  the  lists  of  the  several  countries'  stamps  of  which 
they  had  special  knowledge.  Among  the  British  writers  we  note  the 
following :  E.  D.  Bacon,  W.  Brown,  M.  P.  Castle,  C.  J.  Daun,  G.  B.  Duerst, 
R.  Ehrenbach,  E.  B.  Evans,  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg,  J.  N.  Marsden,  F.  H.  Napier, 
A.  de  Reuterskiold,  Gordon  Smith,  G.  Stewart-Wilson,  and  A.  de  Worms,  and 
their  collaborators  among  the  French  and  other  nationalities  are  equally 
strongly  represented.  It  will  therefore  be  seen  that  a  catalogue  with  such  an 
array  of  "light  and  leading"  behind  it  must  be  possessed  of  much  intrinsic 
merit  With  so  many  "  fingers  in  the  pie,"  a  certain  amount  of  unevenness 
is  inevitable,  and  it  is  idle  to  deny  that  the  Catalogue  is  somewhat  unequal, 
nor  has  the  revision  of  the  lists  apparently  been  entrusted  to  the  several 
authors,  or  most  of  the  more  palpable  errors  would  have  been  avoided. 
These,  however,  can  be  set  right  in  the  next  edition,  which,  doubtless,  starting 
from  such  a  splendid  basis,  will  be  several  degrees  nearer  perfection.  It  must 
not,  however,  be  deemed  that  we  arc  dealing  out  faint  praise.  On  the 
contrary,  we  hold   that   the  Catalogue  is  conceived  on   splendid   lines,  that 

*  The  Odicial  Catalogue  of  the  Socictc  l'"i:\nt;:ii.se  de  Tiinl)roliit;ic.  I'loiiNounit  ct  Cie.,  S,  Kue 
Gurancicre,  I'aris. 


I30  REVIEW. 

it  is  admirably  worked  out,  and  that  both  as  regards  quantity  and  quality 
it  constitutes  one  of  the  most  valuable  works  ever  issued  for  the  benefit 
of  stamp  collectors.  We  most  heartily  congratulate  the  French  Society  and 
the  joint  editorship  upon  the  happy  consummation  of  their  Titanic  labours, 
and  we  are  confident  that  they  will  find  their  recompense  in  the  unstinted 
admiration  and  gratitude  of  all  classes  of  collectors. 

The  Catalogue  chronicles  both  postage  and  telegraph  stamps  (but  not 
entires),  and  no  less  than  eighty  thousand  varieties  are  given,  a  number  justly 
claimed  in  the  Preface  as  far  in  excess  of  any  other  work  of  this  nature. 
There  are  9,000  engravings  of  the  stamps,  surcharges,  and  watermarks,  all 
produced  in  excellent  style,  and  there  are  no  less  than  1,792  pages  of  matter. 
The  paper  employed  is,  however,  so  soft  and  thin,  while  of  good  quality,  that 
the  thickness  of  the  volume  is  but  an  inch  and  a  quarter,  and  it  is  in  no  way 
cumbersome  or  unwieldy.  These  statistics  are  indeed  amazing,  and  will 
afford  a  glimpse  of  the  absolutely  colossal  work  of  producing  such  a  Cata- 
logue, while  the  sum  total  of  its  contents  may  well  affright  the  soul  of  the 
boldest  general  collector.  Notwithstanding  the  vast  array  of  stamps  cata- 
logued, very  many  doubtful  or  undesirable  stamps  have  been  eliminated,  such 
as,  for  example,  the  Postal  Fiscals  of  New  Zealand,  an  example  which  could 
have  been  still  further  pursued  with  advantage.  The  South  Australian 
Departmental  stamps  are  also  not  chronicled,  a  list  of  the  several  surcharges 
only  being  given. 

The  main  types,  i.e.  the  varieties  independent  of  watermark  or  perforation, 
are  printed  in  thick,  black  type,  and  the  shades  and  subsidiary  varieties  are 
chronicled  in  thinner  type,  and  enumerated  as  i  bis,  ter,  etc.  (we  think  a,  b,  c, 
etc.,  would,  however,  have  been  simpler),  while  where  the  perforations  vary 
they  are  printed  in  parallel  columns.  The  collector,  therefore,  who  only 
takes  face  varieties  can  ignore  all  except  the  heavily  printed  numbers,  and 
fill  in  his  squares  in  blissful  ignorance  of  all  the  vast  field  of  varieties  beyond. 
The  specialist,  on  the  contrary,  will  find  practically  every  variation  of  type, 
shade,  surcharge,  watermark,  or  perforation  duly  collated.  A  Catalogue 
which  has  succeeded  in  performing  this  dual  task  with  regard  to  all  the 
stamps  of  the  world  has  indeed  achieved  a  marvel,  and  in  view  of  the  vast 
field  of  operations,  and  the  multiplicity  of  workers  therein,  we  are  only 
surprised  that  the  relatively  few  errors  are  not  multiplied  tenfold. 

As  regards  the  philatelic  portion  of  the  work,  this  book  must  be  regarded 
as  the  nearest  approach  hitherto  to  the  much  discussed  and  desired 
Collectors'  Catalogue.  The  strongest  argument  against  the  issue  of  an 
amateur  catalogue  has  always  been  the  impracticability  of  affixing  prices 
by  collectors,  and  in  the  present  case  this  has  been  emphasised.  The 
philatelists  who  have  assisted  in  the  compilation  of  the  Official  Catalogue 
have  wisely  declined  to  undertake  any  pricing,  and  this  has  been  done  by 
the  joint  editors.  It  follows,  therefore,  that,  however  ably  done,  the  pecuniary 
side  of  the  Catalogue  lacks  the  prestige  and  importance  of  the  literary  part, 
and  we  doubt  if  the  joint  authors'  views,  as  expressed  in  the  Preface,  that 
the  prices  will  be  regarded  as  a  "standard,"  will  be  realised.  There  is  no 
standard  in  any  portion  of  the  world  except  the  limits  of  the  purchaser's 
funds  and  the  condition  of  the  specimen. 

We  cordially  and  earnestly  recommend  this  Official  Catalogue  as  a 
necessary  addition  to  the  library  of  every  collector,  and  we  again  congratulate 
the  French  Society  and  the  authors  upon  having  produced  a  work  of  the 
greatest  importance  and  interest  to  Philately. 


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1  ♦  t 

NOTKS    OF    NEW,    AND    VARIATIONS  OF   CURRKNT,    ISSUES. 

(Varieties  of  Obsolete  Stamps,  and  Discoveries,  will  be  found  under  "Philatelic  Notes.") 

fVe  do  not  profess  to  chronicle  eve?ylhing,  but,  with  the  kind  help  of  correspondents,  are  desirous  that 
all  the  important  novelties  may  be  included.  Speculative  stamps — i.  e.  those  not  really  required  for 
postal  purposes — will  be  considered  on  their  Dierits,  and  Jubilee  issues  will  not  be  chronicled. 

Members  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society,  and  other  readers  generally,  are  invited  to  co-opei-ate  with  us 
in  making  the  coluiiais  as  interesting  as  possible.  Our  foreign  readers  can  especially  help  lis  in 
this  direction,  by  sending  copies  of  any  official  documents  relative  to  chatiges  in  the  current  issues, 
or  early  ititimation  of  any  new  issue,  accompaiiied,  when  possible,  by  a  specimen;  such  information 
will  be  duly  credited  to  the  correspondent,  and,  if  desired,  the  specimen  promptly  returned. 
Address:  Mr.  A.  Churchill  Emerson,  Effingham  House,  Arundel  Street,  Strand, 
London,  W.C. 


BRITISH    EMPIRE, 

Great  Britain. — We  read  in  the  Phila- 
telic Record  that  the  5d.,  King's  Head,  has 
received  the  Office  of  Works  overprint. 
Official. 
Sd.,  purple  and  ultramarine  ;  overprinted 
in  black. 


O.  w. 

OFFICIAL 


Ceylon.— Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co. 
inform  us  that  they  have  received  the  R.  1.50 
and  Rs.  2.25,  King's  //<?rt(^/ stamps,  chronicled 
last  year,  and  that  the  only  value  of  this  set 
yet  to  appear  is  the  75  c. 

India.— Oa;«i5a.— Messrs.  Whitfield  King 
and  Co.  send  us  the  3  pies,  grey.  Queen's 
Head  issue,  overprinted  both  for  ordinary 
and  service  use. 

Our  friends  also  inform  us  that  they  have 

received  the  following  Icing's  Head  stamps : 

2,  4,  8  annas  and  i  rupee  for  ordinary  use, 

and  the  I,  i,  and  2  annas  of  the  service  set. 

Adhesives, 

3  pies,  grey  ;  Queen's  Head  type. 
2  annas,  violet;  King's  Head  type. 

4  M       olive-green      ,,  „ 
8      ,,       magenta          ,,           ,, 

I  rupee,  carmine  and  green  ;  King's 
Head  type. 

Officials. 
3  pies,  grey  ;  Queen's  Head  type, 
i  anna,  pea-green;  King's  Head  type. 

1  ,,      carmine  ,,  ,, 

2  annas,  violet  ,,  ,, 

Gwalior. — From  the  same  source  we  have 
received  the  2  annas,  violet,  of  the  King's 
Head  set,  and  hear  that  the  3  annas,  brown- 
orange,  has  reached  our  Ipswich  friends. 
Adhesives, 

2  annas,  violet;   King's  Head. 

3  ,,       brown-orange;  King's  He.ncl. 

y/iiud.—Mtssvs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co. 
also  inform  us  that  they  have  found  a  few  of 
the  3  annas.  King's  Head,  with  double  over- 
print, both  quite  clear. 


Labuan. — A  correspondent  shows  us  a 
copy  of  the  "6  Cents"  on  8  c,  mauve,  of  1891, 
with  two  distinct  impressions  of  the  sur- 
charge, in  black,  and  both  of  them  inverted. 
They  appear  to  be  in  the  genuine  type.  The 
copy  is  unused. — Af.y. 

Mauritius.— Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and 
Co.  write  : — 

"  The  provisional '  Express  D elivery' stamps 
surcharged  on  the  1 5  c.  Labourdonnais  stamp 
have  all  been  called  in  for  the  purpose  of 
having  the  word  'Inland'  added  to  the  sur- 
charge ;  of  these  the  total  number  issued 
was  5,002,  but  as  they  were  speedily  ex- 
hausted a  further  issue  was  made  with  the 
same  surcharge  all  printed  at  one  time  on 
the  same  kind  of  stamp,  but  in  the  second 
issue  the  space  between  the  word  'Delivery' 
and  '15  c.'  is  wider  to  admit  of  more  room 
for  the  word  'Inland' ;  of  this  second  issue 
16,000  were  made." 

Express  Delivery. 
15  c,  in  red,  on  15  c,  blue  ;  two  varieUes. 

South  Australia.— Messrs.  V.  L.  Pem- 
berton  and  Co.  have  kindly  submitted  a 
specimen  of  the  current  id.  stamp  which 
has  appeared  in  a  much  deeper  shade  than 
those  of  1899  and  1900. 

The  following  is  taken  from  Ewen's 
Weekly : — 

"The  plate  of  the  id.  stamp  being  very 
much  worn,  a  new  electro  [or  electros  ?]  has 
been  made  from  the  original  die.  This  is 
the  first  electro  made  in  South  Australia,  as 
previously  all  new  electros  were  obtained 
from  Messrs.  Ue  La  Rue  and  Co.  I  under- 
stand the  new  plate  will  not  be  nuniljcrcd 
as  the  previous  two  plates  of  the  ul.  \alue 
were.  This  new  issue  of  the  ul.  will  be 
further  distinguished  by  being  the  tiisl  to  be 
porfoialed  by  the  comb  machine  with  latest 
alterations  antl  impro\enients.  The  actual 
issue  to  the  public  of  these  stamps  will 
probably  take  place  in  a  fortnight.  None 
of  the  oiil  plate  or  any  of  the  other  values 
have  been  perforateil  on  the  altered  machine." 


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NEW  ISSUES. 


Southern    Nigeria.  —  Another    value, 

2^d.,  ultramarine  and  black,  has  been  added 

to  the  King's  Head  set  by  Eiveii^s  Weekly 

Adhesive. 

2|d. ,  ultramarine  and  black. 

Straits  Settlements.— /^/^^r^.— Messrs. 
Whitfield  King  and  Co.  inform  us  of  a  new 
provisional,  a  lo  c.  on  4  cents,  yellow  and  red. 

Provisional. 
IOC.  on  4  cents,  yellow  and  red  ;  black  surcharge. 

EUROPE. 

Austria. — On  the  authority  of  a  Con- 
tinental journal,  Ewen's  Weekly  reports  that 
"from  1.4.04  the  2  h.,  blue,  newspaper  stamps 
will  be  issued  on  coloured  papei',  in  sheets 
(45  X  30  cm.  in  size)  of  thirty  (?)  stamps,  in 
two  rows  of  fifteen." 

Newspaper  Adhesives. 

2  h.,  blue,  yellow  paper. 

2  h.,  blue,  green  paper.     (Said  to  be  a  special 
issue  for  newspapers  published  twice  daily). 

Denmark. — It  is  reported  in  several 
quarters  that  another  envelope  and  some 
letter  cards  have  been  surcharged  with  new 
values  in  black. 

Envelope.     "  5  "  on  4  ore,  blue. 
Letter  Cards.     "  5  "  on  4  ore,  blue. 

"  10"  on  8  ore,  carmine. 

Sweden.— It  is  reported  in  the  P.  J.  I. 
that  the  50  ore' now  appears  in  black. 
Adhesive.     50  ore,  black. 

AMERICA. 

Colombian  REPUBLic.^5(7/zVar.— Three 
new  stamps  of  the  Portrait  type  are  chronicled 
by  the/.  ^./. 

Adhesives. 

5  centavos,  blk.  ;  portrait  of  J.  M.  del  Castillo. 

10         ,,         brown         ,,  Manuel  Anguiano. 

20         ,,         red  ,,      Pantaleon  G.  Ribon. 

Tolivia. — To  the  set  listed  on  page  46 
must  be  added  the  following  imperforate 
varieties : — 

Adhesives.       4  c. ,  black  on  green. 
20  c,  yellow. 
50  c, ,  black  on  buiif. 
10  p.         ,,         green. 
Imperf.  horizontally. 
10  p.,  black  on  grey-blue. 

Nicaragua.— The  M.  C.  adds  two  values 
to  the  list  of  provisional  Official  stamps  given 
on  page  21. 

Officials.       4  centavos  on  3  c. ,  green. 
50         ,,  20  c,  brown. 

United  States.— The  commemorative 
set    for    1904    has    reached    this    side,    and 


Messrs.  P.  L.  Pemberton  and  Co.  have 
kindly  submitted  the  five  stamps  for  our 
inspection. 

Now  that  they  are  before  us,  we  like  the 
appearance  of  the  2  and  5  cents  best,  but 
hai'dly  think  the  10  cents  (map)  quite  up  to 
the  mark. 

The  colours  are  good,  and  this  inexpensive 

set  will   make   a  welcome   addition  to  our 

albums. 

Adhesives. 

1  c,  green  ;  portrait  of  Livingston,  1746-1813. 

2  c,  carmine         ,,         Jefferson,  1743-1826. 

3  c,  mauve  ,,         Monroe,  1758-1831. 

5  c,  deep  blue  •   ,,         McKinley,  1843-1901. 
10  c. ,  brown,  with  map  in  centre. 

All  watermarked  and  perf.  12. 

-  Venezuela. — We  gather  from  Ewen's 
Weekly  that  additions  have  to  be  made  to 
the  sets  of  stamps  of  steamship  design  issued 
late  last  year. 

Our  contemporary  lists  the  following  : — 

Adhesives.   Stamps  of  steamship  design,  surcharged 
"Correos"  in  a  semicircle  and  name  of  town 
straight  with  ornaments  between.     Perf.  12. 
(i)  Stamps  inscribed  at  sides  "■  Disti-ito  Marino." 
Surcharged  "  Guiria"  in  magenta. 
5  c. ,  black  on  red. 
IOC.         ,,        yellow. 
25  c.         „        grey, 
see.         ,,        pale  rose. 


lb. 


blue. 


(ii)  Same,  but  "  Yrapa"  instead  of  "  Gtliria." 

5  c. ,  black  on  red. 
IOC.         ,,        yellow. 
20  0.         ,,        grey. 
50  c.         , ,        pale  rose. 

lb.        ,,        blue. 

(iii)  Stamps  inscribed  at  side  "Estado  Maturin.'" 
Surcharged  "Maturin"  in  bright  blue. 
5  c. ,  black  on  pale  rose. 
IOC.         ,,       blue. 
25  c.         ,,       yellow. 
50  c.         ,,        red.         '  , 

lb.         ,,       grey. 

OTHER  COUNTRIES. 

Dahomey. — The  5  centimes  in  the  pale 
green  shade  reaches  us  from  Messrs.  Whit- 
field King  and  Co. 

Adhesive.     5  c. ,  pale  green;  perf.  14 x  13^. 

French  Guiana. — The  5  centimes,  pale 
or  yellow  green,  has  been  issued,  and  a  speci- 
men reaches  us  from  Messrs.  Whitfield  King 
and  Co. 

Adhesive. 
5  centimes,  pale  green  ;  perf.  14  x  13^. 

French  Post  Offices  Abroad.— Tf^-Z^fw^- 
Ki?ig. — A  slight  addition  is  made  by  Ewen's 
Weekly  to  the  stamps  previously  chronicled. 
Adhesive.     25  c. ,  black  on  rose. 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'  MEETINGS. 


133 


Persia. — Messrs.  Bi-ight  and  Son  have 
shown  us  an  interesting  error  of  the  i  chahi 
of  the  1902  issue.  In  these  stamps  the  value 
is  shown  twice,  in  Roman  and  Persian  num- 
erals. The  right-hand  stamp  of  a  pair  before 
us  has  the  value  correctly  given,  but  in  the 
left-hand  stamp  the  Roman  numerals  and 
inscription  are  "  i  chahi  i,"  whereas  the 
Persian  equivalent  reads  "  2  CHAHIS  2." 

Philippine  Islands.— It  is  reported  that 


the  3,  4,  6,  8,  and   10  cents  of  the  United 
States  have  been  overprinted  for  use  here. 
Adhesives. 

3  c. ,  violet.  I  6  c.,  lake. 

4  c,  brown.  |  8  c.,  violet-black. 

10  c,  red-brown. 

Russian  Post  Offices  in  China.— It  is 
announced  in  the  M.  J.  that  of  the  three 
surcharged  stamps  chronicled  on  page  104 
the  20  kop.  is  laid  vertically,  and  the  50  kop. 
and  I  rouble  horizontally. 


\\}\\\\\t\\i  %mti\ii  listings. 


Council  for  the  Year  1903-1904. 

President — 
H.R.H.  The  Prince  of  Wales,  k.g.,  etc. 
Vice-President— Tn's.  Earl  of  Ckawfohd,  k.t. 
Hon.  Secretary — J.  A.  TiLLEAKD. 
Hoti.   Treasurer— C  N.  Biggs. 
Hon.  Assistant  Secreta>y — H.  R.  Oldfield. 
Hon.  Librarian— \,.  W.  Fulcher. 
E.  D.  Bacon.  L.  L.  R    Hausbukc. 

M.  P.  Castle,  j.p.  {l-lon.  Vice-President.) 
C.  J.  Daun.  C.  E.  McNaughtan. 

R.  Ehuenbach.  F.  Reichenheim. 

T.  W.  Hall.  Gordon  Smith. 


The  twelfth  meeting  of  the  season  1903-4 
was  held  at  Effingham  House,  Arundel  Street, 
Strand,  on  Friday  the  15th  April,  1904,  at 
745  P-m- 

Members  present :  Gordon  Smith,  R.  B. 
Yardley,  Herbert  R.  Oldfield,  Robert  Ehren- 
bach,  Rudolph  Meyer,  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg, 
Thos.  Wm.  Hall,  T.  Maycock,  C.  J.  Daun, 
W.  Schwabacher,  L.  W.  Fulcher,  A.  R. 
Barrett,  W.  Sanders  Fiske,  B.  D.  Knox, 
A.  W.  Maclean,  H.  G.  Palliser,  and  C. 
McNaughtan. 

The  chair  was  taken  by  Mr.  Gordon  Smith, 
and  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  on  the 
18th  March  were  read  and  signed  as  correct. 
A  communication  was  received  from  Mr. 
J.  M.  Andreini,  accompanied  by  a  handbook 
on  the  stamps  of  Puerto  Principe,  which  he 
presented  to  the  Society,  and  the  volume  was 
handed  to  the  Librarian  with  instructions  to 
acknowledge  the  gift  in  the  usual  way. 

Mr.  (jordon  Smith  then  moved  a  resolu- 
lution  as  to  the  presentation  of  medals,  which 
was  seconded  by  Mr.  Oldfield,  and  after  some 
discussion  was  slightly  amended  and  carried 
unanimously  in  the  following  foiin  :  "That 
the  Philatelic  Society  shall  have  power  to 
award  a  gold  medal  to  the  iiliilatelist  who 
has  produced  work  of  exceptional  merit,  and 
also  annually  a  silver  medal  to  the  writer  of 
the  best  i)aper  read  before  the  Society  during 
the  jireceding  year  ;  and  further,  that  the 
Council  be  re(|ueste(l  to  pie])are  a  scheme, 
and  to  draw  up  the  necessary  regulations, 
and  submit  the  same  to  a  subse(iuent  meet- 
ing of  the  members." 


The  discussion  upon  the  above  resolution 
having  occupied  some  considerable  time, 
Mr.  Yardley  postponed  the  formal  reading 
of  his  further  notes  on  the  "  Stamps  of  the 
First  Republic  of  the  Transvaal,"  and  gave 
a  display  of  specimens  illustrating  some  of 
the  notes,  with  explanations.  A  vote  of 
thanks  to  Mr.  Yardley  for  his  display  was 
moved  by  Mr.  Gordon  Smith,  seconded  by 
Mr.  Hausburg,  and  duly  carried.  Mr.  Moser's 
collection  of  stamps  of  Bolivia  was  produced 
for  the  inspection  of  members,  and  greatly 
admired.  The  collection  was  contained  in 
an  album  in  which  Mr.  Moser  had  written 
out  at  length  the  paper  read  some  months 
since  before  the  Society,  and  the  stamps 
contained  in  his  collection  were  inserted  in 
the  proper  places  to  illustrate  each  of  the 
points  dealt  with  by  him  in  his  paper.  This 
new  method  of  arrangement  was  much 
appreciated  by  the  members,  and  the 
Assistant  Secretary  was  directed  to  convey 
such  appreciation  and  the  thanks  of  the 
meeting  to  Mr.  Moser.  The  proceedings  then 
terminated.         

The  thirteenth  meeting  of  the  season  1903-4 
was  held  at  Effingham  House,  Arundel  Street, 
Strand,  on  Friday  the  29th  April,  1904,  at 
7.45  p.m. 

Members  present :  E.  D.  Bacon,  W.  Dom- 
ing Beckton,  Robert  Ehrenbach,  Rudolph 
Meyer,  Rudolph  Frentzel,  J.  C.  Sidebotham, 
C.  J.  Tyas,  C.  Neville  Biggs,  T.  Maycock, 
Edward  J.  Nankivell,  L.  W.  Fulcher,  H.  G. 
Palliser,  Thomas  William  Hall,  L.  L.  R. 
Hausburg,  (Jordon  Smith,  M.  P.  Castle,  and 
B.  1).  Kno.x. 

The  chair  was  taken  by  Mr.  E.  I).  Bacon, 
and  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  on  the 
15th  April  were  read  and  signed  as  correct. 

A  conmiunication  was  received  from  the 
.Societc  Fran(,"aise  de  Timbrologic,  which 
was  accompanied  Ijy  a  copy  of  their  t)nicial 
catalogue,  and  the  Librarian  was  directed  to 
acknowledge  presentation  in  the  usual  way. 

Mr.  Pobert  McKcnzie  Reid  was  then  pro- 
posed for  election  as  a  member  of  the 
Society  by  Mr.  Hausburg,  seconded  by  the 
lion.  Secretary,  ami  after  ballot  declarcil 
duly  elected. 


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PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'  MEETINGS. 


Mr.  Maycock  moved,  and  Mr.  Nankivell 
seconded,  a  resolution,  "  That  the  Council  be 
recommended  to  arrange  that  the  meetings 
should  commence  at  the  beginning  of  October 
and  terminate  at  the  end  of  May."  This 
resolution  was  carried  unanimously. 

Mr.  Ehrenbach  moved  the  following  re- 
commendation, which  was  seconded  by  .Mr. 
Doming  Beckton,  and  carried  unanimously: 
"  That  it  is  desirable  to  hold  the  annual 
dinner  on  the  day  before  the  first  meeting  of 
the  new  season." 

Mr.  Doming  Beckton  then  proceeded  to 
give  a  display  of  the  stamps  of  Modena, 
accompanied  by  notes,  at  the  conclusion  of 
which  a  cordial  vote  of  thanks  for  his  very 
interesting  paper  and  for  the  display  of  his 
collection  was  proposed  by  Mr.  M.  P.  Castle, 
seconded  by  Mr.  T.  W.  Hall,  and  carried 
unanimously 

Mr.  Beckton  having  suitably  responded, 
the  proceedings  terminated. 


5$irmtu0ljam  f  Ijilat^Uc  ^ori^tg. 

Hon.  President — W.    B.   Avery,    Esq. 

Hon.  Secretary — 

Mr.  G.  Johnson,  b.a.,  308,  Birchfield  Road,  Birmingham. 


February  4TH.— Paper:  "Holland  and 
Colonies,"  by  Messrs.  H.  Grindall  and  J.  A. 
Margoschis. 

The  Rev.  F.  W.  S.  le  Lievre,  Messrs.  C. 
Harmens,  P.  D.  M.  de  Silva,  and  C.  L. 
Larssen  were  unanimously  elected  members. 

Messrs.  J.  T.  Chamberlain  and  W.  Brown 
were  thanked  for  donations  to  the  collection 
and  library  respectively. 

Messrs.  Grindall  and  Margoschis  then 
gave  their  paper,  illustrated  from  their  own 
collections  and  by  those  of  other  members 
present.  The  peculiarities  of  the  original 
die,  arrangement  of  plates  and  panes,  print- 
ing and  perforation  of  postage  and  unpaids 
all  claimed  attention,  and  we  hope  to  publish 
particulars  of  same  when  several  conflict- 
ing statements  of  authorities  have  been 
cleared  up. 

We  have  the  following  dupHcate  books  for 
sale  for  the  benefit  of  the  Permanent  Collec- 
tion.     All  are   in   good  order.      Offers  re- 
quested in  cash  or  stamps  : — 
Ewen's  Weekly  S.  N.  vols.  6,  7,  8,  10. 

Stamp  Collector's  Fortnightly      ,,    3,  7,  8. 
P.J.ofG.B.  „     12. 

Gibbons'  Monthly  Jotu-nal  ,,     10,  11,12,13. 

Stamp  News  ,,    7,  8. 

,,      Collector  ,,    4,  5,  6. 

Phil.  Chron.  and  Ad.  ,,     2,  8. 

Phil.  Ref.  „     I  (1902). 

Stamp  Auction  Reporter,  complete,  14  Nos. 
Gibbons'  Catalogue,  loth  edition  Part  I.  (dth  to 

15th),  Part  II.  (nth  to  14th),  Part  HI.  (12th). 
Ewen's  Catalogue,  4th  to  6th  editions. 
Morley's  Catalogues,  1S95-6-7. 
Hilckes'  Catalogue,  1894. 

Any  stamps  will  be  accepted  that  will  fill 
blanks  in  the  collection,  but  they  must  be  in 
good  condition. 


February  26th.  —  A  very  successful 
auction  was  held,  Mr.  J.  H.  Telfer  (of  the 
firm  of  Plumridge  and  Co.)  very  kindly 
officiating  as  auctioneer. 

The  following  were  unanimously  elected 
members :  Messrs.  C.  E.  Browne,  B.sc, 
A.  W.  Maclean,  C.  S.  Quinton,  R.  H.  Norris, 
and  N.  Garas. 

Messrs.  B.  V.  Jenkins,  W.  Hadlow,  W. 
Schwarte,  F.  Gerhartz,  and  H.  Heller  were 
thanked  for  contributions  to  the  Permanent 
Collection,  and  W.  Morley  and  G.  F.  Duck 
to  the  Library.     

March  3RD.— Paper  :  "  Stamps  of  Nor- 
way," Mr.  T.  W.  Peck. 

The  following  were  thanked  for  contribu- 
tions to  the  Permanent  Collection :  Mr.  C.  A. 
Stephenson  (a  further  donation  of  ^5  5s.,  to 
be  chosen  by  the  Hon.  Sec.)  and  Mr.  A.  G. 
Kelson.  Mr.  H.  Atherley  was  thanked  for  a 
large  contribution  of  catalogues. 

Mr.  T.  W.  Peck  then  gave  his  paper  on 
the  "Stamps  of  Norway,"  illustrated  by  all 
shades  and  minor  varieties.  In  addition  to 
a  specialised  collection,  nearly  every  variety 
was  shown,  either  in  large  mint  blocks  or 
entire  sheets.  Mr.  Peck  stated  that  his  col- 
lection of  Norway  had  not  cost  him  a  quarter 
as  much  as  he  had  spent  on  a  single  colony, 
but  it  had  given  him  far  more  pleasure  and 
real  philatelic  interest. 

Messrs.  R.  C.  F.  Schomberg,  B.A.,  and 
G.  N.  Zourides  were  unanimously  elected 
members.  . 

March  24TH.  —  Display:  "Stamps  of 
Ceylon,"  Messrs.  W.  S.  Vaughton  and  C.  A. 
Stephenson. 

Lieut.-Col.  S.  P.  Peile,  Messrs.  H.  Fulcher, 
and  H.  H.  Hartmann  were  elected  members, 
and  Messrs.  C.  G.  Fryer  and  T.  W.  Morris 
thanked  for  contributions  to  the  Permanent 
Collection. 

The  current  stamps  of  N.S.W.  are  per- 
forated OS  and  OS  NSW.  We  asked 
Mr.  A.  G.  Kelson  to  make  inquiries  as  to  the 
use  of  two  sets  being  in  use  at  the  same  time, 
and  the  officials  inform  him  that  stamps  per- 
forated O  S  N  S  W  are  intended  for  "Offices 
of  State,"  those  perforated  O  S  for  "Military 
Forces,"  and  G  R  for  "  Government  Rail- 
ways." The  official  stamps  of  Victoria  are 
perforated  with  a  much  larger  O  S  and  those 
of  Tasmania  with  T. 

Messrs.  W.  S.  Vaughton  and  C.  A.  Stephen- 
son then  showed  their  fine  collections  of  the 
stamps  of  Ceylon,  the  display  being  still 
further  supplemented  by  a  fine  contribution 
from  Messrs.  W.  Pimm  and  T.  W.  Peck. 

A  vote  of  condolence  was  passed  in  respect 
of  the  death  of  Mr.  H.  R.  Bewlay. 

Will  members  and  others  kindly  note  the 
Hon.  Sec.  has  not  removed,  but  that  the 
authorities  have  altered  the  number  from  208 
to  308  ?  It  will  be  better  to  omit  the  number 
than  put  a  wrong  one. 

April  21ST. — Display:  "West  Indies," 
Mr.  W.  Pimm. 

Mr.  F.  T.  Collier  was  elected  a  member. 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


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Dr.  Barclay-Smith,  Messrs.  H.  W.  Baron, 
J.  A.  Margoschis,  and  G.  E.  Petty  were 
thanked  for  contributions  to  the  Permanent 
Collection. 

Mr.  W.  Pimm  then  gave  a  display  of  the 
stamps  of  West  Indies,  with  notes  on  them. 
The  display  included  the  collection  of  St. 
Lucia  which  was  awarded  the  silver  medal 
at  Manchester,  and  also  the  medal  itself 
All  the  other  colonies  were  equally  well 
represented,  and  Mr.  Pimm  was  heartily 
congratulated  on  being  the  possessor  of  such 
a  comprehensive  collection  of  these  interest- 
ing and  valuable  stamps.  The  early  issues  of 
all  the  colonies  were  especially  numerous. 


May 5TH.— Display:  "Straits  Setdements," 

Messrs.  Stephenson  and  Crindall. 

Mr.  E.  U.  Eddis  was  elected  a  life  member. 

Messrs.  H.  L.  Hayman,  J.  G.  Hawley,  and 

Dr.  J.  N.  Keynes  were  thanked  for  valuable 

donations  to  the  Permanent  Collection. 

The  programme  for  1904-5  was  decided 
as  follows  : — 

1904. 
Oct.     6.    Annual  General  Business  Meeting. 

,,    18.    Display:  Great  Britain,  New  Zealand, 
(Tuesday)        Germany.     Mr.  W.  B.  Avery. 
,,    27.     Display :   Tasmania.      Mr.    L.    L.    R. 
Hausburg. 
Nov.  10.    Paper  :  Turkey.     Mr.  P.  T.  Deakin. 
,,     24.    Paper:     Ilong    Kong.       Mr.    C.    A. 
Stephenson. 
Dec.     I.    Auction. 

1905. 
Jan.     5.    Lantern  Display :  Mr.  J.  A.  Margoschis. 
Feb.    2.    Paper  :  Railway  Letter  Stamps.    Capt. 
M.  VV.  K.  Connolly. 
,,    23.    Display :  Australian  Colonies.     Mr.  R. 
Rollick. 
Mar.    2.     Paper :   Roumania.     Mr.  H.  Griiidall. 
,,    23.    Paper :  Northern  Nigeria  and  Seychelles. 
Messrs.  C.  A.  Stephenson  and  W. 
F.  Wadams. 
Apl.   14.    Notes  :  Great  Brilain.    Mr.  W.  Pimm. 
May     4.    Paper.     Mr.  T.  W.  Peck. 


A  General  Meeting  was  held  at  Ander- 
ton's  Hotel,  Fleet  Street,  E.G.,  on  Tuesday, 
March  15th,  1904,  at  7  p.m. 

Present  :  Messrs.  W.  Schwabacher,  R. 
Frentzel,  L.  E.  Bradbury,  H.  Wills,  C.  S. 
Dudley,  J.  B.  Neyroud,  A.  G.  Wane,  W.  A. 
Boyes,  E.  Bounds,  W.  T.  Standen,  D.  Thom- 
son, L.  W.  Fulcher,  H.  Thomson,  A.  B.  Kay, 
K.  Wiehen,  W.  Jacoby,  A.  Hogan,  L.  Mag- 
nee,  P.  L.  Pemberton,  R.  B.  Yardley,  H.  L. 
Hayman.  W.  H.  Mair,  J.  C.  Sidebotham, 
H.  A.  Slade,  and  one  visitor. 

Mr.  Sidebotham  was  voted  to  the  chair. 

The  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  on 
February  i6th,  1904,  were  read  and  signed 
as  correct. 

The  following  were  duly  elected  as  ordi- 
nary members  of  the  Society  :  Messrs. 
B.  W.  H.  Poole,  W.  Coutts,  and  R.  E. 
Gold. 

A  donation  of  forgeries  from  Mr.  Gorden 
G.  Smith  was  received  with  thanks. 

Routine  business  being  finished,  Mr.  Yard- 
ley  exhibited  his  collections  of  the  stamps  of 
Trinidad  and  Griqualand,  accompanied  by 
explanatory  and  descriptive  notes  as  to  the 
different  printings,  perforations,  etc.  The 
collections,  which,  it  is  needless  to  say,  were 
highly  specialised  and  replete  with  all  the 
great  rarities,  were  much  appreciated  by 
the  members.  At  the  conclusion  of  the 
display  Mr.  Fulcher  proposed,  and  Mr. 
Wane  seconded,  a  hearty  vote  of  thanks  to 
Mr.  Yardley.  This  was  put  by  the  chair- 
man, and  carried  with  acclamation.  Mr. 
Yardley  suitably  responded,  and  the  meeting 
terminated  at  9  p.m. 

H.  A.  Slade,  Hon.  Sec.  and  Treasurer. 
iNGLiisiDE,  St.  Albans,  April  22nd,  igo). 


OIont0fonlicna. 


STRAITS  SETTLEMENTS:  32c., 

CARMINE-ROSE,  ERROR. 
To  the  Editor  of  the  '■^London  Philatelist.'''' 

Dear  Sir, —  In  your  list  of  stamps  printed 
in  wrong  colours  which  appears  in  the  A[)ril 
issue  of  the  London  Philatelist  you  include 
the  5  c,  carmine,  Straits  Settlements  stamp, 
whilst  you  make  no  mention  of  the  32  c, 
carniine-rosc,  which  is  of  precisely  the  same 
nature,  both  these  stamps  having  been 
specially  jjrinled  for  the  purpose  of  surcharg- 
ing, the  former  to  4  cents  and  the  latter  to 
3  cents.  In  both  cases  the  error  consists  of 
the  surcharge  having  been  (emitted  ;  but 
whilst  there  appears  to  be  no  known  history 
of  the  5  c.  stamp,  there  is  an  interesting 
history  attached  to  that  of  32  c,  which  is 
eciually  rare,  if  not  perhaps  more  so. 


The  5  c,  about  which  nothing  seems  to  be 
known,  may  possibly  be  from  printers'  waste, 
or  there  might  be  an  entire  sheet  of  240 
without  surcharge,  whilst  of  the  32  c, 
carmine-rose,  there  was  only  one  pane  of 
sixty,  the  remainder  of  the  sheet  having 
been  overprinted  "Three  Cents."  This  sheet 
was  passed  unnoticed  by  De  La  Rue  and 
Co.,  also  by  the  Crown  .'\gents,and  was  iluly 
placed  on  sale  at  the  Singapore  Post  Olficc, 
where  the  error  was  discovered  for  the  fust 
time.  One  copy  was  sent  through  the  post 
on  a  registered  letter  addressctl  to  a  i)ri\  ate 
indivitlual  in  England,  and  was  solil  for/,45. 
The  unused  specimens  realise  an  average 
of  ^20  apiece  retail.  The  whole  of  these 
stamps  came  into  our  possession,  including 
the  surcharged  portion  of  the  sheet,  so  that 
wc  can  vouch  tor  the  accuracy  of  the  above 


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THE  MARKET. 


statements.  Half  of  the  unsurcharged  stamps 
have  been  sold,  the  remainder  being  still  in 
our  possession. 

Whilst  not  wishing  to  enter  into  any  dis- 
cussion with  reference  to  the  New  Zealand 
question,  we  think  there  is  one  point  which 
you  have  either  overlooked  or  of  which  you 
may  perhaps  be  in  ignorance,  and  that  is 
that  the  issue  of  the  stamps  for  Nine, 
Aitutaki,  and  Penrhyn  Island  does  not,  we 
believe,  rest  with  the  New  Zealand  Govern- 
ment at  all ;  certainly  they  do  not  benefit 
by  the  sale  of  the  stamps.  From  what  we 
have  been  able  to  learn  from  official  and 
private  sources,  these  stamps  are  supplied  to 
the  islands  by  the  New  Zealand  Government 
in  the  same  way  that  they  did  the  stamps  of 
Samoa  and  Cook  Islands,  viz.  as  printers 
merely,  the  whole  of  the  revenue  derived 
from  the  sale  of  these  stamps  going  to  the 
islands  themselves. 

Yours  faithfully, 
Whitfield  King  and  Co. 

Ipswich  (England),  April  igth,  1904. 
[Our  notes  of  errors,  etc.,  were,  as  stated, 
only  tentative  ;  but  we  should  welcome  an 
exhaustive  list  of  them. — Ed.] 


CANADIAN  PROVISIONALS  OF  1899. 

To  the  Editor  of  the  "  London  Philatelist.''^ 

Dear  Sir,— I  note  in  Stanley  Gibbons' 
Catalogue  for  1904  a  series  of  Canadian 
provisionals,  issued  January,  1899,  and  con- 
sisting of 

"i,"  in  blue,  on  \  of  3  c. 

"2,"  in  violet,  on  |  of  3  c. 


Though  an  ardent  collector  of  Canadian 
stamps,  and  therefore  always  on  the  qui 
vive  for  additions  to  my  collection,  I  had 
no  knowledge  of  any  such  issue,  in  fact  had 
not  even  heard  a  rumour  of  it.  I  accordingly 
wrote  to  the  Post  Office  Department  asking 
for  information,  and  received  the  enclosed 
reply,  which  I  would  be  glad  to  have  you 
publish  for  the  benefit  of  collectors. 
Very  truly  yours, 

T.  J.  W.  Burgess,  m.d., 

Meinher  London  Philatelic  Society. 
Montreal,  Que.,  April  ^t^,  1904. 


"  My  dear  Burgess, — In  reply  to  your 
letter  of  24th  March,  re  stamps  '  i,'  in  blue, 
on  J  of  3,  and  '  2,'  in  violet,  on  f  of  3 
cents,  I  beg  to  say  that  the  Superintendent 
of  the  Stamp  Branch  assures  me  that  no 
such  stamps  were  ever  issued  or  recognised 
by  this  Department,  and  if  affixed  to  letters 
would  be  treated  as  ordinary  mutilated 
stamps  of  no  value.  It  appears  that  the 
Postmaster,  Port  Hood,  N.S.,  at  the  time  of 
the  change  of  rate  found  himself  short  of 
2  cents  stamps,  and,  acting  on  the  advice 
of  some  stamp  fiend  apparently,  cut  up  a 
sheet  or  so  of  stamps  to  make  twos  and 
ones.  He  nearly  lost  his  job  over  it,  but 
the  Department  never  got  hold  of  any  of 
the  mutilated  stamps.  Anybody  could  make 
similar  stamps  by  cutting  up  and  marking 
old  threes.  Hoping  this  may  be  satisfactory 
to  you, 

"  Yours  very  sincerely, 

"  W.  H.  Harrington. 

"P.O.  Dept.,  Ottawa,  March  -ioth,  1904." 


Wat  JRarkt. 


Note. — Under  this  title  will  be  inserted  all  the  information  that  may  refer  in  any  way 

to  the  financial  aspects  of  Philately,  e.g.  the  sales  or  values  of  stamps,  the  state 

of  the  Market,   Trade  publications,  etc. 


Messrs.  Puttick  and  Simpson. 
Sale  of  April  12th  and  13th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 


Baden,  1862,  perf.  13^,  3  kr.,  rose* 
Great  Britain,  id.,  rose-red,  Plate 

132,  block  of  six,*  mint  . 
Spain,  1852,  2  reales,  pale  red 
Tuscany,  60  crazie,  cut  close  and 
small  tear 
Ditto,  9  crazie,  lilac  on  white     . 
Ceylon,  1 883-4,  C  A,  24  c,  purple- 
brown* 
Ditto,  1885,  Five  Cents  on  4  c, 
rose,  a  block  of  six,  with  in- 
verted surcharge,  mint* 
Labuan,  1880,  6,  in  red,  on  16  c, 
blue,*  mint 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  used 


£ 

s. 

ii. 

2 

0 

0 

2 
8 

12 
0 

6 
0 

5 
2 

5 
6 

0 
0 

4     5 


Azores,  1882-5,  P^i'f-   I2|,   150  r., 

blue,*  no  gum 
British  Bechuanaland  Protectorate, 
2s.,  green,*  mint 
Ditto,  ditto,  2s.  6d.,  ditto,*  ditto 
Cape,  Woodblock,  4d.,  full  blue    . 
Ditto,  Mafeking,  set  of  nineteen 
Lagos,  1874,  wmk.  C  C,  perf.  12^,' 
is.,   orange,  value   165   mm., 
pair,*  mint 
Niger  Coast,  ^,  in  violet,  on  half 
of  id.,  vermilion  :  f,^,  12  6  and 
Sierra  Leone,  C  A,  4d.,  blue,*  mint 
Uganda,  1895,  30  cowries,  violet   . 
Ditto,  ditto,  50  ditto,  ditto* 
Ditto,  ditto,  60  ditto,  black 
Ditto,  1902,  i  a.,  green,  a  vertical 
pair,  lower  stamp  being   the 
error  without  overprint,*  mint 


2   12 


o 
o 

ID 

7 
o 


4     5     o 


3   17     6 


THE  MARKET. 


137 


I       s.     d. 

1800 
7     5    o 

800 
650 


2  17     6 
330 

3  12    6 
326 

2  12    6 

2  10    o 

3  10    o 


2  12  6 
600 
800 


Canada,  I2d.,  black,  repaired 
New  Brunswick,  is.,  mauve,  pen 

cancelled 
Newfoundland,     is.,    scarlet,    cut 
close     .  .  .         . 

Nova  Scotia,  is.,  violet,  thinned    . 
Barbados,  1872,  wmk.  small  Star, 
perf.ii-i3><  I4|-i5^,|d.,blue- 
green,  pair,'*  mint 
Nevis,  1867,  IS.,  blue-green,*  mint 
Ditto,  1878,  4d.,  orange,  litho,* 
Ditto,  1883,  6d.,  green 
St.  Vincent,   id.,  rose,  compound 
perfs.    .  ... 

Ditto,   1871-8,   wmk.   Star,    is., 
claret,*  mint,  little  off  centre 
Ditto,  ditto,  IS.,  rose,*  with  gum 
Ditto,  ditto,  IS.,  vermilion,  com- 
pound perfs.,*  mint,  a  little  off 
centre  .  ... 

Ditto,  ditto,  IS.,  vermilion,*  mint 
Ditto,  ditto,  5s.,  rose-red,*  mint 
Ditto,  1881,  id.,  in  red,  on  half 
of  6d.,  green,  a  pair,*  very  fine, 
with  part  gum 
Ditto,  1883-4,  wmk.  C  A,  perf. 
12,  Jd.,  orange,*  mint     . 
Tobago,  1879,  C  C,  ;£'i,  lilac,*  mint 
Trinidad,  Lady  McLeod,  on  entire, 

damaged 

Turks    Islands,    is.,   prune,  small 

defects .  ... 

British    Guiana,   1850,    12   c,   cut 

round   .  ... 

Ditto,     1856,     4     c,    magenta, 

corners  cut 
Ditto,  1862,  4  c,  blue.  No.  6,  no 
roulettes 
British  Honduras,  1888,  perf.  12^, 
3  cents  on  3d.,  brown,  with 
Expert  Committee's  opinion  . 
New  South  Wales,  1850-1,  Sydney 
View,  id.,  carmine,  Plate  2,  on 
laid  paper,*  close  at  bottom  . 
Queensland,  1868-74,  vvmk.  trun- 
cated   Star,    2d.,    blue,    perf 
13  X  12,  fine  pair 
Tasmania,    1853,    id.,    blue,    ap- 
parently* 
Western  Australia,  1857,  2d.,  brown 
on  red,  showing  traces  of  rou- 
lettes,* no  gum    .  .         .3126 
Collections  (Colonials)  386,  ^70 ;   (Lallier) 
',534, 1"=)^  ;  9,900  ^42  ;  and  7,664,  ;^4o. 

Sale  of  April  26th  and  ?.7lh,  1904. 

"  Unused. 

Great  Britain,  I.  R.  Official,  1885, 
5s.,  carmine         .  .         .     i 

Ditto,  Board  of  Education,  1902 
-3,  5d.  and  is.  From  ^3  12  6  to  4 

India,  1854,  ^a.,  red,  a  pair,  unused 
from  the  corner  of  sheet,  with 
margins  and  ornamental  lx)r- 
der,  one  stamp  torn 

Labuan,  1880,  6,  in  red,  on  16  c, 
blue      .  ... 

Cape  of  (iood  Hope,  1861,  wood- 
blocks,  id.,  blue,  error,  very 


II    II      o 

5   10    o 
660 

400 

600 

700 

330 

3  IS     o 

7  10    o 

1 1   15     o 

I   18     o 
260 


15     o 
8     o 

6     6     o 
440 


slightly  cut  into  at  bottom  but 
large  margins  on  other  two 
sides,  a  fine  copy  and  on  piece 
of  original 

Cape  of  Good  Hope,  1861,  id., 
scarlet,  a  pair,*  in  mint  state, 
brilliant  colour  and  with  good 
margins,  but  one  stamp  has 
small  defect  in  one  cornei',  ex- 
ceedingly rare  in  this  condition 
Ditto,  ditto,  another  pair,  used, 
rather  heavily  cancelled  and 
creased  across  . 
Ditto,  ditto,  4d.,  dark  blue,  large 

margins  and  very  fine     . 
Ditto,  1882,  C  C,  one  halfpenny 
on  3d.,  claret 

Natal,  1857,  id.,  rose 

Transvaal,  1877,  V.R.  Transvaal, 
red  surcharge,  3d.,  mauve,  pe- 
lure  paper 
Ditto,  6d.,  blue 

Ditto,  1877,  V.R.  Transvaal,  6d., 
blue  on  blue,  a  block  of  four,* 
mint,  very  slightly  thinned  in 
one  or  two  small  places  . 
Ditto,  ditto,  2^  Pence  on  is., 
green,  the  error  "2/%"  with 
normal  type  se  tefiant,*  mint, 
small  tear 
Ditto,  ditto,  the  same  error,  but 
with  inverted  surcharge,*mint, 
cracked  across  right  top  corner 

Zululand,  £'^,  black  and  lilac  on 
red,*  mint 

British  Columbia,  1865,  imperf., 
10  c,  blue,  strip  of  three 

St.  Vincent,  Star,  5s.,  rose-red,*  no 
gum      .  .  .         . 

British  Guiana,  1862,  2  c.  (No.  15 
on  plate),  full  roulettes    . 

South  Australia,  1855-9,  imperf, 
2d.,  blood-red,*  with  gum 

Collections  :  5,337,  ^35,  and  4,103 

*  *  * 

Messrs.  Plumridge  and 
Sale  of  April  19th  and  20th, 

*  Unused. 

British  Columbia,  I2|,  $1,  green,* 
mint     .  .  .         . 

British  Guiana,  1862,  i  c,  rose 
(S.  G.  No.  69),  no  roulettes    . 

British  Honduras,  1888,  small  sur., 
2  c.  on  id.,  rose,  surcharge 
inverted,  thinned 

Cape,     triangulars,     is.,     yellow- 
green,  pair 
Ditto,  woodblock,  id.,  red 
Ditto,  ditto,  4d.,  pale  blue 

Ceylon,  4d.,  rose,  imperf,  cut  close 
Ditto,  6d.,  claret,  ditto*     . 

Dominica,  1886,  id.  on  6d.y  green, 
on  piece 

France,  1862,  80  c,  rose,  pair,  ti'Ic- 
Incite,  repaired     . 

Gibraltar,  first  issue,  is.,  brown,* 
mint      .  .  .         . 

Great  Britain,  small  Crown,  14, 2d., 
blue,*  part  gum  . 


£     s.    d. 


50  o  o 


37  o  o 

5  ID   O 

600 

220 
240 


440 

4  17  6 


600 


300 


12    0 

0 

7  10 

0 

4    0 

0 

6    6 

0 

3  10 

0 

2  15 
,.£35- 

0 

Co. 

1904. 

I   10 

0 

2    ID 

0 

3  5  o 


I 

>7 

0 

2 

18 

0 

2 

2 

0 

5 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

34 

0 

0 

-> 

'5 

0 

I 

9 

0 

3 

0 

0 

138 


THE  MARKET. 


Great  Britain,  1870,  i^,  rose-red,    £     ^-   'i- 
"  O  P  P  c,"  perfs.  clipped  .         .160 
Ditto,   1867,   Cross,   los.,   grey- 
green,  strip  of  three        .         .440 
Ditto,  ditto,   ditto,  £\,   brown- 
lilac,  pair  .  .         .380 

Grenada,  1889,  -|d.  on  2s.,  double 

sur.  (Gibbons'  No.  48),*  mint     300 

India,   1854,  4  a.,  head  inverted, 
cut  to  octagon,  heavily  can- 
celled,    with     Expert     Com- 
mittee's opinion  .         .  10    o    o 
Ditto,  ditto,  4  a.,  red  and  blue,*    260 

Labuan,  1880,  8  on  12  c,  carmine,* 

mint     .  .  .         .     2  15     o 

New  South  Wales,  Sydneys,  2d., 

Plate  I,  pair        .  .         .     2  12     o 

Orange  River  Colony,  6d.,  blue, 
surcharge  omitted,  block  of 
four,*  mint  .  .         .300 

Roumania   (Moldavia)    54    paras, 

cut  square,  torn  .        .500 

St.  Vincent,  id.  on  6d.,  blue-green, 

pair,  double  perfs.*  .         .700 

Ditto,  1883-4,  CA,  4d.,  blue,* 
mint     .  .  .         .     I   12     o 

Tasmania,  first  issue,  id.,  blue       .240 
Ditto,   1889,  2^d.  on  gd.,  pale 
blue,  three  surcharges  (two  in- 
verted),* mint      ..  .         .     I   15     o 

Tonga,  1896,  ^d.  on  7|d.  on  2d., 
blue  (Gibbons'  49a),  block  of 
twelve,*  mint       .  .         .  10  10    o 

Ditto,    1897,    7|d.,    green    and 
black,  centre  inverted,*  mint .  17  10    o 

Turks  Islands,  1881,  2|d.  on  is., 
prune  (Gibbons'  Type  10),  and 
|d.  on  6d.,  short  fraction  bar,* 
mint     .  .  .         .     5  10    o 

Collections  :  4,584,  ^30,  and  532  (Colonials), 

Sale  of  May  3rd  and  4th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Great    Britain,    1867,    2s.,    blue,* 

mint 
Ditto,     Board     of     Education 

King's  Head,  5d. 
Mauritius,    1848,    id.,    vermilion 

early  state,  cut  close 
Natal,  One   Penny  on   6d.,  rose. 

surcharged  four  times,*  mint 
New    South    Wales,     1853,     6d. 

brown,  coarse  background 
New  Zealand,  1862,  Star,  imperf 

3d.,  mauve 
South    Australia,    1868-74,    wide 

S  A,  perf  \\\,  id.,  blue-green 

(Gibbons'  No.  91);*  mint 
Ditto,  block  of  four,  ditto  . 
Zululand,  1894,  ;^i,  purple  on  red 


Messrs.  Ventom,  Bull,  and  Cooper. 
Sale  of  April  21st  and  22nd,  1904. 
*  Unused. 
Great   Britain,   1847,   is.,   green,* 

slightly  creased  .         .28c 


I   15 


4    ID      O 


2    lO 

0 

10  10 

0 

I    18 

0 

Great  Britain,  1870,  ijd.,  rose-red, 
"  O  P  P  C  " 
Ditto,  I.  R.  Official,  1895,  Js.,  rose 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  los.,  blue 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  £\,  green 

Finland,  first  issue,  5  k.,  blue* 

Switzerland,  Zurich,  4  r. 

British  East  Africa,  first  issue,  set 
of  three* 

Cape  of  Good  Hope,  3d.,  in  red, 
on  4d.,  blue,  "  PENCE  "    . 
Ditto,   Mafeking,  id.,  blue,  bi- 
cycle, entire  sheet  of  twelve* 

Mauritius,  Post  Paid,  i  d.,  red,  inter- 
mediate imp. 

Natal,  Star,  3d.,  blue,  imperf,  hori- 
zontal pa^r,*  with  gum    . 
Ditto,  1862,  IS.,  green,  postage 
I2|  mm. 

Orange  River  Colony,  British  occu- 
pation, first  printing,  V.R.I,  on 
id.,  brown,  error  of  colour,* 
mint      .  ... 

Ditto,  ditto,  id.,  purple,  a  mint 
vertical  pair,  the  top  stamp 
having  the  surcharge  V.R.I. 
only      .  ... 

Ditto,  ditto,  id.,  purple,  a  mint 
vertical  pair,  the  lower  stamp 
having  the  surcharge  V.R.I, 
omitted 

Transvaal,  1 877, " V.R.  TRANSVAAL," 
in  red,  on  6d.,  blue 

New  Brunswick,  is.,  violet    . 

Newfoundland,  6d.,  scarlet -ver- 
milion,* defective 

U.S.A.,  Columbus  issue,  error  of 
colour,  4  c,  deep  blue,  an  un- 
used block  of  four,  mint . 

Barbados,  id.  on  half  5s. 

British  Guiana,  1852,  4  c,  black  on 
deep  blue 
Ditto,    1862,    provisionals,   2  c, 
black    on    yellow,    border   of 
crossed  ovals,  full   roulettes, 
No.  12  on  plate   . 
Ditto,  ditto,  2  c,  black  on  yellow, 
border  of  pearls,  full  roulettes, 
No.  18  on  plate  . 
Ditto,  ditto,  2  c,  black  on  yellow, 
border  of  grapes,  full  roulettes, 
very  slightly  thinned  in  one 
tiny  spot  at  back.  No.  23  on 
plate     .  ... 

Ditto,  ditto,  4  c,  black  on  blue, 
pearl  in  heart  border 

St.  Vincent,  5s.,  Star* 

Ditto,  id.,  in  red,  on  half  6d., 
green,  pair* 

Tobago,  C  C,  6d.,  stone 

Turks  Islands,  1893, provisional,|d. 
on  4d.,  grey,  block  of  4,*  mint 

Virgin  Islands,  6d.,  pale  rose  on 
white,  perf  15,*  mint 

New  South  Wales,  1854-5,  is.,  red, 
imperf.,  horizontal  pair  . 

South  Australia,  1 870-1,  3d.,  in 
carmine,  on  4d.,  slate-blue  *   . 

Western  Australia,  2d.,  brown- 
black  on  red* 


i.  d. 

6  o 
2  6 

12  6 

12  o 

17  6 

10  o 

7  6 

2  o 
15  o 

3  o 
o  o 
7  6 


o    o 


o    o 
7     6 


15   15     o 


10    o 
10    o 

7    6 


7    6 
7    6 


I 

16 

0 

ID 

10 

0 

ID 

0 

0 

2 

6 

0 

5 

5 

0 

2 

IS 

0 

I 

4 

0 

2 

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THE 


30tti0n  iWIat^tet: 


THE    MONTHLY    JOURNAL    OF 


THE    PHILATELIC   SOCIETY,    LONDON. 


Vol.   XIII. 


JUNE,    1904. 


No.    150. 


^Iie  Past  (Sea0an. 


E  would  commend  to  all  our  readers  the  able,  lucid, 
and  comprehensive  report  of  the  Hon.  Secretary  of 
the  Philatelic  Society,  London,  in  our  present  issue. 
Mr.  Tilleard  has  once  more  summed  up  in  his  masterly 
way  the  principal  events  of  the  season  both  in  and  out 
of  the  London  Society,  and  his  report  will  be  found 
to  constitute  an  admirable  epitome  of  all  that  has 
occurred  of  philatelic  moment  during  the  season  just 
terminated. 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  winter  of  1903-4  was  by  no 
means  devoid  of  interest  or  of  events  of  importance 
to  the  stamp  world.  It  is  true  that  there  has  been 
rather  a  dearth  of  philatelic  functions — either  of  festivities  or  exhibitions — 
nor  has  the  winter  been  noticeable  for  the  dispersal  of  any  great  collections 
by  auction,  although  the  prices  paid  for  the  2d.  "Post  Office"  Mauritius  and  for 
the  inverted  46.  Western  Australia  both  constitute  records.  In  other  waj's, 
however,  we  venture  to  think  that  the  past  .season  will  be  held  hereafter 
to  be  a  memorable  one. 

The  appearance  of  His  Royal  Highness  the  Prince  of  Wales  in  person 
to  read  a  paper  before  the  London  Philatelic  Society  as  its  President  marks 
a  white  stone  on  the  highway  of  Philately.  The  very  able  article  of  the 
Prince  has  now  been  copied  and  commented  on,  in  the  most  favourable 
manner,  in  the  philatelic  journals  all  over  the  world,  and  it  has  unanimously 
been  conceded  that  His  Royal  Highness  has  given  a  great  stimulus  and 
encouragement  to  stamp-collecting  in  all  countries.  The  Prince  of  Wales 
has  by  his  action  placed  on  record  that  Philately  can  affortl  a  pleasure 
and  a  relaxation  to  anyone,  in  any  situation  of  life.  The  reflection  is  in- 
evitable that  if  the  Heir  Apparent  to  the  Pritish  Throne  can,  amidst  ihc 
innumerable  calls  on  his  time,  fiiul  some  recreation  in  rhilatcK-,  his 
example  is  one  that  can  well  be  emulated  by  anj'  of  His  Majesty's  subjects. 
The  superb  display  of  the  stamps  of  the  UniU-d  Slates  b)-  the  X'icc- 
President  of -the  Society,  the  ICarl  of  Crawford,  at  thr  iiiili.d  nueling, 
also  constituti;d   anolhi-r  feature  of  great   import   in   tiic  ainiais  of  the  jear. 


I40  THE  ADHESIVE  STAMPS   OF  PORTUGAL. 

Lord  Crawford  has  brought  into  Philately  the  true  historical  aspect,  and 
has  inaugurated  a  new  school  of  collecting  which  will  infallibly  find  ad- 
herents in  the  future.  The  arrangement  of  Lord  Crawford's  superb  collec- 
tions, with  their  full  and  precise  history  of  every  stamp  from  its  conception 
to  its  withdrawal,  constitutes  a  new  departure  in  Philately,  and  places  it 
on  a  higher  and  more  scientific  basis  than  it  has  ever  yet  occupied. 

Another  event,  occurring  outside  the  London  Society,  will  help  to  render 
the  past  season  noteworthy.  We  refer  to  the  elaborate  and  extensive 
Catalogue  of  the  French  Society,  recently  reviewed  by  this  journal.  It  is 
the  first  time  that  there  has  been  issued  a  catalogue  compiled  by  collectors 
for  collectors,  and  it  is  also  the  first  time  that  a  Philatelic  Society  has 
endeavoured  to  properly  subordinate  the  different  varieties  according  to 
their  relative  importance.  This  last  feature  is  of  the  most  vital  import- 
ance to  stamp  collecting,  as  the  multitudinous — and  frequently  unnecessary 
— new  issues,  the  minor  varieties  discovered  by  collectors,  and  the  wild 
pursuit  of  perforations  have  created  such  a  vast  army  of  catalogued  stamps 
as  almost  to  deter  anyone  who  is  not  a  specialist  of  a  limited  section. 
The  French  Society  has  worthily  set  the  example  which  must  be  followed 
by  other  catalogue  compilers  if  they  do  not  wish  to  see  the  general  collector 
as  extinct  as  the  dodo  ! 

The  season  1903-4  has  thus  afforded  three  laudable  examples,  and  we 
trust  that  in  each  instance  there  may  be  found  some  faithful  followers. 


%\\t  Jlt)luiaiibe  (Stamps  of  Portugal 

By  J.  N.  MARSDEN. 
A  Paper  read  before  the  Philatelic  Society,  London,  on  December  iqth,  1902. 

( Continued  from  page  II 4. ) 


Issue  XIX.    1883.     D.  Luiz. 

NEW  5  reis  stamp,  similar  to  the  type  of  the  25  and  50  reis  of 
Issue  XVII.,  was  issued  on  the  ist  March,  1883.  Like  them, 
the  centre  was  engraved  by  Mons.  Mouchon,  and  the  frame 
by  Senhor  V.  Alvez.  It  was  printed  on  chalk-surfaced  paper, 
in  sheets  of  twenty-eight  stamps,  and  exists  in  perforations 
\2\  and  1 3 J,  in  a  very  great  variety  of  shades  of  grey.  It  is 
unknown  in  these  perforations  on  ordinary  paper. 

It  exists  as  a  reprint  on  chalk-surfaced  paper  in  pale  grey,  and  perf  13I. 

SYNOPSIS. 
Issue  XIX.     1883.     D.  Luiz. 

On  chalk-surfaced  paper.     Perf.  iz|. 
5  reis  ;  grey-black  to  very  pale  grey. 

Perf.  i3|. 
5  reis ;  grey-black  to  very  pale  grey. 

Reprint. 

On  chalk-surfaced  paper.     Perf.  13^. 
5  reis  ;  pale  grey. 


THE  ADHESIVE  STAMPS   OF  PORTUGAL.  141 

Issue  XX.    July,  1884.     D.  Luiz. 

In  July,  1884,  three  new  values  were  issued — the  2,  500,  and  1,000  reis — 
principally  for  telegrams,  and  a  new  type  of  the  10  reis.  It  was  evidently 
the  intention  to  gradually  change  all  existing  types  for  the  one  with  the 
small  Mouchon  head,  and  inscribed  for  postage  and  telegraph,  as  the  stocks 
of  the  old  types  became  exhausted.  We  have  already  had  the  5,  25,  and 
50  reis,  and  we  now  have  the  10  reis.  Before  the  whole  series  could  be 
changed,  however,  Don  Luiz  died,  so  the  original  intention  had  to  be 
abandoned,  and  an  entirely  new  issue,  bearing  the  head  of  his  son  and 
succcessor,  Don  Carlos,  prepared,  as  we  shall  see  later. 

The  10  reis  was  engraved  by  Mons.  Mouchon  and  Senhor  Alvez,  and 
first  appeared  on  the  15th  July.  It  was  printed  on  chalk-surfaced  paper,  in 
sheets  of  twenty-eight  stamps,  and  perforated  both  12\  and  13-2-. 

There  was  no  notification  of  the  issue  of  the  other  three  values  published 
in  the  Official  Gazette,  but  they  also  all  appeared  in  July. 

The  2  reis  was  engraved  by  Senhor  Aug.  de  Campos,  and  was  intended 
to  make  up  the  small  amounts  of  2,  4,  6,  etc.,  reis  between  the  tens  on 
telegrams.  It  was  at  the  same  time  allowed  to  do  postal  duty,  though  so 
small  an  amount  for  postage  did  not  serve  any  special  purpose.  It  is 
generally  catalogued  as  a  newspaper  stamp,  but  this  is  a  misnomer,  as  the 
lowest  newspaper  rate  for  the  country  was,  and  still  is,  2\  reis.  It  was 
printed  in  sheets  of  twenty-eight  stamps,  on  thinnish  ordinary  paper,  and  is 
found  perf  \2\  and  \^\.  It  was  withdrawn  from  use  on  the  30th  Sep- 
tember,  1895. 

The  500  reis  was  engraved  by  the  same  engravers  as  the  10  reis,  was 
printed  on  chalk-surfaced  paper  in  sheets  of  twenty-eight  stamps,  but  as  an 
issued  stamp  is  only  found  perf  \2h.  It  is  met  with  in  an  unused  state  and 
without  gum  perf  13J-,  but  such  were  prepared  only  for  the  reprint  sets.  It 
is,  of  course,  quite  possible  that  a  few  did  postal  duty,  but  such  as  did 
never  came  from  any  post  office.  I  may  say  too  that  I  have  seen  gummed 
specimens,  but  careful  examination  always  convinced  me  that  the  gum  was 
not  original. 

For  the  1, 000  reis  the  old  embossed  type  was  emplo)-cd.  It,  like  all  the 
embossed  stamps,  was  printed  in  sheets  of  twenty-eight,  one  at  a  time.  The 
paper  employed  was  a  thinnish  ordinary  pa[)er,  and  is  found  perforated 
I2|  and  13^.  At  one  period,  when  this  stamp  was  in  use,  an  aniline  purple 
ink  was  employed  for  cancellation.  A  few  hours'  exposure  to  strong 
sunlight  removes  the  cancellation  without  affecting  the  colour  of  the  stamp 
itself,  and  the  stamp  appears  in  an  unused  state.  I  know  that  hundreds 
were  .so  treated,  so  collectors  of  unused  stamps  should  not  accept  unused 
copies,  unless  they  have  the  full  original  gum. 

The  2  reis  exists,  as  a  reprint,  on  tiie  reprint  pa])cr,  whicli  is  much 
whiter  and  tliicker  than  the  paper  on  which  the  orii;iiials  are  printed, 
[)erf.   13.J.      It  is  (iifncult  to  meet  with. 

The  10  reis,  like  the  500  reis,  occurs  in  reprint  collections,  on  chalk- 
surfaced  paper,  perf    13A,  but  witliout  gum. 

Tile  1,000  reis  was  reprinted  on  reprint  paper,  whirh  is  whiti'r  and  thicker 
than  thi-  paptT  of   the  originals,  perf    \2.\.     Of   this   value   there   is   a  very 


142  THE  ADHESIVE  STAMPS   OF  PORTUGAL. 

curious  reprint,  viz.  printed  on  the  reverse  side  of  the  chalk-surfaced  paper, 
which  gives  a  pecuhar  grey  appearance  to  the  stamp.  The  silver  test  applied 
to  the  back  of  the  stamp  gives  the  black  mark.  It  is  perf  13I.  Printed  on 
the  right  side  of  the  paper  I  have  never  seen  it,  nor  do  I  believe  that  it  exists. 

SYNOPSIS. 
Issue  XX.    July,  1884.     D.  Luiz. 

On  chalk-surfaced  paper.     Perf.  \i\. 

10  reis  ;  dark  green  (slight  shades). 
500    ,,      black. 

Perf.  13I. 
10  reis;  dark  green  (slight  shades). 

On  ordinary  paper.     Perf  12^. 
2  reis ;  black. 
1,000    „  „ 

Perf  13I. 
2  reis ;  black. 
i>ooo    » 

Reprints. 
On  chalk-surfaced  paper.     Perf  13I. 

10  reis ;  green. 
500    ,,      black. 

Printed  on  the  reverse  side  of  the  paper.     Perf  13I. 
1,000  reis;  black. 

On  thick  reprint  paper.     Perf  \2\. 
1,000  reis ;  black. 

Perf  1 3  J. 
2  reis  ;  black. 

Issue  XXI.     December,  1884.    D.  Luiz. 

■  In  the  Government  gazette  of  the  19th  December,  1884,  appeared  a  notice 
that  the  colour  of  the  20  reis  stamp  would  be  altered  to  carmine,  and  the 
stamp  in  the  new  colour  was  issued  on  the  same  day,  printed  in  a  bright 
aniline  carmine.  It  appeared  in  two  varieties — the  variety  3  of  the  stone- 
coloured  stamp,  and  the  variety  in  which  the  figures  "  2  "  and  "  o  "  in  all  four 
angles  are  much  further  apart,  as  in  the  20  reis  reprint  of  Issue  X.,  variety  2. 

Each  variety  is  to  be  found  in  the  \2\  and  13I  perforations. 

With  the  exception  of  one  of  the  reprints  of  the  1,000  reis  already 
described,  this  stamp,  as  far  as  I  am  aware,  is  the  only  Portuguese  stamp 
yet  discovered,  though  specimens  of  two  or  three  Colonial  stamps  are  known, 
printed  on  the  reverse  side  of  the  chalk-surfaced  paper. 

In  this  state  it  exists  in  variety  2,  perforated  \2\  and  13^. 

The  stamp  in  the  reprint  collections  is  the  same  as  the  original  in 
variety  3,  but  without  gum,  and  I  may  here  note  that  it  is  the  last  of  the 
stamps  that  differ  from  the  originals  in  the  reprint  sets,  all  later  ones  being 
themselves  the  same  in  every  way  as  the  originals. 

SYNOPSIS. 
Issue  XXI.     December,  1884,     D.  Luiz. 

On  chalk-surfaced  paper.     Perf  12^. 
20  reis  (variety  2) ;  carmine,  bright  to  pale. 
•^*-'    )>    \      ))       3)  >j  J)  >' 


THE  ADHESIVE  STAMPS  OF  PORTUGAL.  143 

Perf.  13I-. 
20  reis  (variety  2);  carmine,  bright  to  pale. 
2°    )>    \      >)       3/  J)  )i  )> 

Printed  on  the  unsurfaced  side  of  the  paper.     Perf.  12  J. 
20  reis  (variety  2);  carmine. 

Perf.  1 3 J. 
20  reis  (variety  2) ;  carmine. 

Reprint. 

On  chalk-surfaced  paper.     Perf.  13^. 
20  reis  (variety  3) ;  bright  carmine. 

Issue  XXI I.    1886.    D.  Luiz. 

In  the  early  part  of  1886  an  entirely  new  set  of  printing,  gumming,  and 
perforating  machines  was  obtained. 

The  printing  machines,  of  which  there  are  two,  one  made  by  Marinoni 
of  Paris  and  the  other  by  Konig  and  Bauer  of  Berlin,  printed  150  stamps, 
fifteen  horizontal  rows  of  ten,  at  each  impression.  They  did  not,  however^ 
entirely  supersede  the  old  machines,  which  printed  twenty-eight  stamps  to 
the  sheet,  nor,  of  course — as  the  20  reis  and  1,000  reis  and  other  values  were 
still  in  use — the  machine  that  printed  the  embossed  type. 

The  new  machines  did  not  necessarily  always  print  150  stamps,  as  very 
frequently  stamps  of  four  different  colonies  were  printed  by  the  same  im- 
pression, in  panes  of  twenty-eight  stamps,  a  space  separating  the  panes 
vertically  and  another  horizontally,  in  the  latter  of  which  the  names  of 
the  colonies  were  printed,  in  large  letters,  in  such  a  way  that  when  the 
panes  were  divided  the  names  of  two  colonies  would  appear  in  the  lower 
margin  and  the  other  two  in  the  upper.  I  do  not  think,  however,  that  the 
division  into  panes  was  ever  made  in  the  case  of  stamps  of  the  mother 
country  printed  in  these  machines. 

The  new  gumming  machine  was  also  made  by  Marinoni,  for  gumming 
the  large  sheets. 

The  perforating  machine  was  made  by  Herm.  Lutken  of  Berlin,  and 
could  be  adjusted  to  perforate  stamps  of  different  sizes,  e.g.  the  San 
Antonio  issue  and  some  of  the  upright  rectangular  fiscal  stamps.  It  per- 
forated one  line  at  a  time  by  a  succession  of  pins  placed  like  inverted  L's. 
In  full  sheets  the  perforation  goes  through  the  margin  on  the  right-hand  side, 
but  stops  at  the  starnp  in  the  left-hand  margin.  In  the  case  of  the  old 
harrow  machines,  the  stamps  between  perforations  are  always  of  constant 
size,  which  is  an  excellent  help  in  detecting  forged  perforations  ;  but  in  the 
new  machines  the  sizes  of  the  stamps  occasionally  vary.  Since  the  first 
machine  was  obtained,  two  other  machines  of  local  manufacture  have  been 
purchased,  in  all  of  which  the  system  is  the  same.  Horizontally  the  perfora- 
tion is  always  11.!,  but  the  vertical  perforation  seems  to  vary  very  slightly, 
though  in  all  the  ordinary-sized  stamps  the  variation  is  imperceptible. 

From  what  I  have  said  it  follows  that  no  Portuguese  stamp  can  be  found 
perf  I  \\  before  1886,  and  I  make  this  .series  a  se|)aratc  issue  in  order  to  take 
in  all  the  stamps  in  use  at  the  time,  Ijut  perforated,  and  cun.sciiucntly  printed 
and  gummed,  by  the  new  machines.  It  also  follows  that  all  stamps  perf.  \2\ 
or  13J  already  issued,  or  hereafter  issued,  must  have  been  printed  and 
gummed  in  the  old  machines  in  sheets  of  twenty-eight  stamps. 


144  THE  ADHESIVE  STAMPS  OF  PORTUGAL. 

I  will  not  go  through  the  various  values  of  this  series  in  detail,  as  they 
call  for  no  special  remarks  individually. 

SYNOPSIS. 
Issue  XXII.     1886.     D.  Luiz. 

On  ordinary  paper.     Perf.  11^. 
2\  reis  ;  olive-green  to  pale  olive-green. 
5      ..       grey-black. 
25       ,,       brown  to  grey-brown. 

On  chalk-surfaced  paper,     Perf.  \\\. 


reis ;  olive-gre.en,  olive-yellow,  pale  yellow-green,  all 


in  a  great  variety  of  shades.      ' 
5      „       deep  grey-black  to  pale  grey. 
10      ,,       deep  green  to  pale  yellow-green. 
25      ,,       red-brown  (shades). 
50      ,,       deep  blue,  blue,  pale  blue. 

The  post  office  clerks  noticed,  towards  the  end  of  1886,  that  suspicious- 
looking  stamps  of  25  reis  were  passing  through  the  post,  and  their  attention 
was  particularly  directed  to  the  uneven  perforation  which  these  stamps 
presented.  The  matter  being  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  police,  they  were 
not  long  in  discovering  that  an  old  criminal,  bearing  the  name  of  Alfredo 
Alves  Mendes  (nicknamed  "  Pera  de  Jatanaz  "),  in  league  with  a  workman  at 
the  Mint,  had  succeeded  in  obtaining  dies  of  the  25  reis  and  500  reis  stamps, 
as  well  as  stamp  paper  and  ink.  The  forged  stamps  of  25  reis  were  sold, 
chiefly  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Lisbon,  to  unsuspecting  persons,  and  the 
timely  discovery  of  the  forgery  prevented  the  500  reis  die  from  being  utilised 
by  the  forger.  The  perforation  was  done  with  a  sewing-machine.  The 
forger  was  tried,  found  guilty,  and  condernned  to  a  term  of  imprisonment. 

Issue  XXIII.     1887.     D.  Luiz. 

The  Government  gazette  announced,  on  the  loth  December,  1886,  that  a 
new  5  reis  stamp  would  be  issued  on  the  ist  January,  1887,  but  no  such 
stamp  ever  made  its  appearance,  neither  was  it  ever  prepared.  What  did 
happen,  however,  was  that  the  5  reis,  heretofore  printed  in  all  shades  of 
grey,  appeared  in  a  deep  black.  At  about  the  same  time  the  colours  of 
some  of  the  other  stamps — the  25  and  50  reis,  for  instance — were  made 
more  pronounced,  but  the  change  in  the  5  reis  was  the  most  distinctive.  In 
some  subsequent  printings  of  the  5  reis  there  was  a  tendency  to  relapse  into 
the  grey  shade. 

On  the  1st  July  new  stamps  of  20,  25,  and  500  reis  made  their  appearance, 
the  last  named  in  an  altered  colour — purple. 

The  20  reis  was  issued,  following  out  the  intention  to  introduce  the 
Mouchon  type  for  all  values.  The  engravers  were  the  same  as  those  of  the 
previous  stamps  of  the  same  general  character. 

The  25  reis  was  issued  in  a  new  type  on  account  of  the  forged  stamps 
of  this  value  which  had  already  been  discovered,  and  the  type  was  borrowed 
from  that  of  the  25  reis  Guine,  which  had  been  issued  a  short  time  previously, 
with,  of  course,  the  necessary  alterations  in  the  inscription.  The  head  was 
of  the    Mouchon    type,    but    the    frame   was    engraved    by    Senhor    Gneco. 


ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON.       145 

Its  first  colour  was  a  bright  purple,  but  owing  to  the  confusion  arising 
from  its  similarity  to  the  500  reis  stamp,  it  was  altered  to  a  red-lilac  in 
February,  1890. 

On  account  of  the  robbery  of  one  of  the  dies  of  the  500  reis,  already 
mentioned,  the  colour  of  this  stamp  was  altered  to  purple. 

All  these  stamps  were  issued  perf  1 1  \,  with  the  exception  of  the  500  reis, 
which,  having  been  printed  in  sheets  of  twenty-eight  stamps,  can  only  exist 
perf.  \2\  and  ii\.  One  small  printing  of  the  25  reis  in  red-lilac  was  made 
and  perf  12J  ;  but  it  was  not  issued  in  this  state,  and  is  only  known  with  the 
surcharge  "  Provisorio." 

SYNOPSIS. 

Issue  XXIII.     1887.     D.  Luiz. 

On  chalk-surfaced  paper.     Perf.  \\\. 
5  reis ;  deep  black,  grey-black. 


20 

)) 

carmine  (shades). 

25 

)) 

purple  (shades),  red-lilac. 
Perf.  i2|. 

00 

reis  J 

purple,  reddish  purple. 
Perf.  13I-. 

00 

reis , 

purple. 

(  To  be  cont billed. ) 

Report  reat)  at  the  Jlmnial  ffiencral  <^Icctiiu3  of  tlu 
J^hilatclic  (Socictp,  fjoution, 

FOR  THE  SEASON   1903-4. 

By  J.   A.  TILLEARD,   Honorary  Secretary. 


^\wj|r^N   accordance  with  the  established  practice,  I  have  the  honour, 
^^ [\         as  Honorary  Secretary,  of  presenting  my  tenth  Annual  Report 
-^"  i^V         on  the  affairs  of  the  Society,  dealing  with  the  events  of  the 
period  that  has  elapsed  since  the  last  Annual  General  Meeting. 
'ji}^  In  the  season  1903-4  sixteen  meetings  have  been  held,  at 

^5s!^M2^^''  which  the  total  attendance  of  members  has  been  318,  giving 


an  average  of,  as  nearly  as  possible,  20  for  each  meeting,  as  compared  with 
17  in  the  previous  year.  In  view  of  the  frecjuent  absence,  from  various 
cau.ses,  of  some  of  those  who  are  ordinarily  most  regular  in  alteniling  the 
meetings,  the  result  would  appear  to  be  satisfactory. 

The  total  number  of  members  now  on  the  books  of  the  Society  is  224,  a 
decrea.se  of  3  as  compared  with  the  number  .shown  by  the  list  [lublished  in 
1903,  the  losses  due  to  death,  resignation,  and  other  causes  being,  to  that 
extent,  in  excess  of  the  gain  by  means  of  the  election  of  new  members 
during  the  year. 

Although  on  this  occasion  I  have  only  to  record  the  ileath  of  two 
members  during  the  period  under  review,  the  names  thus  removed  from  our 


146      ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 

roll  of  membership  are  those  of  very  prominent  philatelists.  Mr.  W.  E. 
Image,  who  had  attained  the  great  age  of  ninety-six,  was  one  of  the  pioneers 
of  Philately.  He  joined  the  Society  in  its  early  days,  and  had  been  an 
honorary  member  for  upwards  of  sixteen  years.  He  was  probably  known 
personally  to  only  a  few  of  the  present  members,  but  his  name  is  one  that 
has  been,  and  will  always  be,  held  in  the  highest  esteem  in  this,  as  in  all 
other  philatelic  circles.  That  he  was  able,  at  a  time  when  collectors  were 
compelled  to  think  for  themselves,  and  were  without  the  many  aids  to 
Philately  which  we  now  enjoy,  to  build  up  a  collection  that  was  deemed 
worthy  to  be  incorporated  with  that  of  the  late  Mr.  T.  K.  Tapling,  is  evidence 
of  the  serious  nature  of  his  studies,  and  of  the  great  natural  talent  bestowed 
by  him  upon  the  pursuit  to  which  he  was  devoted.  It  must  have  been  a 
source  of  great  gratification  to  him,  in  his  later  days,  to  know  that  his 
treasures  have  found  a  fitting  resting-place  in  the  National  Collection  pre- 
served at  the  British  Museum. 

Mr.  J.  V.  Painter,  who  resided  in  America,  was  also  a  very  early  student 
of  Philately,  and  was  well  known  both  here  and  in  his  own  country  as  an 
earnest  and  advanced  collector.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Society  for 
upwards  of  ten  years,  and  his  loss  is  deplored  by  many  friends  in  England, 
who  made  his  acquaintance  during  the  frequent  visits  made  by  him  to  this 
country  at  one  period  of  his  career. 

The  resignations  have  been  eight  in  all,  viz.  Messrs.  J.  D.  Enys  and 
J.  T.  Green,  the  Earl  of  Kintore,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Tapp,  Dr.  W.  J.  Tivy, 
Surgeon-Major  Newland,  Captain  C.  Pereira,  and  Mr.  W.  Silk,  jun.,  while 
two  names  have  been  removed  from  the  list  by  direction  of  the  Council. 

The  names  of  the  new  members  elected  during  the  season  are :  Messrs. 
H.  J.  Crocker,  W.  S.  Fiske,  C.  A.  Howes,  G.  Kirchner,  A.  W.  Maclean, 
R.  F.  Mertens,  R.  M.  Reid,  K.  Schmidt,  and  the  Hon.  F.  G.  Hamilton  Russell. 

The  special  business  of  the  several  meetings  has  included  the  following 
papers  with  display  of  stamps,  viz. :  by  the  President,  "  Notes  on  the  Postal 
Issues  of  the  United  Kingdom  during  the  present  Reign  "  ;  by  Mr.  Castle, 
"Notes  on  the  Stamps  of  Finland"  and  "The  Earlier  Issues  of  New 
Zealand  "  ;  by  Mr.  Reichenheim,  "  The  Stamps  of  France  "  ;  by  Mr.  Hausburg, 
"  Notes  on  the  Stamps  of  South  Australia  "  ;  by  Mr.  Yardley,  "  Notes  on  the 
Stamps  of  the  First  Republic  of  the  Transvaal";  by  Mr.  Beckton,  "The 
Stamps  of  Modena  "  ;  by  Mr.  Oldfield,  "  The  Bye-paths  of  Philately,  Picture- 
Stamps,  and  Method  of  Arrangement" ;  and  by  Mr.  Wickham  Jones,  "The 
Stamps  of  Sicily."  Papers  have  also  been  read  by  Mr.  Gordon  Smith, 
"  Notes  on  the  Correct  Treatment  of  Perforations  "  ;  and  by  Mr.  Nankivell, 
"New  Ideas  in  Albums'';  and  Mr.  Ehrenbach  introduced  as  a  subject  for 
discussion  the  question,  "  Is  collecting,  with  the  aid  of  present  catalogues 
and  albums,  becoming  too  difficult  for  collectors?" 

Special  displays  by  the  Vice-President  of  "  The  Stamps  of  the  United 
States  of  America";  by  Mr.  Avery,  "British  Guiana";  by  Mr.  Douglas  Ellis, 
"Japanese  Post  Cards";  and  by  Mr.  Moser,  "Bolivia,"  completed  a  most 
interesting  and  instructive  programme. 

I  think  all  members  will  agree  that  the  chief  feature  of  the  meetings 
of  the  season  was  the  reading  of  a  paper  by  the  President.     That  His  Royal 


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Highness,  in  the  midst  of  his  multitudinous  duties,  should  have  found  time 
not  only  to  prepare  for  our  edification  a  valuable  contribution  to  philatelic 
literature,  but  also  to  attend  in  person  to  read  his  paper  and  to  show  his  fine 
collection  by  which  it  was  illustrated,  is  a  circumstance  that  demands  a 
record  of  our  grateful  thanks.  The  importance  to  Philately  of  such  an 
event  cannot  well  be  overestimated,  and  the  interest  in  the  paper  shown 
by  philatelists  generally  is  evidenced  by  the  numerous  letters  of  appreciation 
received  by  me  from  collectors  and  societies  in  foreign  countries. 

The  displays  which  have  been  given  have  all  been  of  the  very  highest 
order  of  merit,  and  if  I  may  be  allowed,  where  all  are  so  good,  to  single  out 
one  for  special  comment,  I  would  refer  to  the  magnificent  collection  shown 
by  the  Vice-President,  with  its  special  feature  of  essays  and  proofs  com- 
pletely illustrating  the  history  of  the  stamps  of  the  United  States  of  America, 
as  one  of  the  finest  examples  of  a  "specialised"  collection  ever  shown  in  the 
Society's  rooms. 

At  a  recent  meeting,  power  was  taken  for  the  award  by  the  Society  of 
a  gold  medal  to  any  philatelist  who  has  produced  work  of  exceptional  merit, 
and  also  for  the  award  of  a  silver  medal  to  the  writer  of  the  best  paper  read 
before  the  Society  in  each  year,  commencing  from  the  end  of  the  present 
season.  The  necessary  scheme  and  regulations  will  be  dealt  with  by  the 
new  Council,  whose  report  will  be  laid  before  the  Society  early  in  the  ensuing 
season. 

The  Council  has  had  to  consider  many  matters  of  importance  in  con- 
nection with  the  affairs  of  the  Society,  and  regular  meetings  have  been  held 
in  each  month,  in  addition  to  a  few  extra  meetings  as  occasion  required. 
Amongst  other  things,  in  view  of  the  very  heavy  expense  involved  in  the 
publication  of  Mr.  Basset  Hull's  book  on  the  stamps  of  the  Australian 
Commonwealth,  arrangements  have  been  made  under  which,  although  the 
work  will  be  undertaken  by  the  Publication  Committee,  the  Society  will 
not  only  be  relieved  of  the  risk  and  expense  of  publication,  but  will  receive 
a  substantial  benefit,  all  members  being  also  entitled  to  procure  a  copy  of 
each  part  as  it  appears  at  a  considerable  reduction  from  the  published  price. 

As  recently  announced  in  the  London  Philatelist,  a  change  has  been  made 
in  the  regulations  of  the  Expert  Committee.  The  rights  of  members  of  the 
Society  in  availing  themselves  of  the  services  of  the  Committee  remain 
unciiangcd,  but  the  rate  of  payment  by  non-members  has  been  increa.sed, 
and  varies  in  accordance  with  the  value  of  the  stam[)s  submitted.  It  was 
considered  desirable  to  adopt  this  course,  as  it  had  become  obvious  that  the 
certificate  of  the  Committee  was,  in  many  cases,  only  recjuired  for  trade 
purpo.ses,  and  not  by  reason  of  any  real  question  or  doubt  as  to  the  genuine 
character  of  the  stamps  sent  for  the  opinion  of  tiac  Committee. 

The  Annual  Dinner  of  the  Society  was  lield  on  the  19th  November  last, 
and  under  the  able  arrangements  made  by  the  members  who  for  some  yeans 
past  have  acted  as  a  committee  of  management,  was  mucli  enjoyed  by  the 
members  and  their  friends.  The  dale  for  the  next  dinner  has  been  fixeil  for 
the  13th  October  next,  the  day  l)ef()re  liie  resuni[)li(>n  of  the  meetings  of  the 
ensuing  season. 

The  Treasurer's  accounts  and  balance  sheet,  iu  be  submilteil  this  eveninfi 


148      ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 

with  the  report  of  the  Auditors,  will  show  the  financial  position  of  the  Society. 
As  it  will  probably  appear  that  the  expenditure  has  been  somewhat  in  excess 
of  income,  it  should  be  explained  that  it  has  not  been  found  possible  to  effect 
the  changes  referred  to  in  my  last  report,  as,  owing  to  the  failure  to  find 
a  new  tenant  for  our  rooms,  we  have  to  remain  in  occupation  until  the 
29th  September  next,  when  our  tenancy  terminates.  The  arrangements  to 
be  made  for  the  place  at  which  meetings  will  be  held  in  the  coming  season, 
and  for  the  future  offices  of  the  Society,  have  continuously  occupied  the 
attention  of  the  Council  and  a  sub-committee,  and  will  be  definitely  decided 
upon  at  an  early  meeting  of  the  new  Council,  when  they  will  be  communicated 
to  the  members. 

Under  the  new  conditions  it  is  believed  that,  without  in  any  way  detract- 
ing from  the  comfort  or  convenience  of  members  in  attending  the  meetings, 
it  will  be  possible  to  effect  a  considerable  saving  which  will  ensure  in  the 
future  a  surplus  of  income  available  for  publication  or  other  special  expenses 
of  the  Society. 

In  making  a  very  few  remarks  on  events  outside  the  immediate  circle 
of  the  Philatelic  Society,  London,  I  would  observe  that,  by  the  death  of 
Baron  Arthur  de  Rothschild  and  Mr.  Berger  Levrault,  two  notable  names 
have  been  removed  from  the  ranks  of  philatelists.  The  former,  although 
I  believe  never  a  member,  was  an  esteemed  correspondent  of  the  Society 
in  its  earliest  days,  often  sending  stamps  for  inspection  by  members  at  their 
meetings.  He  was  a  well-known  contributor  to  philatelic  literature,  and  at 
the  time  when  he  ceased  to  take  an  active  interest  in  stamps,  his  collection 
was  considered  to  be  one  of  the  most  important  of  those  known.  I  am 
given  to  understand,  on  the  best  authority,  that  he  parted  with  it  some  years 
ago,  but  it  is  not  known  in  whose  possession  it  now  is.  M.  Berger  Levrault 
was  also  a  very  early  collector,  and  one  of  the  first  to  deal  with  stamp- 
collecting  on  the  lines  which  have  served  to  raise  the  pursuit  to  the  position 
it  now  holds.  To  him  belongs  the  distinction  of  being  the  first  person  to 
publish  a  list  of  stamps,  of  which  the  first  editions  are,  I  believe,  found  by 
collectors  of  philatelic  literature  to  be  of  very  great  rarity. 

Amongst  the  publications  of  the  past  year,  special  reference  should  be 
made  to  the  official  catalogue  of  the  Societe  Frangaise  de  Timbrologie, 
which  is  designed  to  serve  as  a  guide  both  for  the  general  and  the  special 
collector.  The  French  Society  and  their  editors  are  to  be  congratulated 
on  the  results  of  their  labours,  and  the  fact  that  they  have  secured  the 
collaboration  of  upwards  of  sixty  of  the  principal  specialists  throughout 
the  world,  in  the  compilation  and  revision  of  the  lists  of  the  chief  countries, 
is  proof  of  the  earnest  endeavour  which  has  been  made  to  ensure  cornplete- 
ness  and  accuracy  for  this  great  work. 

There  have  been  many  important  finds  and  sales  of  rare  stamps  at  high 
prices,  but  the  principal  event  in  the  stamp  market  has  been  the  sale  of  an 
unused  2d.  Mauritius  "  Post  Office  "  for  the  highest  amount  ever  realised  for 
a  single  stamp  by  public  competition.  The  discovery  of  this  stamp  in  a 
small  collection  formed  by  the  owner  in  his  schoolboy  days,  and  since 
entirely  neglected  by  him  in  ignorance  of  the  treasure  which  it  contained, 
and  the  subsequent  history  of  the  stamp,  until  it  came  under  the  hammer 


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and  was  disposed  of  for  a  record  price,  form  a  veritable  philatelic  romance. 
It  is  a  satisfaction  to  know  that  the  stamp,  which  is  believed  to  be  the 
finest  specimen  extant  of  this  favourite  rarity,  has  found  a  place  in  the 
collection  of  the  President  of  our  Society.  The  sale  by  auction  of  one  of 
the  rarest  of  stamps — the  4d.,  Western  Australia,  with  inverted  swan — is 
also  a  noteworthy  event. 

As  the  result  of  the  proceedings  in  a  recent  case  in  the  law  courts,  it 
would  appear  that  unused  "  Official "  stamps  of  the  United  Kingdom  belong 
to  the  Government,  and  cannot  be  lawfully  offered  for  sale.  It  is  consequently 
very  difificult  to  form  a  complete  collection  of  the  numerous  examples  issued 
during  the  present  reign,  and  it  is,  perhaps,  a  natural  consequence  that 
questions  are  now  raised  as  to  the  status  of  this  class  of  stamps  and  their 
right  to  be  included  in  a  representative  collection.  The  use  of  these  stamps 
has  now  been  discontinued,  and  the  stocks  remaining  in  the  various  offices 
have  been  called  in. 

The  forthcoming  Exhibition  to  be  held  in  Berlin  in  August  and  September 
next  is  an  event  of  importance  to  the  philatelic  world.  Since  the  publication 
of  the  preliminary  prospectus,  considerable  alterations  and  improvements 
have  been  made  in  the  programme.  The  Exhibition  will,  no  doubt,  be 
largely  patronised,  and  the  management  have  the  heartiest  good  wishes  of 
our  Society  for  the  complete  success  of  the  undertaking. 

June,  1904. 


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Council  for  the  Year  1904-5. 

President — H.R.H.  The  Prince  of  Wales,  K.G.,  etc. 
Vice-President — The  Earl  of  Crawford,  k.t. 


Hon.   Secretary — J.  A.   Tilleard 
ffon.    Treasurer — C.   N.  Biggs 


Hon.  Assistant  Secretary — H.  R.  Oldfield 
Hon.   Librarian — L.   W.   Fulcher 


E.  D.  Bacon 

M.  P.  Castle,  J. P. 

(Hon.  Vice-President.) 

C.  J.  Daun 


J.  H.  Abbott 

E.  R.  Ackerman 

Lieut. -Col.  J.  G.  Adainson 

l'"rank  Allen 

P.  J.  Anderson 

J.  Si.  Andreini 

W.  Armistead 

Rev.  C  Atkinson,  d.d. 

W.  B.  Avery 

K.  D.  Bacon 

H.  Barber 

W.  Barnard 

A.  R.  Barrett 

G.  13.  Barrington 

A.  T.  Bate 

\V.  D.  Beck  ton 

W.  Beckwith 

David  Benjamin 

Humphry  Bennett 

F.  G.  Bepler 

E.  Beveridge 
C.  N.  Biggs 
W.  W.  Blest 
Louis  K.  Bradbury 

F.  Breitfu.ss 
P.  F.  Bruner 

Dr.  T.  J.  W.  Burgess 

M.  Burnett 

Lieut. -Col.  St.  L.  Burrowes 

Col.  T.  C.  P.  Galley 

M.  P.  Castle,  j.p. 

A.  W.  Chambers 

J.  H.  Chapman 

W.  L.  Chew 

Capt.  G.  Churcher 

Sir  Jas.  R.  Andrew  Clark,  Bart. 

H.  R.  G.  Clarke 

H.  Clotz 

F.  O.  Conant 

Capt.  M.  W.  K.  Connolly 

M.  S.  Cooke 

Staff-Surgeon  E.  Cooper,  K. N. 

F.  de  Coppet 

W.  W.  Corfield 

C.  B.  Corvvin 

W.  Cowland 

The  Earl  of  Crawford,  K.T. 

H.  J.  Crocker 

C.  J.  Daun 

E.  S.  Davidson 

H.  F.  Deane 

H.  E.  Deals 

Dr.  E.  Diena 

T.  P.  Dorman 

A.  G.  E.  Driver 

H.  J.  Duveen 


R. 
T. 
L. 


Ehrenbach 

W.  Hall 

L.  R.  Hausburg 


C.  E.  McNaughtan 
Franz  Reichenheim 
Gordon  Smith 


R.  Ehrenbach 

B.  D.  Knox 

A.  W.  Rawcliffe 

E.  A.  Elliott 

J.  G.  Langton 

Rev.  G.  H.  Kaynor 

D.  Ellis 

Philipp  La  Renoti^re 

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Baron  R.  Lehmann 

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P.  Fabri 

E.  Lentz 

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H.  Ferrier-Kerr 

E.  Levy 

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0.  Firth 

C.  Lindenberg 

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W.  S.  Fiske 

P.  J.  Lloyd 

G.  B.  Roulledge 

Rev.  T.  S.  Fleming 

B.  Loewy 

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C.  E.  Fox 

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H.  Fraenkel 

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F.  N.  Schiller 

R.  Frentzel 

H.  F.  Lowe 

Karl  Schmidt 

L.  W.  Fulcher 

C.  J.  Lucas 

VV.  Schwabacher 

W.  Gaddum 

A.  A.  I.yall 

Lieut.  L.  Schwarz 

L   Gibb 

H.  H.  Lyman 

W.  Scott 

E.  S.  Gibbons 

D.  J.  Macfie 

E.  H.  Selby 

G.  F.  H.  Gibson 

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J.  N.  Marsden 

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W.  M.  Gray 

C.  E.  McNaughtan 

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H.Grey 

R.  F.  Mertens 

C.  Stewart-Wilson 

Miss  Gromm^ 

R.  Meyer 

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T.  W.  Hall 

Dr.  G.  Michelsen 

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J.  B.  Moens 

A.  J.  Taylor 

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J.  G.  Tolhurst 

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E.  J.  Nankivell 

(J.  L.  Toppan 

J.  E.  Heginbottom,  b.a. 

Capt.  Geo.  S.  F.  Napier 

K.  J.  Torrie 

Dr.  H.  Hetley 

H.  W.  Neave 

C.  J.  Tyas 

David  H.  Hill 

G.  B.  ■!'.  NichoU 

Rev,  W.  N.  Usher 

F.  C.  Hill 

J    A.  Nix 

Dr.  C.  W.  Viner 

J.  0.  Hobby 

H.  R.  Oldfield 

J.  Walker 

A.  Holland 

J.  S.  O'lMeara 

Oscar  Wassermann 

Rev.  W.  H.  Holman 

Capt.  St.  G.  Ord 

Howard  R.  Walkin 

M.  H.  Horsley 

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T.  Martin  Wears 

F.  E.  Hoi  ton 

H.  G.  Palliser 

Consul  E.  F.  Weber 

C.  A.  Howes 

W.  R.  Palmer 

L.  S.  Wells 

A.  F.  Basset  Hull 

Prince  Doria  Pamphilj 

A.  E.  L    Westaway 

Capt.  L.  T.  R.  Hutchinson 

A.  D.  Park 

H.  J.  White 

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A.  Passer 

W.  E.  Williams 

D.  M.  Jacobs 

Dr.  A.  G.  Palerson 

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T.  Wickham  Jones 

W.  Palter.son 

A.  H.  Wilson    • 

J.  E.  Jo.selin 

W.  E.  Peebles 

W.  T.  Wilson 

W.  R.  Joynt 

G.  E.  Petty 

H.  Winckmann 

Dr.  F.  Kalckhoff 

0.  Pfenninger 

N.  H.  Withee 

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Judge  Philbrick,  K.c. 

Baron  A.  de  Worms 

J.  L.  Kilbon 

W.  Pimm 

Baron  P.  de  Worms 

D.  A.  King 

H.  Quare 

G.  H.  Worihington 

G.  Kirchner 

The  Earl  of  Ranfurly 

R.  B.  Yardley 

T.  W.  Kilt 

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f  kilatelic  |lotes. 


NEIV  SOUTH  WALES:  ANOTHER  DISCOVERY  IN  THE  DIADEM  ISSUE. 
"^  HE  varieties  of  watermark  and  of  re-engraving  that  have  been  gradually 
MM^  unfolded  to  the  view  of  collectors  in  this  beautiful  and  remarkable 


issue  are  even  yet  not  exhausted,  and  another  first-class  variety,  apparently 
as  scarce  as  its  predecessors,  has  now  been  unearthed  in  Australia.  The 
discovery  was  made  by  Mr.  T.  H.  Nicolle,  the  well-known  dealer  of  Sydney, 
and  Mr.  A.  F.  Basset  Hull,  in  the  Australian  Philatelist  for  May,  gives  a 
most  interesting  account  of  the  discovery,  and  an  able  resume  of  the  several 
abnormal  varieties  of  this  issue.  Mr.  Basset  Hull  thus  describes  this  latest 
find:— 

"  It  is  but  a  few  months  since  I  had  the  pleasure  of  describing  a  discovery 
which,  at  first  sight  somewhat  startling,  was,  however,  capable  of  a  simple 
explanation,  but  was  nevertheless  very  interesting.  I  refer  to  the  tcte-bccJie 
pair  of  Sydney  views. 

"It  is  now  my  privilege  to  describe  another  discovery  of  even  greater 
interest,  inasmuch  as  it  possesses  the  same  quality  of  uniqueness  as  attached 
to  the  pair  of  views,  and  at  the  same  time  has  the  additional  advantage  of 
constituting  a  variety  which  will  have  to  be  added  to  our  catalogues. 

"  The  stamp  in  question  was  found  by  Mr.  T.  H.  Nicolle,  a  Sydney  stamp 
dealer,  and  having  been  acquired  in  the  ordinary  way  of  business  amongst  a 
number  of  contemporary  stamps  of  well-known  varieties  adhering  to  portions 
of  the  original  covers,  is  entirely  free  from  any  suspicion  of  having  any  but  a 
perfectly  legitimate  origin. 

"  This  new  discovery  is  the  Two  Pence,  New  South  Wales,  of  the  'Diadem' 
type  (1856-62),  with  watermark  double-lined  figure  \,  perforated  \\\,  12. 

"The  stamp  is  a  fine  specimen,  in  a  clear  full  blue  shade,  well  centred, 
and  judging  from  the  margins,  which  show  no  encroachments  from  adjoining 
stamps,  is  from  the  second  of  Perkins  Bacon  and  Co.'s  steel  plates,  on  which 
the  stamps  were  more  regularly  spaced  than  on  the  first  plate.  It  is  used,  the 
cancellation  being  the  office  number  18  surrounded  by  a  number  of  rays,  in 
black.  This  number  in  1860-2  (the  period  when  the  perforated  stamp  was 
in  use)  belonged  to  the  post  office  at  Mudgee. 

"  Tile  watermark  is  in  the  normal  position,  and  is  placed  rather  close 
to  the  right-hand  margin,  looked  at  from  the  back  of  the  stamp.  The  whole 
figure,  however,  is  clearly  visible,  the  sloping  top  touching  the  perforated 
&(S.gc.  of  the  stamp." 

In  one  respect  this  latest  addition  to  the  errors  of  this  set  is  hardly  so 
remarkable  as  its  predcccs.sors — tlic  2d.  watermark  "  1 "  and  "  8  " — as  the 
latter  occur  upon  the  imperforate  stamps,  which  already  included  a  variety 
watermarked  "  5  "  of  rarity  sufficient  to  ensure  the  examination  of  the  great 
majority  of  stamps  passing  through  the  hands  of  collectors  and  dealers.  It 
was  therefore  remarkable — as  was  said  by  the  writer  at  the  time  of  the 
announcement  of  the  discovery  of  the  2d.  watermarked  "1"  to  the  London 
Philatelic  Society,  in  April,  1890 — that  this  stamp  sliould  have  for  thirt)-- 
four  years  escaped  detection.  The  like  remark  also  applies  with  equal 
force  to  the  .same  stamp,  watcnnarki'd  "8,"  discovered  a  couple  of  j-ears  later 
by  Mr.  Geo.  Calif. 

In  tlie  case  of  Mr.  Nicollc's  discover)',  however,  the  variet)'  is  on  the 
perforated  stamp,  of  which  no  variation  of  watermark  has  ever  been  recorded, 


152  PHILATELIC  NOTES. 

and  an  abnormal  watermark  may  have  more  easily  thus  been  unsuspected 
and  unlocked  for.  Now  that  attention  has  been  called  to  the  discovery,  it 
is  possible  that  other  examples  may  turn  up,  as  this  perforated  stamp  is  still 
fairly  common,  but  we  do  not  anticipate  that  the  error  will  ever  be  very 
plentiful !  These  deviations  of  watermark  on  the  diademed  head  were  all 
evidently  the  product  of  ephemeral  printings,  and  their  great  rarity  has  been 
amply  vindicated  both  by  the  lapse  of  time  that  occurred  before  their 
discovery  and  the  remarkably  few  copies  that  have  been  unearthed  since. 

Mr.  Castle  suggested  years  ago  the  possibility  of  a  One  Penny  being 
found  with  watermark  "  2,"  and  if  the  errors  of  the  2d.  resulted  from  the 
accidental  inclusion  of  some  of  the  id.  paper  in  the  2d.  book,  such  a  result  is 
by  no  means  unlikely.  The  same  possible  conjunction  also  occurs  with  the 
3d.  error,  and  the  2d.  might  also  be  found  with  watermark  "  3."  The 
varieties  of  this  issue  are  therefore  now  as  follows  : — 

Imperf.  2d,  watermark  double-lined  1. 

,,  2d.  ,,  ,,  5. 

,,  2d.  „  „         8. 

Perf.  2d.  ,,  „  1. 

Imperf.  3d.  „  „  2. 

Of  the  foregoing,  the  2d.  watermark  "  5  "  is  common  in  used  condition, 
but  unused  is  a  fairly  scarce  stamp.  The  3d.  watermark  "  2  "  is  a  very  scarce 
stamp,  and  some  fourteen  or  fifteen  years  since  two,  if  not  three,  pairs  turned 
up,  of  which  the  writer  secured  one,  and  since  then,  we  believe,  a  few 
isolated  examples  have  been  found,  but  we  doubt  if  more  than  a  dozen 
copies  exist.  Of  the  remaining  three  varieties,  two  copies  of  the  watermark 
"  1 "  and  one  each  of  the  other  two  at  present  represent  the  sum  of  their 
existence.  It  will  thus  be  seen  how  fearsome  a  task  is  set  before  the  collector 
who  aims  at  completeness  in  New  South  Wales,  but  the  existence  and  re- 
currence of  these  discoveries  only  enhance  the  great  charms  and  attractions 
of  the  early  Australian  issues.  *. . 

CANADA  :   HAND-STAMPED  3d.  ENVELOPE  OF  1851. 
JE  are  indebted  to  Mr.  E.  B.  Greenshields,  of  Montreal,  for  the  following 
very  interesting  information  : — 

The  following  facts  may  be  of  interest  to  collectors  of  the  stamps  of 
British  North  America.  Some  time  ago  a  cover  was  offered  to  me,  which 
seemed  to  me  to  be  absolutely  genuine,  yet  I  had  never,  up  to  that  time, 
heard  of  such  envelopes  being  in  existence.  This  letter  was  posted  in 
New  Carlisle,  Gaspe,  Lower  Canada,  on  April  7th,  185 1,  and  was  stamped 
"Three  Pence"  in  two  lines,  inside  a  square,  with  a  black  border  of  neat 
design  round  the  sides.  Across  this  was  written,  "  Letter  R.  W.  Kelly 
Apl.  185 1."  The  letter  was  addressed  to  Toronto  C.W.,  and  on  the  other 
side  was  stamped  the  date  the  letter  was  received,  "Apl.  16  1851."-  I  sent 
the  envelope  to  Mr.  Donald  A.  King,  of  Halifax,  and  received  the  following 
reply  from  him  :—  „  HALIFAX,  N.S.,  February  22nd,  1904. 

"  Dear  Sir, — I  have  yours  of  19th  inst.  with  cover,  and  am  much 
obliged  for  your  kindness  in  permitting  me  to  have  a  look  at  it.  It  is  new 
to  me.  I  have  no  doubt  it  is  absolutely  genuine,  and  probably  was  made 
by  the  Postmaster  at  New  Carlisle  to  save  trouble  in  stamping  the  letter 
'  3d.,'  as  was  then  the  custom.  It  is  just  possible  that  the  writer  (whose 
name  appears  to  be  endorsed  on  the  envelope)  was  the  Postmaster  there. 


PHILATELIC  NOTES. 


•53 


A  reference  to  the  Postmaster-General's  report  for  that  year  would  give  his 
name.  As  far  as  my  memory  serves  me,  the  Canadian  stamps  were  not  then 
in  issue,  though  an  advance  circular  may  have  been  sent  out.  I  have  shown 
the  cover  to  a  friend  of  mine  who  is  an  expert  in  typography,  and  he  assures 
me  that  the  printing  is  as  old  as  dated,  and  that  such  type  and  border  could 
not  be  procured  now  at  any  cost.  The  only  thing  that  I  have  seen  that 
resembles  it  in  any  way  was  a  cover  from  Prince  Edward  Island,  prepaid 
with  a  square  of  white  paper  stamped  3d.  and  cancelled.  This  was  an 
adhesive,  and  used  some  years  after  stamps  were  in  use.  As  in  your  case, 
it  had  been  recognised  as  paying  postage.  As  to  the  value  of  your  cover, 
it  is  impossible  for  me  to  say,  but  very  considerable  to  any  collector  of  British 
North  America.  "  Yours  faithfully,  Donald  A.  KiNG." 


Following  up  the  clue  given  to  mc  by  Mr.  King,  I  wrote  to  the  Post 
Office  Department  at  Ottawa,  and  received  the  following  courteous  answer:— 

''  Ottawa,  2>id  Jllair/i,  1904. 
"Sir, — I  am  directed  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  communication  of 
the  26th  ultimo,  inquiring  whether  R.  W.  Kelly  was  PostmastcM-  of  New 
Carlisle,  Co.  Gaspc,  Quebec,  in  185 1,  and  in  reply  am  directed  to  inform 
you  that  R.  W.  Kelly,  doubtless  the  same  man,  was  Postmaster  of  New 
Carlisle  in  1X51.  Owing  to  the  incompleteness  of  the  early  records  of  the 
department,  which  was  then  under  the  direction  of  the  British  Office,  the 
date  of  Mr.  Kelly's  appointment  cannot  be  ascertained.  He  appears  to 
have  been  Postmaster  from  1851,  however,  until  his  resignation  on  the 
9th  April,  1855. 

"  As  regards  )'our  inciuiry  as  to  wlicther  postage  stamps  were  used  on  tlie 
/th  April,  1 85  I,  and  your  statement  that  you  have  an  envelope  sent  on  tli;it 
date  from  New  Carlisle  to  Toronto  with  'Three  Pence"  printed  on  it,  inside 
a  fancy  border,  I  have  to  say  that  postage  stamps  were  issued  to  llu-  public 
for  the  first  time  on  the  23rd  April,  i8i;i,an<l  that  stamped  envelopes  were 
not  rssucd  initil  some  years  later.     'I'he  stami)rd  envel(.|)e  to  which  \ou  refer 


154  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

may  have  been  an  envelope  so  stamped  on  the  prepayment  in  the  New 
Carlisle  Post  Office  of  three  pence,  the  required  charge  for  postage. 

"  I  am,  sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

"  William  Smith,  Secretaiy." 

It  will  be  noticed  from  the  conclusion  of  this  letter  that,  according  to  the 
department  at  Ottawa,  one  might  infer  that  the  use  of  such  a  stamp  would 
not  be  irregular.  This  is  confirmed  by  the  following  extract  from  a  reply 
to  a  letter  a  friend  of  mine  wrote  to  Ottawa  at  my  request : — 

"Ottawa,  March  2nd,  1904. 

"  I  took  those  questions  of  Mr.  Greenshields  over  to  Mr.  of   the 

Post  Office  Department.  He  tells  me  that  before  the  first  issue  of  stamps, 
which  took  place  on  the  23rd  of  April,  i85i,each  Postmaster  had  a  steel 
stamp  which  he  used  to  mark  the  amount  prepafid  on  the  letter.  These 
stamps  were  of  different  patterns,  and  it  is  probably  the  impression  of  one 
of  them  that  appears  on  Mr.  Greenshields'  envelope.  In  some  of  the  smaller 
post  offices  they  continued  to  use  these  stamps  as  late  as  1875. 

"  It  is  rather  a  singular  coincidence  that  if  the  inquiry  had  been,  regarding 
the  position  of  Postmaster,  more  than  one  day  earlier,  the  Canadian  records 
would  not  have  shown  whether  the  man  named  had  held  office  or  not,  the 
reason  being  that  it  was  on  the  6th  of  April,  185 1,  that  the  Post  Office 
Department  was  transferred  from  the  Imperial  Government,  and  all  records 
prior  to  that  date  are  in  the  possession  of  the  Imperial  authorities." 

It  seems  strange  that  more  of  these  covers  have  not  been  found. 
Such  well-known  authorities  on  the  stamps  of  British  North  America  as 
Mr.  Lachlan  Gibb  and  Mr.  William  Patterson,  of  Montreal,  and  Mr.  Donald 
A.  King,  of  Halifax,  had  not  seen  any  until  I  consulted  them  about  this  one. 
I  think  it  is  very  interesting  to  hear  of  a  stamped  envelope  like  this  being 
used  by  the  Post  Office  just  before  the  issue  of  postage  stamps. 


fflcciUitoiral  ^otes. 

PROGRAMME   OF  NEXT  SEASON. 
HE  Committee  entrusted  with  the  arrangement  of  the  Programme  for 
next  season  will  be  glad  to  hear  from  members  who  will  be  willing  to 
contribute  papers  or  give  displays.     All  communications  should  be  addressed 
to  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg,  Rothsay,  St.  George's  Hill,  Weybridge. 


LONDON  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY. 
SEASON  1904-5. 
E  are  desired  to  remind  the  members  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society 
(as  stated  in  our  last  issue)  that  the  first  meeting  of  the  London 
Philatelic  Society  for  the  ensuing  season  will  be  held  on  Friday,  October 
14th.  It  has  also  been  decided  to  hold  the  Annual  Dinner  on  the  day 
preceding,  Thursday  the  13th,  and  it  is  hoped  that  country  members  will 
thus  be  enabled  to  attend  both  functions. 

We  understand  that  this  opening  meeting  will  be  held  at  the  residence  of 
the  Vice-President,  when  his  magnificent  collections  of  Great  Britain  and 
other  countries  will  be  on  view  to  members  of  the  Society,  and  will  assuredly 
provide  a  philatelic  entertainment  of  the  highest  order. 


OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 


155 


THE  NEW  WORK  ON  OCEANIA. 
HE  committee  of  revision  engaged  on  the  production  of  this  work, 
in  collaboration  with  Mr.  A.  F.  Basset  Hull,  will  be  much  obliged 
if  any  of  the  readers  of  the  London  Philatelist  can  lend  copies  of  the  under- 
mentioned Sydney  Views  for  the  purpose  of  illustrating  the  types  of  the 
several  plates.  Specimens  should  be  either  unused  or  very  fine  used,  i.e.  with 
but  little  obliteration,  and  can  be  sent  to  Mr.  A.  C.  Emerson  at  the  Society's 
rooms. 


Plate  I. 

Retouches 
Plate  II. 

Retouches 
Plate  III. 
Plate  IV. 
Plate  V. 


2d.,  Sydney. 


3d.     Nos 


12,  13,  14,  21. 

14,  15,  16,  22,  23,  24. 

24. 

4,  5,7,  10,  18. 

2,  3,8,9,  10,  15,  21. 


II,  17. 


THE  EXPERT  COMMITTEE  OF  THE  LONDON  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY. 
E  are  desired  to  inform  our  readers  that  all  stamps  to  be  examined  by 
the  Expert  Committee  should  be  sent  in  to  Effingham  House  before 


the  8th  July,  after  which  date  the  Committee  will  not  meet  again  until  about 
October  14th. 

The  Expert  Committee  has  made  the  following  regulations  and  scale  of 
charges  with  regard  to  specimens  submitted  for  examination  by  persons  who 
are  not  members  of  the  Philatelic  Society,  London. 

For  specimens  pronounced  genuine,  or  actually  to  be  what  they  appear 
to  be,  5  s. 

For  specimens  quoted  in  any  current  catalogue  at  ;^20  or  upwards 
(500  fcs.  or  400  marks),   los. 

For  specimens  quoted  at  ^50  or  upwards  (1,250  fcs.  or  1,000  marks),  20s. 

Where  there  is  no  catalogue  quotation  an  auction  record  may  be  referred 
to,  but  in  cases  where  no  quotation  can  be  given,  the  charge  will  be  on  the 
highest  scale. 

In  all  cases  where  the  specimens  are  pronounced  not  to  be  genuine,  or 
actually  to  be  what  they  appear  to  be,  the  charge  will  be  2s.  6d. 

The  charges  made  to  members  will  remain  the  same  as  heretofore, 
namely,  3s.  and  is.  6d. 

In  all  cases  where  the  applicant  for  a  certificate — whether  a  member  or 
not — requires  an  answer  to  a  particular  question,  and  the  Committee  is 
unable  to  give  a  definite  opinion,  a  fee  of  is,  onl)' — i  f  25  c.  or  i  m. — will 
be  charged  to  cover  postages  and  expenses. 

The  fees  must  always  be  sent  ivith  the  stamps. 

These  regulations  will  apply  to  all  specimens  submitted  after  ist  July, 

1904-  • 

AUSTRALIAN  ISSUES  AND   THE  KING'S  HEAD. 

Ill':    [)ortrait   of    His   Majesty    King    Edward    VII.   has    hitherto   only 

ap[)carcd  among   Australian   issues  on  the  i,  I,  carmine,  and  ;6^2,  blue, 

of  Victoria  issued   in   1901,  and  according  to  the  letter  following,  a  copy  of 

which  has  been  forwarded  to  us  by  iVIessrs.  Smyth  and  Co.,  this  precedent 

150* 


156  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

does  not  seem  likely  to  be  followed.  It  must  be  confessed  that  were  the 
drawing  of  His  Majesty's  head  not  better  executed  than  in  the  case  of  the 
two  stamps  cited,  the  loss  would  not  be  seriously  felt.  In  good  sooth,  there 
is  room  enough  and  to  spare  for  artistic  amelioration  in  all  the  Australian 
issues,  which  do  not  improve  with  the  new  century  ! 

"  Commonwealth  of  Australia, 
"  Postmaster-General's  Department,  Melbourne, 

"  7.\si  April,  1904. 

"  Gentlemen, — With  regard  to  your  communication  of  the  9th  instant, 
respecting  a  statement  in  the  London  Daily  Mail  that  arrangements  were 
being  made  in  Melbourne  for  a  first  issue  of  Australian  stamps  bearing  the 
portrait  of  the  King,  which  stamps  would  supersede  the  present  State  issues 
of  stamps,  I  have  the  honour,  by  direction,  to  inform  you  that  this 
Department  has  no  knowledge  of  any  general  issue  of  stamps  bearing  the 
King's  head.  I  may  mention  that  the  first  issues  of  an  Axistralian  stamp 
in  that  design  were  those  oi  £1  and  £2  Victorian  stamps,  which  were 
printed  in   1901  and   1902.  «  i  have  the  honour  to  be.  Sir, 

"  Your  obedient  servant, 

"  Messrs.  J.  H.  Smyth  and  Co.,  "  (Signed)  ROBT.  T.  ScOTT, 

"  88,  King  Street,  Sydney.^'  "  Secretary. 


AUSTRALIA'S  INTEREST  IN  PHILATELY ! 
|e  have  received  the  following  letter  from  Messrs.  J.  H.  Smyth  and  Co. : — 

"  Commonwealth  of  Australia, 
"  Postmaster-General's  Department,  Melbourne, 

"5^A  May,   1904. 

"  Gentlemen, — Adverting  to  your  letter  of  the  22nd  September  last, 
respecting  your  desire  to  purchase  postage  due  stamps  from  this  Depart- 
ment, I  have  the  honour,  by  direction,  to  inform  you  the  Postmaster-General 
has  decided  that  such  stamps  may  now  be  supplied  singly  or  otherwise,  and 
cancelled  or  uncancelled,  at  their  face  value,  upon  application  being  made  to 
the  Deputy  Postmaster-General  of  the  State  to  which  the  stamps  belong. 

"  The  Deputy  Postmasters-General  of  the  several  States  have  been  in- 
structed accordingly.     "  i  have  the  honour  to  be.  Gentlemen, 

"  Your  obedient  servant, 
"  Messrs.  J.  H.  Smyth  and  Co.,  "  (Signed)  ROBT.   T.   ScOTT, 

"  88,  King  Street,  Sydney."  "  Secretary. 

The  following  printed  notice  has  also  been  circulated  by  the  General  Post 
Office,  Brisbane,  and  evinces  an  amount  of  consideration  for  the  wants  of 
collectors  on  the  part  of  the  Australian  Commonwealth  postal  authorities  for 
which  we  cannot  be  sufficiently  grateful  ! 

"SALE   OF   lightly  POSTMARKED   POSTAGE   STAMPS. 

"  Postage  stamps  issued  in  the  several  States  of  the  Commonwealth, 
lightly  postmarked,  may  be  purchased  at  their  full  face  value. 

"  Complete  Sets  of  lightly  postmarked  postage  due  stamps  may  be 
purchased  at  the  General  Post  Office,  Brisbane,  at  their  full  face  value. 
They  cannot  be  obtained  unmarked,  or  in  less  quantities  than  a  complete  set" 


OCCASIONAL  NOTES.  157 

ACTION  AGAINST  THE  ''PHILATELIC  RECORD." 

DELL    V.    TRUSLOVE    AND    OTHERS. 

OR  the  second  time  our  esteemed  contemporary  has  enjoyed  the  doubtful 
pleasures  of  litigation,  but  in  the  present  instance  it  has  been  more 
fortunate  than  in  former  days,  having  secured  a  triumphant  verdict  in  its 
favour  carrying  all  costs.  We  heartily  congratulate  our  Manchester  friends, 
and  think  it  very  hard  that  they  should  ever  have  been  called  upon  to 
defend  such  a  trumpery  case.  The  comments  in  the  Philatelic  Record,  which 
form  the  alleged  libel,  seem  to  us  harmless  badinage  —  deservingly  ad- 
ministered in  this  instance — and  vi^e  cannot  understand  any  well-regulated 
editor  being  possessed  of  such  sensitive  nerves  as  to  resent  such  a  criticism. 
The  particulars  following  are  from  the  Times  of  May  19th  and  20th. 

"  This  was  an  action  brought  by  Mr.  Robert  Edward  Dell,  the  editor  of 
the  Burlington  Magazine,  and  formerly  editor  of  the  Connoisseur,  to  recover 
damages  for  an  alleged  libel  published  in  the  Philatelic  Record  iox  April,  1903. 

"Mr.  Arthur  Powell,  K.C.,  and  Mr.  J.  G.  Joseph  were  for  the  plaintiff; 
and  Mr.  Marshall  Hall,  K.C.,  and  Mr.  E.  G.  Hemmerde  were  for  the 
defendants. 

"  Mr.  Powell,  in  opening  the  case,  said  that  the  plaintiff  was  a  gentleman 
who  had  a  large  knowledge  concerning  matters  of  art  and  antiques.  He 
became  the  first  editor  of  the  Connoisseur  when  it  was  started,  and  Mr.  Dell 
suggested  that  there  was  room  for  another  magazine  of  a  similar  character. 
The  proprietor  of  the  Connoisseur  did  not  fall  in  with  Mr.  Dell's  views,  and 
he  therefore  sent  in  his  resignation,  and  subsequently  became  the  editor  of  a 
more  expensive  publication,  the  Burlington  Magazine,  which  was  published 
in  March,  1903.  The  defendants  were  Messrs.  Truslove  and  Bray,  the 
printers,  and  the  '  Philatelic  Record  and  Stamp  News '  (Limited),  the 
proprietors  and  publishers  of  the  Philatelic  Record.  The  journal  in  question 
contained  editorial  notes,  and  in  the  issue  for  April,  1903,  the  libel  complained 
of  appeared  under  that  head,  and  ran  as  follows  :  '  Pin-pricks  by  an  ignoramus. 
The  Connoisseur,  which  was  started  at  the  end  of  1901  to  minister  to  the 
pleasure  of  collectors  of  all  kinds,  has  not  had  long  to  wait  for  the  inevitable 
rival.  The  Burlington  Magapdne  has  just  come  to  hand.  With  their  rivalry 
we  are  not  concerned,  but  it  is  a  curious  fact  that  both  started  with  the 
same  editor.  The  first  editorial  in  the  Connoisseur  was  disfigured  with  a 
sneer  at  stamp  collecting.  The  writer  thereof  did  not  long  occupy  the 
editorial  chair.  Now  he  sits  in  the  editorial  chair  of  the  new  magazine,  and 
once  more  the  poor  man  vents  his  little  spite  on  stamp  collecting.  Why,  wc 
know  not,  unless  it  be  that  in  his  case  stamp  collecting  plays  the  same  part 
in  his  little  life  that  King  Charles's  head  played  in  the  life  of  another 
afflicted  one.  Wc  are  told  that  "  the  desire  to  collect  in  the  abstract,  the 
mere  collecting  for  the  sake  of  collecting,  is  one  of  the  crudest  instincts 
inherited  from  the  less  reasonable  of  our  animal  ancestors."  Apparently  the 
present  editor  of  the  Burlington  will  have  to  rewrite  natural  history.  And 
then  he  goes  on  to  say  that  the  man  who  collects  old  masters  as  another 
collects  railway  tickets  or  postage  stamps  displays  his  affinities.  Ah,  well, 
there  are  affinities  and  affinities,  editorial  and  otherwise,  and  we  fear  the  new 
magazine    is   not   to    be  congraliiialcd    upon    the   peculiar   afliuilics    of  the 


158  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

present  editor.  The  Connoisseur  learnt  to  its  cost  that  it  does  not  do  to 
collect  editors  of  the  sneering  type.  At  best  they  are  an  expensive  luxury, 
especially  if  they  happen  to  be  descended  from  "  the  less  reasonable  of  our 
animal  ancestors." '  Counsel  said  that  this  was  an  offensive  libel,  and  was 
throughout  an  attack  on  the  man  who  had  occupied  the  editorial  chair  of  the 
Connoisseur,  and  now  was  editor  of  the  Burlington  Magazine.  In  a  subse- 
quent number  of  the  Philatelic  Record  the  defendants  had  published  an 
editorial  note  headed  '  Peccavimus  ? '  and  stated  that  it  was  never  intended 
that  the  paragraph  complained  of  by  the  plaintiff  should  be  taken  personally, 
and  they  apologised  for  the  pain  they  had  given  him.  Counsel  contended 
that  this  was  not  really  an  apology,  and  the  note  of  interrogation  after 
'  peccavimus '  completely  annulled  the  so-called  apology. 

"  The  plaintiff  gave  evidence  in  support  of  his  case,  and  was  cross- 
examined  by  Mr.  Marshall  Hall. 

"  Mr.  Marshall  Hall,  who  did  not  call  any  evidence  for  the  defendants, 
contended  that  it  was  an  abuse  of  the  process  of  the  court  to  have  brought 
such  a  nonsensical  action.  It  was  difficult  to  believe  that  the  plaintiff  was 
serious  in  asking  the  jury  to  give  him  damages  for  the  article  in  the 
defendants'  paper.  No  right-minded  man  could  read  in  it  any  personal 
insult.  The  writer  of  the  article  did  not  even  know  the  identity  of  Mr.  Dell. 
It  was  said  Mr.  Dell  did  not  want  damages,  but  only  an  apology.  It  was 
untrue  to  suggest  that  no  apology  had  been  offered  him.  Did  Mr.  Dell 
expect  that  he  (the  learned  counsel)  should  prostrate  himself  on  the  ground 
before  him,  or  what  kind  of  apology  did  he  want  ?  (Laughter.)  Everything 
short  of  giving  damages  had  been  done,  but  it  was  damages  such  as  would 
carry  costs  that  the  plaintiff  wanted  from  the  jury.  Counsel  contended  that 
the  action  ought  never  to  have  been  brought. 

"  Mr.  Justice  Lawrance  summed  up,  and  told  the  jury  it  was  for  them  to 
say  whether  the  article  complained  of  exceeded  the  bounds  of  fair  comment. 
He  pointed  out  that,  instead  of  asking  for  an  apology,  the  plaintiff  had  taken 
the  course  of  issuing  a  writ,  and  the  defendants,  when  the  matter  came  to 
their  notice,  inserted  an  apology  in  their  paper. 

"  The  jury,  after  deliberating  for  more  than  half  an  hour,  found  a  verdict 
for  the  defendants,  and  the  judgment  was  given  accordingly." 


PHILATELIC  EXHIBITION  AT  PARIS. 
NDER  the  auspices  of  the  Federation  Philatelique  de  France  a  small  but 
successful  exhibition  of  stamps  was  held  last  month  in  Paris.  The 
exhibition  was  open  from  the  nth  to  the  19th  of  May,  was  visited  by  no 
less  than  4,000  persons,  and  its  closing  was  celebrated  by  a  largely  attended 
banquet  held  in  the  rooms  of  the  Society.  The  first  and  second  medals  were 
accorded  respectively  to  MM.  Th.  Lemaire  and  Bardon,  and  it  appears  that 
the  other  exhibits  were  both  numerous  and  representative. 


THE  CATALOGUE  OF  THE  FRENCH  SOCIETY. 
I  HIS  remarkable  work,  which  was  duly  appreciated  in  our  columns  last 
month,  not  only  entailed  colossal  labour  on  the  part  of   its  authors, 
but  involved  a  very  heavy  expense. 


OCCASIONAL   NOTES.  159 

La  Revue  Philatelique  Frangaise  states  that  the  whole  cost  of  producing 
the  French  Catalogue  was  made  up  as  follows : — 

Compilation,  correction,  and  issue,  52,000  hours  at  70  c.            .          .  1,450 
Printer's  type  (which  has  to  be  bought,  as  the  catalogue  is  kept  in 

type  ready  for  the  next  annual  edition),  6,600  kilos  at  7  f.  50  c.      .  1,900 

Forms              .                 .                 .                 .                 ...  72 

Paper               .                 .                 .                 ....  122 

Printing  (machining)        .                  .                  .                  .              .         .  56 

Binding,  5,000  copies  at  60  c.         .                 .                 .             .         .  120 

Authors'  remuneration,  r,8oo  pages  of  text  at  3  f.  the  page        .         .  210 

Correcting  proofs,  revision,  etc.,  1,800  pages  of  text  at  2  f.  the  page  140 

Drawing  4,500  surcharges  for  the  block-maker,  at  3  f.    .              .         .  540 

Cost  of  blocks,  as  above                  .                 .                 .             .         .  500 

Editors'  remuneration,  three  years  .                  .                  ...  600 

Total  cost  of  5,000  copies         .  .         .5,710 

It  is  obvious  that  this  heavy  initial  expense  entails  a  serious  loss  on  the 
first  edition,  but  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  subsequent  editions  will  re- 
munerate   the   enterprising   limited    company  who   are   responsible  for  the 

financial  arrangements. 

♦ 

DEATH  OF  MR.    OVERY  TAYLOR. 
E  regret  once  more  to  have  to  record  the  passing  away  of  one  of  the 
pioneers  in   Philately.     To  the  present  generation   of  collectors   Mr. 


Overy  Taylor's  name  must  be  scarcely  more  than  a  memory,  as  for  many 
years  past  he  had  dropped  out  of  the  ranks  of  philatelic  authorship,  and  it 
comes  almost  as  a  surprise  to  find  that  Mr.  Taylor  was  only  fifty-nine 
years  of  age  at  his  death,  which  sad  event  occurred  at  Boulogne  on  the 
7th  May.  In  early  days  Mr.  Overy  Taylor  was  a  prolific  writer,  and  his 
name  will  constantly  be  found  in  the  older  magazines  over  thoughtful  and 
well-reasoned  articles.  He  was  a  constant  contributor  to  the  Stamp  Collector' s 
Magazine  throughout  its  existence,  and  its  editor  during  the  latter  years  of 
its  issue,  and,  writes  the  present  editor  of  Alfred  Smith's  Monthly  Circular, 
"also  edited  \\\q.  MontJily  Circular  from  1875  to  1878,  and,  in  conjunction  with 
Alfred  W.  Smith,  wrote  (for  little  of  Gray's  original  work  remained)  the  last 
editions  of  Dr.  Gray's  Catalogue,  1870-5."  Mr.  R.  T.  K.  Smith,  who  was  an 
old  personal  friend  of  Mr.  Taylor's,  gives  the  following  interesting  particulars 
in  the  Monthly  Circular,  and  we  shall  all  gladly  associate  ourselves  with  the 
tribute  of  respect  so  feelingly  accorded  by  one  who  knew  the  deceased 
writer  .so  intimately. 

"  Born  at  Bath  in  1845,  George  Taylor  was  thrown  upon  his  own  resources 
at  an  early  age,  and  he  began  a  hard  struggle  with  fate  at  a  time  when  many 
boys  are  still  at  school.  '  I  was  responsible,'  he  wrote  to  me,  '  when  about 
twelve  years  old  for  the  Boys'  Bath  Chronicle,  a  microscopic  publication  which 
ran  through  thirteen  numbers.'  1865  found  him  in  business  in  Bristol,  where 
he  wrote  a  letter  to  the  Nciv  Curiosity  Times.  Then,  after  a  )car  or  two 
with  Alfred  Smith  and  C(x,  came  his  de[)artiuc  for  Boulogne,  where  later  he 
left  a  subordinate  [)osition  to  found  the  well-known  commercial  ln)use  of 
Orange  and   Taylor." 


i6o  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

"'From  1869,'  his  friend  Mr.  W.  W.  de  Gruchy  writes,  'he  was  corre- 
spondent of  the  Daily  News,  but  voluntarily  resigned  this  post  during  the 
late  war  in  South  Africa ;  he  was  too  staunch  an  Englishman  to  continue 
contributing  to  a  paper  which  was  vilifying  the  British  soldier.'  Locally  '  he 
was  as  well  known  to  the  French  community  of  Boulogne  as  he  was  to  the 
English/  and  he  took  an  active  interest  not  only  in  the  societies  and  charities 
of  the  British  colony,  but  also  in  such  bodies  as  the  Coinite  de  P^iblicite,  of 
which  he  was  three  times  President,  and  the  Societe  Huinaine.  Many 
hundreds  of  his  friends,  acquaintances,  and  admirers  formed  the  procession 
to  his  grave,  and  at  this  I  do  not  wonder,  for  one  could  hardly  find  a  better 
or  kindlier  man." 


A   PHILATELIC  SOCIETY  FOR  SUSSEX  AND  KENT. 


USSEX  and  Kent  have  joined  hands  in  the  border  town  of  Tunbridge 
Wells,  and  formed  the  Kent  and  Sussex  Philatelic  Society.  A  number 
of  Sussex  residents  have  associated  themselves  with  the  venture,  and  among 
the  foremost  is  Captain  George  L.  Courthope,  J.P.,  of  Hawkhurst,  who 
presided  at  the  inaugural  assembly.  Earl  Sondes,  of  Faversham,  has  been 
elected  the  President.  Among  the  Vice-Presidents  are  Captain  Courthope, 
Mrs.  B.  H.  Collins  (Tunbridge  Wells),  Mr.  M.  P.  Castle,  J.P.  (Brighton), 
Mr.  E.  J.  Nankivell  (Tunbridge  Wells),  and  Mr.  Vernon  Roberts  (Crow- 
borough).  The  Hon.  Vice-Presidents  include  the  Right  Hon.  Sir  Frederick 
Milner,  Bart,  M.P.  (Fridge),  Major  A.  S.  T.  Griffith  Boscawen,  M.P.,  J.P. 
(Speldhurst),  Mr.  Edmund  Eaton  (Ticehurst),  Mr.  A.  Paget  Hedges  (Leigh), 
and  the  Rev,  C.  C.  Tancock  (Tonbridge).  Captain  Courthorpe  is  the 
Treasurer,  and  Mr.  F.  Wicks,  of  the  Lodge,  Tonbridge,  the  Secretary.  At 
the  first  meeting  Mr.  Nankivell  read  a  paper  on  philatelic  accessories.  The 
next  meeting  has  been  fixed  for  the  first  week  in  October. 


OFFICIAL  PHILATELIC  COLLECTION  FOR  INDIA. 


j  HE  following  announcement  was  made  in  Capital,  according  to  E.  W.S.N., 
I  and  will  doubtless  be  hailed  with  satisfaction  by  Indian  philatelists  : — 

"The  Board  of  Revenue,  L.P.,  has  entrusted  to  Mr.  W.  Corfield,  the 
Honorary  Secretary  of  the  Philatelic  Society  of  India,  the  rearrangement 
of  the  Government's  Official  Stamp  Collection  in  Calcutta.  It  has  also  been 
decided  to  lay  aside  the  rarer  '  obsolete '  issues  returned  to  the  Stamps  and 
Stationery  Department  from  time  to  time,  which  in  the  ordinary  course 
would  probably  be  destroyed,  and  to  consider  the  question  of  their  ultimate 
disposal  at  the  end  of  each  year." 

The  good  example  set  in  the  formation  of  official  collections  by  this 
country  and  Germany  will  doubtless  be  followed — at  intervals — by  other 
governments.  In  the  present  instance  the  Indian  postal  authorities  are  to 
be  congratulated  on  their  excellent  selection  of  "  curator,"  as  Mr.  Wilmot 
Corfield  possesses  all  the  many  qualifications  required  for  the  post,  and  we 
trust  that  the  Indian  national  collection  may  under  his  guidance  flourish 
exceedingly. 


[      >6i      ] 


'^tbo  |ssms. 


NOTKS   OF    NK"W,    AND    VARIATIONS  OF   CURRENT,    ISSUKS. 
(Varieties  of  Obsolete  Stamps,  and  Blscoverles,  wlU  be  found  under  "Philatelic  Notes.") 
JVe  do  not  profess  to  chronicle  everything,  but,  with  the  kind  help  of  correspondents,  are  desirous  that 
all  the  important  novelties  Jitay  be  included.     Speculative  stamps — i.  e.  those  not  really  required  for 
postal  purposes — will  be  considered  on  their  merits,  and  Jubilee  issues  will  not  be  chronicled. 
Members  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society,  and  other  readers  generally,  are  invited  to  co-operate  with  us 
in  making  the  cohimns  as  interesting  as  possible.      Our  foreign  readers  can  especially  help  us  in 
this  direction,  by  sending  copies  of  any  official  documents  relative  to  changes  in  the  cui-rent  issues, 
or  early  intijuation  of  any  new  issue,  accompanied,  when  possible,  by  a  specimen  ;  such  information 
will  be  duly   credited  to   the   correspondent,   and,    if  desired,    the   specimen  promptly   rettirned. 
Address:  Mr.  A.  Churchill  Emerson,  Effingham  House,  Arundel  Street,  Strand, 
London,  W.C. 

— ♦ 


BRITISH    EMPIRE. 

AiTUTAKl.— It  is  Stated  that  the  is.  stamp 
now  comes  in  an  orange-red  shade. 
Adhesive,     is.,  orange-red. 

British  Central  Africa. — Some  King's 
Head  post  cards  are  listed  by  Ewetis  Weekly. 
Post  Cards. 
^.,  green  on  white, 
id.,  carmine  on  cream. 

Canada.— Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon  has  shown 
us  some  i  cent,  green.  King's  Head,  Canadian 
precancelled  stamps,  kindly  forwarded  by 
Mr.  Lachlan  Gibb  for  the  inspection  of  the 
members  of  the  Philatelic  Society,  London, 
present  at  the  last  meeting  of  the  season. 

These  stamps  are  overprinted  TORONTO 
in  bold  type,  in  black,  and  are,  of  ONTARIO 
course,  not  postmarked  ;  indeed,  the  entire 
envelopes  submitted  were  innocent  of  post- 
marks, though  we  are  assured  that  they  had 
come  through  the  post  in  the  usual  manner. 

The  employment  of  these  stamps  on  large 
cjuantities  of  mail  matter  would  save  much 
time  and  labour  to  the  Post  Office  officials. 

Cyprus.— Messrs.  Bright  and  Son  have 
shown  us  the  King's  Head  9  and  18  piastres 
with  the  normal  Crown  and  C  A  watermarks, 
and  also  a  used  pair  of  9  piastres  with 
multiple  Crown  and  CA  watermarks. 

The  new  Crowns  and  C  A's  are  smaller  in 
size,  and  parts  of  three  or  four  watermarks 
appear  on  ccich  stamp. 

We  presume  that  this  is  the  first  of  an 
entirely  new  paper  upon  which  all  the 
colonial  stamps  manufactured  in  England 
will  in  future  be  printed.  (See  Gibraltar  and 
Virgin  Islands.) 

Adhesive. 

9  piastres,  brown  and  carmine,  with  mulliplo 
Crown  and  C  A  walennark. 


Messrs.  Bright  and  Son  have  also  shown 
us  used  specimens  of  the  surcharged  \ 
piastre  stamps  of  1882,  C  A  watermark,  and 
Type  9  of  Gibbons. 

In  one  case  the  right-hand  figure  "  /  "  of 
\  is  smaller,  and  in  another  specimen  the 
left-hand  figure  "  /  "  of  |  is  taller  and  broader 
than  in  the  normal.  The  difference  in  both 
cases  is  easily  seen,  and  has  been  confirmed 
by  measurements. 

The  figure  "i","  Type  9,  has  long  been 
known  to  vary  in  size,  and  it  is  surprising 
that  the  difference  in  the  figure  "  i "  has  not 
been  discovered  sooner. 

Messrs.  Bright  and  Son  have  since  in- 
formed us  that  they  have  found  a  specimen 
of  the  larger  and  broader  figure  "  /  "  to  left 
on  the  Crown  CC  paper.  It  therefore  seems 
highly  probable  that  the  variety  with  smaller 
figure  "/"  may  yet  be  discovered  on  the 
C  C  paper. 

Gibraltar. — Messrs.  P.  L.  Pemberton 
and  Co.  inform  us  that  they  have  received 
a  copy  of  the  |d.,  King's  Head,  stamp 
printed  on  the  new  multiple  Crown  and 
C  A  paper.     (See  Cyprus.) 

Adhesive. 

id.,  dull  green.  King's  Head,  witli  imilliple 

Crown  and  C  A  watermark. 

India. — Mr.  W.  Corfield  informs  us  that 
the  i  and  i  anna  stamps  from  the  new 
booklets  are  found  to  be  on  slightly  thicker 
paper. 

Our  correspondent  also  writes :  "  The 
Indian  i  anna  Service  envelope  is  now 
issued  in  a  form  that  will  luizzlc  philatelic 
|)oslerity  some  day.  I'hc  embossed  stamp 
has  the  head  of  the  late  Empress ;  the 
printed  inscription  to  left  reads,  'On  His 
Majesty's   Scivicc' " 


l62 


NEW  ISSUES. 


Chaniba. — Messrs.  Bright  and  Son  have 
shown  us  a  block  of  four  of  the  3  pies,  grey, 
Qiieetis  Head,  with  inverted  surcharge. 

We  gather  from  the  PJiilatelic  Record  that 
the  3  pies,  grey.  King's  Head,  has  appeared 
with  the  official  as  well  as  the  ordinary 
surcharge.  Adhesive. 

3  pies,  grey,  Queen's  Head,  with  inverted 
overprint,  in  black. 

Official. 
3  pies,  grey,  King's  Head  ;  black  overprint. 

Patiala. — The  M.  C.  lists  the  6  annas, 
bistre.  King's  Head,  overprinted  for  use  here. 

Adhesive. 
6  annas,  bistre,  King's  Head ;  black  overprint  (?). 

Seychelles. — A  correspondent  of  the 
M.  J.  reports  that  he  has  found  two  varieties 
of  the  current  15  c.  In  one  the  figure  "5" 
has  a  straight  top,  in  the  other  a  curved. 

South  Australia.— Messrs.  P.  L.  Pem- 
berton  and  Co.  have  shown  us  some 
novelties  of  the  long  postals. 

The  3d.,  sage-green,  now  comes  perf.  an 
even  12,  with  thevaluemeasuring  i9|t02omm. 
instead  of  18^  mm.  long. 

A  fresh  supply  of  these  long  stamps  is 
now  being  printed  with  the  word  "  Postage  " 
engraved  on  the  plate  in  what  is  known, 
states  the  Australian  Philatelist,  as  "  Brevier 
Bold  Latin"  ;  and  the  6d.  and  is.  values  are 
before  us,  received  from  our  Holborn  friends. 
The  colours  are  darker,  and  the  printing 
not  so  clear  as  the  previous  issue. 

The  multiple  upright  Crown  SA  water- 
mark is  employed,  and  the  perf.  is  an  even 
12,  though  we  notice  in  Ewen's  Weekly  of 
May  2ist  that  the  is.  value  of  the  new 
printing  has  reached  Norwood  perf.  1 1-^. 

Ewen's  Weekly  has  received  the  8d.,  blue, 
of  the  now  old  type,  perf.  \\\,  Crown  SA 
upright,  value  measuring  \b\  mm.  instead 
of  19  mm.  long. 

Later  information  given  in  Ewen's  Weekly 
goes  to  show  that  these  long  stamps  vary 
greatly  in  the  measurements  of  the  values 
printed  in  the  blank  spaces  at  bottom  of  the 
stamps,  and  offer  a  fine  field  for  the  specialist. 

Adhesives. 
3d.,    sage-green,     of    1902;     perf.     12;     value 

I9|-  to  20  mm.  long. 
8d.,    ultramarine,    of    1902;    perf.     iij;    value 

16J  mm.  long. 
6d.,  green;  new  type;  perf.  12. 
IS.,  brown  ,,  ,,     12. 

IS-        ,,  ,,  ,,     114. 

All  multiple  Crown  S  A  upright  watermark. 


Straits   Settlements.  — Johore.  —  Yet 

another  provisional  is  chronicled  in  Ewen's 

Weekly.  Provisional. 

50  cents,  with  bar,  in  black,  on  $5,   purple  and 
yellow. 

Sudan. — It  is  reported  in  the  M.  J.,  on 
the  authority  of  a  foreign  journal,  that  of  the 
stamps  overprinted  "  O.S.G.S.,"  the  first  edition 
(which  values  ?)  was  surcharged  at  Khartoum 
in  blocks  of  60,  five  rows  of  twelve. 

The  first  four  rows  had  square  dots  after 
the  letters,  the  fifth  row  had  round  dots. 
Subsequent  printings  were  done  in  London 
in  sheets  of  1 20,  with  round  dots  throughout. 

Virgin  Isles. — Messrs.  Bright  and  Son 
inform  us  that  the  new  set — ^d.,  id.,  2d.,  2jd., 
3d.,  6d.,  IS.,  2s.  6d.,  and  5s.,  with  the  King's 
Head,  have  reached  London,  and  are  printed 
on  the  new  multiple  Crown  CA  paper  re- 
ferred to  under  the  heading  Cyprus. 

Ewen's  Weeklylists  the  colours  as  follows : — 

Adhesives. 
\A..,  lilac,  value  in  white  on  solid  bright  green 

ground, 
id.       ,,         ,,         white  on  solid  scarlet  ground. 
2d.       ,,         ,,         bistre  on  white  ground. 
2|d.     ,,         ,,         white    on    solid     bright    blue 

ground. 
3d.       ,,         ,,         black  on  white  ground. 
6d.        ,,         ,,  white  on  solid  brown  ground. 

IS.,  green      ,,         scarlet  on  white  ground. 
2s.6d.  ,,        ,,         black  ,,  „ 

5s.        ,,        ,,         white    on    solid    bright     blue 

ground. 

Western  Australia. — The  9d.,  yellow 

(instead  of  orange),  watermark  V  and  Crown 

upright  (instead  of  sideways),  perf.  12J,  has 

reached  the  Colonial  Stamp  Market. 

Adhesive. 

9d.,  yellow  ;  V  and  Crown  upright ;  perf.  12^. 

EUROPE. 

France. — The  15  c.  envelope  (large  size) 
now  appears  with  the  Semeuse  stamp.  M.  C. 
Envelope.     15  centimes,  dark  green. 

La  Cote  Reelle  tells  us  that  to  a  small 
office  in  Algeria  belongs  the  doubtful  credit 
of  being  the  first  spot  to  inflict  an  overprint 
upon  one  of  the  Sower  Lady  stamps.  Running 
short  of  Unpaid  Letter  stamps,  the  local 
authority  at  Beni-Ounifsurcharged  the  current 
30c.  of  France  with  the  inscription  "REGION 
Saharienne— SUD-ALG^RIEN,"  in  two  lines 
at  top,  and  "a  percevoir"  vertically  at  the 
right  side. — M.J. 

Postage  Due.     30  c. ,  lilac  ;  black  surcharge. 

Italy. —  A  new  letter  cai'd  has  been 
chronicled. 

Letter  Card.     25  c,  orange  on  yellow. 

Russia. — The  3^  roubles  on  vertically  laid 
paper  is   chronicled    by   the    Metropolitan 


NEW  ISSUES, 


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Philatelist,  and  a    Continental  journal,  ac- 
cording  to  Ewen's,  gives  the  70  kop.  and 
7  roubles  also  on  the  new  paper.    We  pre- 
sume all  are  with  thunderbolts. 
Adhesives. 
70  kop.,  brown  and  orange  ;  with  thunderbolts. 
3^  roubles,  black  and  grey        ,,  ,, 

7  roubles,  black  and  yellow      ,,  ,, 

All  on  vertically  laid  paper.    - 

AMERICA. 

Chili.  —  The  Metropolitan  Philatelist 
states  that  the  10  c.  on  30  c.  (referred  to  on 
page  20)  is  found  in  two  varieties,  an  equal 
number  of  each  on  the  sheet.  Of  course 
the  surcharge  has  also  been  found  inverted. 

Colombian  Republic— It  is  stated  in 
Eweti's  Weekly  "  that  the  remainders  of 
recent  issues  are  being  surcharged  '  Habili- 
tada,'  in  order  that,  like  the  new  issue,  they 
may  be  sold  for  gold  instead  of  in  exchange 
for  the  excessively  depreciated  paper  currency. 
So  far  we  have  " — 

AdAesives. 
5  c,  brown,  of  1898,  with  manuscript  surcharge, 

"  Habilitada  El  Admor,"  and  signature. 
5  c,  green,  of  1902,   with   "Habilitada"  over- 
printed obliquely,  in  carmine. 

Ctindinamarca.  —  Various  journals  an- 
nounce a  new  set  for  this  country,  and 
from  the  M.  J.  we  have  taken  the  follow- 
ing list.  The  stamps,  it  is  stated,  are  issued 
on  the  "gold  basis,"  and  we  trust  have  come 
to  stay  as  long  as  the  last  issue,  viz.  eighteen 
years. 

Messrs.  Bright  and  Son  have  shown  us  a 

pair  of  the  2  c.  perf.  all  round,  but  imperf 

between  the  stamps. 

Adhesives, 

1  c,  orange  ;  perf.  12. 

2  c,  blue;  perf.  12  and  imperf. 
2  c.       ,,     imperf.  one  side. 

2  c,  slate-grey  ;  imperf. 
50  c,  magenta  ;  perf.  12  and  imperf. 

I  peso,  grey -green      ,,  ,, 

Rio  Hacha. — Ewen's  Weekly,  of  June  4th, 
gives  some  interesting  information  about  the 
provisional  issue  of  1901,  stating  that  the  list 
of  varieties  given  in  Gibbons'  Catalogue  is 
hardly  complete. 

'l!he  Colonial  Market  has  received  entire 
sheets  showing  the  following  varieties  :  — 

First  printing.     Stamps  17  mni..'  hi^h. 
5  c,  black  on  yellow,  sheet  of  16,  in  4  rows  of  4. 
IOC.        ,,  blue-grccn  ,,  ,, 

Second  prinlini;.     Stamps  19  //////.  hi^h. 
5  c,  black  on  white,  sheet  of  16,  in  4  rows  of  4. 
5  c.         ,,         yellow  ,, 

IOC  ,,         cream  ,,  ,, 

IOC.  ,,  l)lue  ,,  ,, 

10  c.  ,,         grey-hhic  ,,  , , 

All  the  stamjjs  are  signed  in  mkuiusc  ript 
''Julio  R.  Pic/idn." 


Our  sheets  of  the  first  setting  are  hand- 
stamped  in  black  with  an  ellipse  inscribed 
within  in  two  lines,  "RIO  HACHA  — 
FRANCA."  Those  of  the  second  setting 
have  two  concentric  circles,  diameters  26  and 
31  mm.,  inscribed  between  "AGENCIA 
POSTAL  NACIONAL— RIO   HACHA." 

The  type  varieties  arc  as  follows  :  — 

1.  Gibbons' Type  I.    Border  of  '  L's. 

2.  ,,  2.  ,,  heart-shaped  or- 
naments, mixed  (here  and  there)  with 
something  that  looks  more  like  a  top 
than  anything  else. 

The  types  are  further  supplemented  by 
variations  in  the  inscriptions. 

(a)  "no"  instead  of  "No." 

(b)  "vale"        ,,        "Vale." 

(c)  "  Agen^e"  with  italic  t. 

(d)  "  Es^ampillas  "  with  italic  t. 

(e)  "  Estampillas"  with  accented  i. 

(f )  "  /"ostal  "  with  italic  P. 

These  types  and  varieties  occur  in  the 
following  positions  : — 

First  setting.  Second  setting. 

12  2  2  I  IC.        2  2 

2  2  2  2  2  2  2d.       2 

2a.      2a.      2a.      2ab.  2cf.     122 

2a.      2a.      2a.      2a.  1222 

In  addition,  the  ornaments  are  frequently 
in  incorrect  positions — upside-down  or  side- 
ways— and  by  noting  their  variations  a  sheet 
could  be  easily  reconstructed. 

For  instance,  in  the  first  setting,  the  N.W. 
corner  ornament  is  a  "  top  "  on  Nos.  9,  10,  11, 
12  (third  row)  ;  also  on  No.  11,  N.E.  corner. 
The  heart  is  sideways  in  the  N.W.  corners 
of  Nos.  2  and  8,  and  in  the  N.E.  corners  of 
Nos.  2  and  16.  On  No.  2,  the  fourth  orna- 
ment of  the  upper  border  is  a  "top";  and 
on  No.  6,  the  second,  seventh,  and  ninth  ; 
No.  8,  the  fifth  ;  No.  10,  the  first  and  sixth  ; 
No.  1 1,  the  eleventh  and  fourteenth  ;  No.  13, 
the  sixth. 

Salvador. — The  Metropolitan  Philatelist 
informs  us  that  for  the  third  time  this 
Government  has  prepared  a  set  of  official 
stamps  for  the  1903  series. 

The  new-comers  are  surcharged  in  three 
languages  — French,  Spanish,  and  English — 
something  heretofore  unknown  in  the  ad- 
hesive line.  The  inscription  is  in  a  rect- 
angular frame — "D'Office,Deo(icio,  Official." 
Officials. 

1  centavo,  green.      I     3  centavos,  orange. 

2  centavos,  red.        |     5        ,,  blue. 

10  centavos,  violet-brown. 

Ukuguay.— Messrs.  Whilfickl  King  and 
Co.  send  us  the  5  cents,  of  a  new  issue 
l)rinlcd  locally. 

In  the  centre  there  is  a  |)icliirc  of  a  cow, 
at  loj)  the  usual  inscription,  "  Kcpublica 
Oriental  ilcl  Uruguay,"  and  at  foot  "5  ccn- 
lesimos  5."  It  is  badly  printed,  on  white 
wove  i)apor,  perf.  1 1  i,  no  watermark. 

Adhesive,     5  c.,  blue;  no  wmk. ;  perl.  11  J. 


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PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'   MEETINGS. 


OTHER   COUNTRIES. 

China. — Some  Postage  Due  stamps  have 
appeared  here. 

The  ordinary  postage  stamps  have  been 
overprinted  "Postage  Due,"  and  Ewetis 
Weekly  lists  the  following  : — 


Postasre  Due. 


^  c,  brown. 

1  c. ,  orange. 

2  c. ,  carmine. 


4  c,  bistre. 

5  c. ,  brown. 
10  c,  green. 


Hayti. — Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co. 
send  us  the  set  for  permanent  use  referred 
to  on  pages  "JJ  and  104,  and  inform  us  that 
these  stamps  {without  the  co7itrol  overprint) 
were  received  direct  from  Hayti,  and  that 
in  future  this  issue  will  be  used  in  this  con- 
dition only. 

The  colours  we  find  to  be  as  follows  : — 

Adhesives. 

1  cent,    green;  perf.  13^. 

2  cents,  red  ,,     14. 
5      „       blue          „     14. 

10      ,,       chocolate-brown;  perf.  13J. 
20     ,,      orange;  perf.  14. 
50     ,,      marone      ,,     13  J. 

Persia. — Some  provisionals  are  noted  in 
the  M.  C. 

Adhesives.     3  chahis  on    5  oh.,  rose. 
6         ,,         10   ,,     brown. 
Post  Card. 
3  ch.  on  5  eh.,  carmine  and  black  on  cream. 

Philippine  Islands. — Further  additions 

to  the  list  of  new  stationery  are  made  in  the 

latest  number  of  the  A.  J.  P. 

Envelope  Stamps. 
I  c. ,  green  on  white  (size  6) ;  green  surcharge. 
I  c.  ,,       manilla  (size  6)     ,,  ,, 


2  c,  carmine  on  white  (size  8) ;  carmine  surcharge. 
2c.         „  ,,      (size  10)         „  „ 

4  c. ,  brown  on  amber  (size  7)  ;  brown  surcharge. 

5  c,  blue  on  amber  (size  5) ;  blue  surcharge. 

Portuguese  Possessions. — The  Phila- 
telic Record  gives  lists  of  the  new  Postage 
Due  stamps. 

The  sets  for  Angola,  Cape  Verde,  Guinea, 
Mozambique,  and  St.    Thomas  aiid  Prince 
comprise  the  following  : — 
5  reis,  yellow-green. 
10    ,,     lilac-grey. 
20    ,,     brown. 
30    ,,     orange-red. 
50    ,,     olive. 

Portuguese  India 

2  reis,  blue-green. 

3  ,,  yellow-green. 

4  ,,  yellow-brown. 

5  ,,  lilac-grey. 

6  „  grey. 
9  ,,  brown. 

Macao — 
\  avo,  blue-green. 

1  ,,    yellow-green. 

2  avos,  lilac-grey. 

4  ,,     brown. 

5  ,,     red-orange. 

Timor — 

1  avo,  yellow-green. 

2  avos,  lilac-grey. 

5  ,,     brown. 

6  ,,     red-orange. 
10     ,,     olive. 


60  reis 

,  lilac-brown. 

100    ,, 

red-violet. 

130    ,, 

blue. 

200    ,, 

carmine. 

500    ,, 

violet. 

1  tanga,  red-orange. 

2  ,,      olive. 

5      ■> 

blue. 

10      „ 

carmine. 

I  rupia 

,  violet. 

8  avos. 

olive. 

12     „ 

lilac-brown. 

20     „ 

blue._ 

40     ,, 

carmine. 

I  pataca,  violet. 

15  avos. 

lilac-brown. 

24     ., 

blue. 

40     ,, 
50     „ 

carmine, 
yellow-brown 

Spanish  Guinea.- 


I  pataca,  violet. 
The  supply  of  10  cent, 
de  peseta  stamps  having,  it  would  appear, 
run  short,  a  Continental  journal  is  credited 
by  Ewen's  with  the  following  announce- 
ment:  "The  I  p.  25  c.  oblong  fiscal  stamp 
has  been  overprinted  '  Habilitado — para — 
Correos — 10  cen  de  peseta'  for  postal  use." 


jljilattlir   Snmties'  Ulettings. 


Council  for  the  Year  1904-3. 

President — 
H.R.H.  The  Prince  of  Wales,  k.g.,  etc. 
Vice-President — The  Earl  of  Crawford,  k.t. 
Hon.  Secretary — J.  A.  Tilleard. 
Hon.   Treasurer— C.  N.  BiGGS. 
Hon.  Assistant  Secretary — H.  R.  Oldfield. 
Hon.  Librarian— Ij.  W.  Fulcher. 
E.  D.  Bacon.  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg. 

M.  P.  Castle,  j.p.  (Hon.  Vice-Presideut.) 
C.  J.  Daun.  C.  E.  McNaughtan. 

R.  Ehrenbach.  F.  Reichenheim. 

T.  W.  Hall.  Gordon  Smith. 


The  fourteenth  meetmg  of  the  season  1903-4 
was  held  at  Effingham  House,  Arundel  Street, 
Strand,  on  Friday  the  13th  May,  1904,  at 
7.45  p.m. 

Members  present :  The  Earl  of  Crawford, 


M.  P.  Castle,  E.  D.  Bacon,  Herbert  R.  Old- 
field,  Robert  Ehrenbach,  Rudolph  Meyer, 
Thos.  Wm.  Hall,  C.  J.  Daun,  L.  W.  Fulcher, 
T.  Maycock,  A.  W.  Maclean,  Gordon  Smith, 
J.  A.  Tilleard,  and  B.  D.  Knox. 

The  chair  was  taken  by  the  Vice-President, 
and  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  on  the 
29th  April  were  read  and  signed  as  correct. 

The  Treasurer  presented  his  balance  sheet 
and  accounts  for  the  financial  year  ending 
31st  March,  1904,  and  upon  the  motion  of 
Mr.  R.  Meyer,  seconded  by  Mr.  Tilleard, 
Messrs.  Maycock  and  Chambers  were  ap- 
pointed auditors. 

A  letter  was  read  from  Mr.  W.  Moser 
acknowledging  the  resolution  passed  at  the 
recent  meeting. 

Mr.  H.  R.  Oldfield  then  read  a  paper, 
entitled     "  The    Bye-paths    of    Philately  : 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'   MEETINGS. 


165 


Picture  Stamps  and  Methods  of  Arrange- 
ment," illustrated  by  stamps  taken  from  his 
collection. 

Mr.  Gordon  Smith  moved  a  vote  of  thanks, 
which  was  seconded  by  Mr.  Castle  and 
carried  unanimously,  and  the  proceedings 
shortly  afterwards  terminated. 


The  fifteenth  meeting  of  the  season  1903-4 
was  held  at  Effingham  House,  Arundel  Street, 
Strand,  on  Friday  the  27th  May,  1904,  at 
7.45  p.m. 

Members  present  :  The  Earl  of  Crawford, 
T.  Wickham  Jones,  M.  P.  Castle,  E.  D. 
Bacon,  R.  Ehrenbach,  Rudolph  Meyer, 
C.  Neville  Biggs,  Rudolph  Frentzel,  W. 
Schwabacher,  Douglas  Ellis,  A.  R.  Barrett, 
L.  W.  Fulcher,  Edward  J.  Nankivell,  J.  A. 
Tilleard,T.  Maycock,  B.  D.  Knox,Thos.Wm. 
Hall,  A.  W.  Maclean,  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg,. 
C.  McNaughtan. 

The  chair  was  taken  by  the  Vice-President, 
and  the  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were 
read  and  confirmed. 

The  Honorary  Secretary  read  a  letter  from 
Dr.  May,  sending  for  inspection  by  the 
meeting  some  of  the  high  value  Indian 
stamps  overprinted  for  use  in  Zanzibar,  con- 
taining a  type  variety  of  the  second  "z," 
which  he  had  not  seen  chronicled. 

It  was  explained  that  the  variety  was  well 
known  to  English  collectors,  and  the  letter 
was  handed  to  Mr.  Hall  and  Mr.  Daun  for 
reply  after  further  examination  of  the  stamps. 

Mr.  Douglas  Ellis  presented  to  the  Society 
a  copy  of  the  Edinburgh  circular  sent  out 
to  postmasters,  with  a  specimen  of  the  2d. 
embossed  stamp  of  Great  Britain,  on  the 
envelope  with  silk  threads,  and  the  thanks  of 
the  meeting  were  accorded  to  him  for  his  gift. 

Mr.  Castle  showed  a  Canadian  envelope, 
dated  in  1851,  sent  by  a  local  postmaster, 
and  apparently  franked  by  a  hand-stamp 
containing  the  words  "Three  pence"  in  a 
rectangular  frame  of  fancy  design. 

Mr.  Nankivell  exhibited  some  articles  in 
further  illustration  of  his  recent  paper  on 
new  ideas  in  albums,  one  being  an  ingenious 
mode  of  making  the  equivalent  of  sunk 
mounts  for  embossed  or  other  stamps  re- 
ciuiring  protection,  by  means  of  the  slips 
shown,  and  another  consisting  of  a  system 
of  mounting  stamps  l^etween  small  sheets 
of  glass  for  protection  in  handling. 

Mr.  T.  Wickham  Jones  then  read  a  paper 
on  the  stamps  of  Sicily,  dealing  exhaustively 
with  the  history  of  the  stamps  and  the 
various  printings  of  the  several  values  of 
which  the  issue  consists.  The  paper,  which 
was  replete  with  details  of  the  various  types 
and  important  information  as  to  the  number 
of  plates  issued,  the  relouclies  to  be  found 
and  their  positions  on  the  plates,  and  giving 
for  the  first  time  the  total  nLiinhcr  printed  of 
each  value,  was  followed  with  great  interest 
Ijy  the  members  present. 

The  author's  very  fine  collection,  which 
was  passed  round  for  inspection,  was  much 
admired,  and  I.t^rd  Crawford  also  kindly  pro- 
duced, for  the  further  assistance  of  the  meet- 


ing in  following  the  paper,  his  Sicilian  stamps 
containing  a  large  number  of  entire  sheets. 

On  the  motion  of  Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon, 
seconded  by  Mr.  M.  P.  Castle,  the  cordial 
thanks  of  the  meeting  were  voted  to  Mr. 
Wickham  Jones  for  his  most  instructive  and 
interesting  paper  and  display. 


The  sixteenth  meeting  of  the  season  1903-4, 
being  the  Annual  General  Meeting  of  the 
Society,  was  held  at  Effingham  House, 
Arundel  Street,  Strand,  on  Friday  the  loth 
June,  1904,  at  7.45  p.m. 

Members  present :  The  Earl  of  Crawford, 
M.  P.  Castle,  Herbert  R.  Oldfield,  Robert 
Ehrenbach,  Franz  Reichenheim,  Rudolph 
Meyer,  Rudolph  Frentzel,  Douglas  Ellis, 
L.  W.  Fulcher,  A.  W.  Chambers,  C.  Neville 
Biggs,  E.  D.  Bacon,  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg, 
C.  McNaughtan,  Thos.  Wm.  Hall,  Gordon 
Smith,  T.  Wickham  Jones,  J.  A.  Tilleard. 

The  chair  was  taken  by  the  Vice-President, 
and  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  on  the 
27th  May  were  read  and  signed  as  correct. 

The  members  proceeded  to  the  election 
of  Mr.  Clifton  Armstrong  Howes,  proposed 
by  Mr.  M.  H.  Lombard  and  seconded  by 
Mr.  Geo.  L.  Toppan,  and  after  ballot  he  was 
declared  duly  elected. 

The  Hon.  Secretary  then  presented  his 
report  on  the  work  of  the  Society  for  the 
past  year. 

The  Vice-President  moved,  and  the  Hon. 
Vice-President  seconded,  a  resolution  to  the 
effect  that  the  report  be  received  and  pub- 
lished in  the  Londo7t  Philatelist  in  the  usual 
manner. 

Mr.  Wickham  Jones  moved,  and  Mr.  Old- 
field  seconded,  a  vote  of  thanks  to  the  Hon. 
Secretary  for  the  able  report  that  had  just 
been  read  summarising  the  transactions  of 
the  Society,  and  both  resolutions  were  unani- 
mously carried. 

Mr.  Chambers  then  presented  the  report 
of  himself  and  his  co-auditor,  Mr.  Maycock, 
with  the  summaries  of  the  accounts,  and  the 
same  were  received  and  adopted  on  the 
motion  of  Mr.  Hall,  seconded  by  Mr.  Castle. 

Mr.  Hall  moved,  and  Mr.  McNaughtan 
seconded,  a  vote  of  thanks  to  the  Hon. 
Treasurer  and  to  the  Auditors  for  their 
services,  and  the  resolution  having  been 
unanimously  carried,  Mr.  Biggs  and  Mr. 
Chambers  responded. 

Mr.  Ehrenbach  called  attention  to  the 
position  of  the  accounts  with  regard  to  the 
annual  dinner,  and  it  was  unanimously  re- 
solved that  the  cjuestion  of  the  price  of  the 
dinner  tickets  should  bo  left  to  the  discretion 
of  the  Dinner  Committee. 

The  members  then  jiroccedcd  with  the 
election  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year,  with 
llic  result  that  the  following  appointments 
were  duly  made:  I'resiilent  :  U.K. 11.  The 
Prince  of  Wales,  K.c  ,elc.  ;  \'ice- i'resiilent : 
The  Karl  of  Crawford  and  Balcarrcs,  K.  1.  ; 
lion.  Secretary  :  j.  A.  Tilleard  ;  lion.  Trca- 
smer  :  C.  N.  Biggs;  lion.  Assistant  Secre- 
tary: 11.  R.  Oldfield;  lion.  Librarian:  L.  W. 
l'"ulclier;  Members  of  Council :  E.  D.  Bacon, 


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CORRESPONDENCE. 


M.  P.  Castle,  Esq.,  t.p.  (Hon.  Vice-President), 
C.  J.  Daun,  R.  Ehrenbach,  T.  W.  Hall, 
L.  L.  R.  Hausburg,  C.  E.  McNaughtan, 
F.  Reichenheim,  Gordon  Smith. 

Mr.  Chambers  moved,  and  Mr.  Douglas 
Ellis  seconded,  a  vote  of  thanks  to  the  Chair- 


man of  the  meeting  (the  Vice-President  of 
the  Society),  and  to  the  members  of  the 
Council  for  their  services  during  the  year, 
and  the  resolution  having  been  unanimously 
carried,  the  Earl  of  Crawford  responded  and 
the  proceedings  then  terminated. 


Cantspanii^na. 


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"ERRORS   OF   COLOUR." 

To  the  Editor  of  the  "  Lojtdon  Philatelist.'" 

Sir, — Allow  me  to  offer  a  humble  observa- 
tion on  the  question  of  three  of  the  stamps 
figuring  in  the  list  of  Errors  of  Impression 
mentioned  in  an  article  that  appeared  in  the 
last  number  of  your  esteemed  journal. 

The  Fourpence,  blue,  of  South  Austraha 
cannot,  according  to  my  view,  be  considered 
an  error  of  colour.  When  this  value  was 
printed  z«  blue  it  was  not  a  fourpenny  stamp 
that  was  intended  to  be  produced,  but  rather 
to  manufacture  sheets  of  stamps  from  those 
of  any  particular  value  in  a  colour  differing 
from  that  of  its  normal  one  as  an  issued 
stamp,  in  order  to  provisionally  create  by 
the  aid  of  a  subsequent  surcharge,  first  in 
red  and  afterwards  in  black,  a  new  value  of 
Threepence. 

It  is  the  same  case  with  the  One  Penny, 
grey,  1891,  of  New  South  Wales.  In  pro- 
ducing an  impression,  in  grey,  on  the  plate 
of  the  One  Penny,  red,  of  1862,  the  printers 
were  quite  aware  that  it  was  not  the  stamp 
of  One  Penny  that  they  were  printing,  but 
simply  sheets  of  stamps  in  a  colour  that 
had  not  hitherto  existed  in  any  issue,  and 
destined  to  receive  a  black  surcharge,  with 
the  result  of  constituting  a  newly  issued 
value  of  Half-penny,  grey. 

The  Five  Cents,  red,  1899,  of  the  Straits 
Settlements  is  also  a  parallel  case.  When 
the  red  impression  was  made  in  1899  O" 
the  plate  of  1882  there  was  no  question  of 
printing  a  Five  Cents,  but  only  a  preparatory 
operation  to  the  production  of  a  Four  Cents, 
which  would  be  ultimately  effected  by  the 
black  surcharge.     The  absence  of  this  sur- 


charge is  simply  an  omission,  which  cannot 
transform  it  into  an  error  of  colour.  The 
same  result  obtains  in  the  case  of  Ceylon, 
where  the  plate  of  24  cents,  green,  of  1872 
was  printed  in  purple  prior  to  imprinting 
a  surcharge  which  some  sheets  failed  to 
receive. 

This  latter  stamp,  as  well  as  the  other 
three,  are  not  errors  of  colour,  but  simply 
surcharges  omitted.  These  varieties  there- 
fore, it  seems  to  me,  should  only  be  taken 
for  what  they  are  worth,  i.e.  stamps  not 
complete  in  their  manufacture,  but  as  curio- 
sities and  in  line  with  stamps  prepared  for 
use  and  not  issued. 

Yours  faithfully, 
(Signed)  PlERRE  Mahe. 

[We  welcome  a  contribution  to  our 
columns  from  so  distinguished  a  philatelist 
as  M.  Mahe,  but  we  must  demur  to  his 
closing  statement  that  these  varieties  are  on 
a  line  with  stamps  prepared  but  not  issued. 
In  the  case  of  the  South  Australia  and  the 
New  South  Wales,  both  the  stamps  Avere 
unknown  unused,  as  far  as  we  are  aware, 
until  quite  recently,  when  a  pair  of  the 
South  Australians  turned  up.  They  were 
therefore  duly  issued  stamps.  As  regards 
the  question  of  error  of  colour,  M.  Mahd  is 
no  doubt  technically  correct  in  saying  that 
they  are  rather  omitted  surcharges,  but  they 
are  always  alluded  to  as  the  id.,  grey,  4d., 
blue,  and  24  c,  plum,  respectively,  which  in 
effect  they  are,  owing  to  the  printing  opera- 
tions having  remained  incomplete.  What- 
ever the  intentions  of  their  creators,  the 
stamps  bear  on  their  face  their  value  in 
colours  different  from  the  normal  ones  ;  hence 
in  effect  they  are  "  errors  of  colour." — Ed.] 


c3-vAv^ — JV^^-JV^'—S) 


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i;he  Jtarket. 


No'i  E.  —  Under  this  title  will  be  inserted  all  ike  information  that  may  7-efer  in  any  way 

to  the  financial  aspects  of  Philately,  e.g.   the  sales  or  values  of  stamps,   the  state 

of  the  Market,    Trade  publications,  etc. 


Messrs.  Ventom,  Bull,  and  Cooper. 
Sale  of  May  5th  and  6th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Great  Britain,  id.,  red,  Plate  132,     ^    .v.     d. 

block  of  six,*  mint  .         .     2   10     o 

Ditto,  2d.,  blue,  Plate  7,  block 

of  eight,*  mint     .  .         .     2   17     6 

Switzerland,  Vaud,  4  c,  defective  .440 
Ceylon,    is.   gd.,   green,*  imperf., 

with  gum  .  .         .376 

Ditto,  C  C,  5d.,  purple-brown,* 

mint      .  .  .         .     I    18     o 

Straits    Settlements,    first     issue, 

12  c,  twice  surcharged,*  mint  200 
Pahang,  ditto,  8  c,  orange,*  mint  210  o 
Lagos,  IS.,  orange,  value  i6i  mm.,* 

mint      .  .  ..240 

Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  15-^  mm.*       .220 
Niger  Coast,  is.,  in  vermilion,  on 

2d.,*  mint  .  .         .240 

Sierra  Leone,  perf.  i2-|,  3d.,  saffron- 

yellozu,*  with  gum  .         .1120 

British  Columbia,  1867,  12-^,  5  c, 

red,*  mint  .  .         .     i    10     o 

Antigua,    first    issue,    6d.,    green, 

compound  perf,*  with  gum  .  i  14  o 
Barbados,    1872,    -Jd.,   blue-green, 

ditto,  ditto  .  .         .      I    12     o 

Grenada,  1 881,  broad-pointed  Star, 

4d.,  blue,  pair,*  mint  .  .3126 
Nevis,  first  issue,  id.,  4d.,  6d.,  and 

IS.,*  with  gum         .  .         -330 

St.  Lucia,  1892,  |d.  on  3d.,  Die  i, 

block  of  four,*  mint        .         .     7   10    o 
Trinidad,  1 859, pin-perf.,4d.,  brown- 
lilac,  pair,*  mint .  .         .     2   10    o 
Ditto,     1896,    los.,    green    and 

ultramarine,*  mint  .         .     1160 

South  Australia,  "  p  s,"  on  gd.,  red- 
lilac,  perf.  iii,*mint      .         .     I    14    o 
Collection  :  6,000,  ^34  los. 

Sale  of  May  19th  and  20th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Great  Britain,  1841,  id., red-brown, 

imperf,    half- sheet    of    120,* 

mint,   with    full    margins   and 

showing  the  plale  No.  in  the 

two  top  corners,  the  fifth  row 

creased 

Ditto,     1854-7,     wmk.      Large 

Crown,  perf  16,  id.,  led-brown 

onbluecl  paper, slrip()f4,*  mint   1 1 

Ditto,  a  single  specimen,  mint    .     2 

Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  2(1.,  1)Uk:*       .     3 

(jibraltar,    first    issue,   complete,* 

mint     .  .  •         •     3 


8   10 


o 

10 

5 


'S 


Ceylon,  lod.,  imperf.,*  with  gum  . 

Ditto,  IS.  9d.,  ditto* 
Hong  Kong,  first  issue,  set  of  7* 
India,  ditto,  4  a.,  head  inverled,  cut 
to  shape 
Ditto,     Chamba,     4    a.,     error 
"chmaba" 
Pahang,  first  issue,  8  c,  orange     . 
British  Bechuanaland,  first  issue, 
^d.,   black,    horizontal    pair,* 
mint,  one  stamp  having  the 
error  "  ritish" 
Cape,     triangulars,     is.,     yellow- 
green,*  no  gum   . 
Lagos,  2s.  6d.,  olive-black*  . 
l3itto,  5s.,  blue 
Ditto,  los.,  lilac-brown 
Mauritius,  "Post  Paid,"  id.,  ver 
milion,  earliest  state 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  not  so  fine 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  intermediate 
Ditto,  ditto,  2d.,  blue,  early  state 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  intermediate 
Ditto,   Britannia,  4d.,  black  on 

green* 
Ditto,  id.,  in  red,  on  gd.,  purple,* 
mint     .  .  .         . 

Orange  River  Colony,  British  occu- 
pation, first  printing,  6d.,  bright 
carmine,  horizontal  strip  of  3,* 
mint,  the  centre  stamp  having 
figure  of  value  omitted  . 
Transvaal,  V.R.  Transvaal  3d., 
mauve  on  buff,  wide  roulette 
New  Brunswick,  6d.,  yellow  . 

Ditto,  IS.,  violet 
Newfoundland,    6id.,    scarlet-ver 

milion* 
Bahamas,   is.,  green,   perf.    12!,* 

with  gum 
Barbados,  id.  on  half  5s.,  pair 
Grenada,  "Postage"  on  half  id. 

orange,  pair,*  with  gum  . 
Nevis,  6(1.,  grey,  litho,*  mint 
St.    Vincent,   one    pennj'   on    6cl. 

yellow-green 

Tobago,  C  C,  6d.,  stone,*  mint 

Trinidad,  litho,  id.,  blue,  cartridge 

paper   .  .    £2  8s.  and 

Virgm    Islands,    1867-8,   perf.    15, 

6d.,  dull  rose  on  toned  paper,* 

mint     .  .  .         . 

Brazil,  1866,  perf.,  600  r.,  vertical 

pair      .  .  .         . 

New  Zealand,  serrated  perfs.,  6d., 

brown  .  .  .         . 

Ditto,  Lozenges,  2d.,  vermilion  . 


1  13 

2  6 

4     4 


ID    ID 

4      O 
2       6 


I  18 

3  o 
5  12 
9  10 


r 


10 
7  o 
3  17 


d. 
O 
O 
O 


O 
O 

6 
o 

o 
o 

6 
1000 

3     '2 


6 

12    6 
8    o 


9  15     o 

3  5  o 
220 
7  10    o 

800 

3  10^    o 

1300 

5  '5  o 
3     5     o 

260 
280 

3  7     6 

2  12    o 

118     o 

4  10    o 

3  17    6 


1 68 


THE  MARKET. 


Queensland,  1 860-1,  Large  Star,  ^  j.  ,/. 
clean-cut  perfs., 2d., deepblue*     3  15     o 

Tasmania,  1892-9,  ^i,  green  and 

yellow,*  mint       .  .         .750 

Victoria,  first  issue,  2d.,  grey-lilac,* 

full  gum  .  .         .260 

Collections :  a  collection  in  Imperial  (2  vols.) 
containing  4,776,  a  book  of  duplicates 
containing  1,327,  and  a  quantity  of  dupli- 
cates loose  in  envelopes,  .1^66. 


Messrs.  Puttick  and  Simpson. 
Sale  of  May  loth  and  nth,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Great  Britain,   id.,  black,  recon- 
structed sheet  of  240      .         .476 
Ceylon,  Bd.,  yellow-brown,  rough 

perfs.    .  .  ••376 

Ditto,  Service,  set  of  7*     .         .170 
Cape,  woodblock,  4d.,  dark  blue, 

very  fine  .  .         .6150 

Lagos,  2s.  6d.,  olive-black  .  .  2  12  6 
Transvaal,  Revenue,  1904, 5s., black 
and  lilac,  the  very  rare  error 
with  centre  inverted,  unused, 
in  mint  state,  and  from  the 
corner  of  the  sheet  with  side 
margins  and  control  No.  .650 
Zululand,  5s.,  carmine  .         .220 

Canada,  7^d.,  green,*  but  thinned     300 
New  Brunswick,  is.,  mauve,  used 

with  a  3d.,  red,  on  piece  .11     00 

Nova  Scotia,  is.,  purple,  unused, 
with  part  gum,  splendid  colour 
and  very  fine,  exceedingly  rare  2800 
United  States,  15  c,  blue  and 
brown,  the  rare  error  with  in- 
verted centre,  a  nice  copy,  but 
skilfully  repaired  in  one  corner  600 
Ditto,  Justice,  90  c.,*  mint  .     2   10     o 

Nevis,  1883,  CA,  6d.,  green,*  with 

gum      .  .  .        .     2  17     6 

St.  Vincent,  id.  on  half  6d.,  blue- 
green,*  part  gum  .         .2150 
New  Zealand,  1855,  is.,  green  on 

bleiite    .  .  .         .     I   ID    o 

South    Australia,    perf    11^,    id., 
deep    green,   a    superb   well- 
centred  block  of  4,  unused, 
mint,  with  side  margin   .         .7100 
Collections  :    1,488,  £zZ  5   4.798,  ^29  ;   and 
2,070,  ^26. 

Sale  of  May  25th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Gibraltar,  1886  (Jan.),  IS.,  bistre*  .  i  8  o 
India,  Scinde,  185 1,  ^  annas,  white, 

blue,  and  red       .  .         .220 

Gambia,  1880,  is.,  green,*  mint  .180 
Gold  Coast,  CC,  12^,  id.,  blue,* 

with  gum  .  .         .160 

Ditto,  ditto,  4d.,  mauve,*  ditto  .160 
Niger  Coast,  1894,  j,  in  red,  on  half 

id.,  blue  .  .         .     I   14     o 

St.  Helena,  1864-74,  CC,  12^,  6d., 

dull  blue,*  mint  .  .         .120 

Nevis,  perf    15,  litho,   6d.,  grey,* 

with  gum  .  ,         .300 


New  South  Wales,  Sydney,  Plate  2,    £    s.    d. 

id.,  carmine         .  .         .     i   14    o 

South    Australia,    "OS,"    1876-7, 

I  i^x  1 2-|,  8d.,  yellow-brown  .  i  16  o 
Tasmania,  £1,  green  and  yellow,* 

mint      .  .  ..750 

Collections,  3,627,  ^44  ;  and  1,056  (Great 
Britain  and  Colonies),  ;!^24. 

Messrs.  Plumridge  and  Co. 
Sale  of  May  17th  and  i8th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

British  Central  Africa,   1891,  ^5, 

green,  used  postally        .         -350 
Ditto,  1895,  £10,  vermilion        -576 
British  East  Africa,  May,  1890, 4  a. 

on  5d.,  a 'used  horizontal  pair    240 
Ditto,i89i,  I  anna, hand-stamped 
in    violet    and    initialled,    on 
4  annas,  brown.  Gibbons'  No. 
.  .37         •  •  ■         .5150 

British  Guiana,  1852,  i  c,  magenta, 
light  postmark,  and  used  on 
piece     .  .  .         .     3  10    o 

Ditto,  ditto,  4  c,  blue,  clear  im- 
pression, used  on  piece  .         .476 
Cape,  woodblock,  4d.,  blue,  inter- 
mediate shade     .  .         .440 
Ceylon,  Five  Cents  on  15  c,  olive, 
the   variety  with   wide  space 
between    "t"    and    "a"    of 
"postage"  and  "Five" error*     260 
Congo,  189s,  10  c,  black  and  blue, 

centre  inverted,  mint      .         .250 
Great   Britain,   1856-7,  4d.,   rose. 
Large  Garter,  a  brilliant  mint 
block  of  4  .  .         .3150 

Ditto,  1867-80,  25.,  brown  .         .250 
Ditto,  1 888,  Orbs,  £  i ,  brown-lilac, 
vertical  strip  of  5  .         .4150 

Di"o,o;'°-^^;,L,,  Queen's  Head, 

5d.        .  .  ..250 

Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  lod.  .  .600 
Hawaii,  Interisland,  July,  1859,  on 

thin  bluish,  i  c.,blue*  .  .  8  10  o 
Ditto,ditto,ditto,ditto,2c., black*  5  5  o 
Ditto,  ditto,  July,  1864,  on  white 

wove,  I  c,  black*  .         .240 

Ditto,  ditto,  1865,  on  white  wove, 

I  c,  blue*  .  .         .160 

Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  2  c,  blue*  1  18  o 
Mauritius, i854,4d.,blackandgreen*  2  8  o 
New  South  Wales,  1855,  5d.,  green, 

imperf.*  .  .         .400 

Ditto,  i860,  perf.  12,  6d.,  violet,* 

mint     .  .  .         .     2  12     6 

Ditto,  1885,  perf  12^,  ss.,  green 
and  violet,*  ditto  .         .    -3  10    o 

New  Zealand,  1855,  London  print, 

id.,  dull  carmine  .         .     3  10    o 

North  Borneo,  1 891-2,  6  c.  on  8  c, 
green, error  "CETNS,"  Gibbons' 
59,  used  .  .         .     I   16    o 

Queensland,  1868,  4d.,  yellow.  Gib- 
bons' No.  76,*  with  gum         .210 
St.  Vincent,  id.  on  half  6d.,  blue- 


green  ■ 


3     3 


Ditto,  1883,  CA,  ^d.,  orange*    .     215     o 
Switzerland,  Basle,  2^  r.*      .         .400 


THE 


3011^011  iMIat#st: 


THE    MONTHLY    JOURNAL    OF 

THE    PHILATELIC   SOCIETY,    LONDON. 


Vol.   XIII. 


JULY,    1904. 


No.    151. 


Jl  ^eiitrrent  ganger. 


the  desire  of  some  of  the  best-known  dealers  in  this  country 
we  would  call  the  attention  of  our  readers  to  what  may  fitly 
be  called  a  recurrent  danger,  or  perennial  source  of  trouble  to 
philatelists  in  general.  We  refer  to  the  large  number  of 
forgeries  that  are  now  being  offered  for  sale  in  this  country 
and  on  the  Continent.  If  these  forgeries  were  of  the 
old  and  harmless  type — as  the  late  E.  L.  Pemberton  so 
graphically  described  it,  "  done  by  a  blind  man  with  a 
skewer" — there  would  be  little  cause  for  alarm  ;  but  the  efforts 
of  the  modern  forger  are  altogether  on  a  different  plane. 
Some  of  the  specimens  that  have  recently  been  offered  to 
London  dealers  are  of  such  a  dangerous  nature  as  to  deceive 
almost  anyone.  Lithographic  reproductions  of  certain  stamps  have  been 
manufactured  that,  as  regards  the  impressions,  show  no  variation  from  the 
originals ;  and  their  spurious  origin  can  only  be  determined,  after  the  most 
rigid  scrutiny,  by  the  most  competent  judges ;  and  again,  in  the  case  of  sur- 
charges, these  have  been  reproduced  with  a  most  marvellous  ingenuity.  We 
are  therefore  justified  in  calling  the  attention  of  collectors  generally  to  this 
important  question,  not  only  to  forewarn  them  as  to  the  purchase  of  stamps 
from  sources  on  which  they  cannot  implicitly  rely,  but  also  to  suggest  the 
taking  of  remedial  measures. 

This  is  not  the  first  time  that  a  prevalence  of  forgeries  has  led  to  vigorous 
combined  crusades  on  the  part  of  the  trade  and  the  amateur,  and  it  seems  to 
our  mind  that  the  time  has  again  arrived  when  similar  measures  might  be 
concerted.  It  is  of  the  utmost  concern  to  everyone  connected  with  IMiilatcIj- 
that  confidence  should  not  be  destroyed,  nor  collectors  driven  out  of  ihr 
h(jbby  in  disgust  at  having  been  swindled,  and  we  sliall  thenfore  gladl)- 
welcome  any  action  that  may  attain  this  end. 


I70   THE  STATUS  OF  BRITISH  STAMPS  APPLIED  TO  SPECIAL  USES. 

As  in  the  world  at  large,  the  criminal  classes  may  occasionally  apparently 
have  the  upper  hand,  but  the  preventive  forces  invariably  manage  in  the  long 
run  to  regain  the  ascendency,  so  will  it  be  in  our  little  world  of  stamps. 
Collectors  need  therefore  not  be  unduly  alarmed,  but  rest  assured  that  how- 
ever clever  may  be  MM.  les  faussaires,  the  detective  skill  of  the  philatelist 
will  ultimately  ensure  their  entire  discomfiture. 


%\\t  (Status  of  British  ,Stnmps  applicii  to 
(Special  fees.  • 

By  C.  F.  DENDY  MARSHALL,  B.A. 


HE  question  as  to  whether  a  particular  class  of  stamps  should 
be  collected  or  not,  as  an  adjunct  to  the  regular  issue,  is 
usually  a  matter  of  some  considerable  subtlety,  and  one 
v/hich  each  collector  must  decide  for  himself  Among  too 
many  philatelists  there  is  a  tendency  to  make  a  kind  of 
fetish  of  the  lists  in  dealers'  catalogues,  rather  than  to  think 
for  themselves.  These  lists  are  excellent  in  their  way,  but  are  framed  to 
suit  all  tastes,  and  therefore  present  rather  an  omnium  gatherum. 

The  stamps  of  our  country  have  been  used  in  various  ways  other  than  by 
the  general  public  at  home.  The  fact  of  appropriation  to  special  uses  may 
be  denoted  : — 

(i)  By  an  overprint. 

(2)  By  initials,  etc.,  on  the  back. 

(3)  By  the  same  perforated  through  the  stamp. 

(4)  It  may  be  only  determined  post  facto  by  the  postmark. 

(5)  It  may  not  be  indicated  at  all,  even  when  used. 

After  careful  consideration,  I  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  a  collector 
of  British  stamps  who  either  only  takes  unused,  or  who  takes  unused  when 
obtainable,  and  fills  up  the  blanks  with  used  copies,  should  ignore  stamps 
of  limited  use  entirely,  because  they  are  quite  unnecessary,  setting  aside  the 
question  of  legality. 

A  complete  unmarked  collection  represents  and  includes  both  the  stamps 
in  ordinary  use  and  those  in  the  above  categories. 

The  case  is  completely  altered  where  special  stamps  of  different  design 
are  employed  (Departmental  U.S.A.,  for  instance).  There  a  collection  of  the 
normal  stamps  is  not  universally  representative,  as  I  maintain  it  is  when  they 
are  merely  overprinted.  It  is  absurd  to  argue  that  having  "OFFICIAL"  or 
some  initials  dabbed  on  a  stamp  makes  it  a  different  variety ;  one  might  as 
well  say  that  a  Hassocks  postmark  made  the  stamp  different  from  one  used 
at  Brighton.  The  overprint  merely  denotes  that  the  stamp  is  for  a  particular 
use  ;  in  fact,  it  is  a  kind  of  postmark. 

Moreover,  if  the  boundary  is  once  overstepped,  it  is  very  difficult  to  draw 
the  line  and  at  the  same  time  preserve  a  reputation  for  consistency. 


THE  STATUS  OF  BRITISH  STAMPS  APPLIED  TO  SPECIAL   USES.    171 

Let  us  consider  section  i,  some  of  which  are  usually  considered  as 
worthy  of  a  place  in  an  unused  collection,  or  were,  until  the  hornets'  nest 
was  recently  disturbed  in  official  circles.  I  think  I  can  show  that  to  be 
consistent  it  is  impossible  to  collect  them  without  taking  the  others  also. 

This  section  includes — 

{a)  Stamps  used  for  official  postage,  with  seven  different  overprints,  viz. — 

I.  R.  Official. 
Government  Parcels. 
Admiralty  Official. 
Army  Official. 
Board  of  Education. 
R.  H.  Official. 
O.  W.  Official. 

{b)  Stamps  used  in  England  by  a  non-official  body,  which  was,  neverthe- 
less, permitted  to  have  its  initials  printed  on  the  stamps,  namely,  the  Oxford 
Union  Society  (O.  U.  S.). 

{c)  Stamps  with  value  altered  for  use  in  the  Levant. 

{d)  Stamps  used  at  certain  places  abroad,  with  five  different  overprints, 
viz. — 

British  Bechuanaland  (and  Bechuanaland  Protectorate). 

British  East  Africa  Company. 

British  Protectorate  Oil  Rivers. 

Cyprus, 

Zululand. 

This  is  a  pretty  formidable  list,  but  if  you  once  accept  the  principle  of 
collecting  stamps  of  our  country  with  overprints  appropriating  them  to 
special  uses,  that  is  where  you  are  landed,  logically. 

I  will  first  justify  this  position,  before  proceeding  to  the  other  chief 
sections. 

It  will  be  granted  that  most  people  take  {a)  and  (r),  as  per  catalogue. 

It  is  not  consistent  to  take  {a)  and  ignore  (/;),  as  is  usually  done,  on  the 
ground  (I  suppose)  that  {a)  are  used  by  official  bodies,  and  {b)  were  not.  It 
would  only  be  so  for  a  specialist  in  official  stamps  alone.  The  main  portion 
of  an  ordinary  collection  consists  of  the  stamps  as  used  by  private  persons, 
hence  it  is  not  fair  to  draw  a  line  between  (ci)  and  {b). 

Again,  if  you  take  {c)  why  not  also  {d)}  The  use  is  quite  analogous, 
it  seems  to  me.  Suppose  the  Levant  stamps  had  the  word  "  Levant "  on 
them  ? 

I  will  now  return  to  the  principal  headings. 

Before  the  "  O.  W.  Official "  overprint  came  into  use,  the  stamps  used 
by  the  Office  of  Works  were  [icrforatcd  with  "  O.  VV."  and  a  Crown.  Surely 
these  are  entitled  to  rank  with  their  successors.  The  stamps  are  ap[)ropriatetl 
to  a  certain  definite  official  use,  and  the  same  is  indelil)ly  marked  upon  them. 

This  o[)ens  the  door  to  .section  3.  Applying  the  same  argument  I  used 
in  favour  of  1  {b)  (the  O.  U.  S.  stamps)  lets  in  stamps  perforated  for  use  by 
different    firms,  a  practice  which  is  officially  sanclioued.     'i'he  [)rcdecossors 


172    THE  STATUS  OF  BRITISH  STAMPS  APPLIED  TO  SPECIAL  USES. 

of  the  latter  came  in  section  2,  which  also  includes  the  successors  of  i  (b), 
namely,  those  with  "  O.  U.  S."  on  the  back.  (It  is  useless  to  try  to  draw  a 
distinction  by  saying  it  does  not  show  on  the  front,  because  I  possess  a  used 
specimen  of  the  last  named,  which  has  not  been  removed  from  the  original 
paper,  with  "  underprint "  clearly  showing  through.) 

With  regard  to  section  4,  we  are  at  once  confronted  by  the  fact  that  we 
are  dependent  on  the  postmark,  which  on  an  unused  stamp  does  not  exist  (or 
ought  not  to,  though  I  have  seen  a  stamp  described,  and  priced,  as  unused, 
with  a  distinct  postmark  !). 

This  shows  better  than  anything  the  absurdity  of  including  these  stamps 
for  special  purposes  in  an  unused  collection,  or  one  which  aims  at  being 
unused.  Because  at  the  British  Post  Offices  in  the'  Levant  penny  and  other 
stamps  are  sold  and  used,  but  without  the  incident  of  altered  currency.  If 
you  collect  British  stamps  used  in  the  Levant,  these  ought  to  be  included, 
yet  it  is  impossible  to  distinguish  them  except  by  the  postmark. 

And  the  same  reasoning  applies  to  other  stamps  under  this  head,  namely, 
stamps  used  in  the  Colonies  before  they  had  issues  of  their  own ;  used  at 
British  Post  Offices  in  South  America ;  used  by  the  army  on  active  service ; 
and  on  letters  posted  on  the  high  seas.  They  happened  to  be  content  with 
the  value  as  expressed  on  the  stamps,  but  the  use  is  perfectly  analogous. 

Section  5  is,  of  course,  impossible  to  collect.  It  consists,  among  others, 
of  stamps  which  rank  with  i  {a)  as  regards  conditions  of  use,  namely,  stamps 
used  officially,  but  not  overprinted  ;  by  Government  Departments,  the  stamps 
of  which  are  not  identified. 

I  think  anyone  who  admits  the  weight  of  the  above  arguments  will  agree 
that  stamps  of  limited  use  are  best  left  alone  by  the  specialist  in  unused,  on 
the  grounds  of  consistency  and  expediency,  not  to  mention  legality. 

In  a  used  collection  which  is  at  all  ambitious  in  its  scope,  though  they 
are  not  essential,  I  think  a  few  of  each  of  the  first  four  heads  should  be  taken, 
in  order  to  show  the  different  conditions  under  which  the  stamps  included  in 
the  collection  are  used,  but  I  do  not  see  any  necessity  for  having  a  complete 
set  of  any  of  them  ;  to  do  that  is,  to  my  mind,  like  wishing  to  have  each 
stamp  with  every  different  postmark  upon  it :  which  brings  me  back  to  the 
statement  I  made  previously,  which,  perhaps,  may  be  more  readily  accepted 
after  reading  this  article,  namely,  that  the  overprint  is  a  kind  of  postmark. 
It  is  something  added  to  the  normal  stamp,  which  does  not  make  it  a  true 
variety,  like  a  variation  in  design,  colour,  perforation,  or  paper,  and  con- 
sequently is  not  worthy  of  all  the  attention  that  has  been  bestowed  upon  it 
in  the  past. 


t    173    ] 


By  J.  N.  MARSDEN. 
A  Paper  read  before  the  Philatelic  Society,  London,  on  December  iqth,  1902. 

{Continued  from  page  145.) 


Issue  XXIV.    1892-93.     Don  Carlos. 

ON  LUIZ  died  on  the  19th  October,  1889,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  son  Don  Carlos.  It  was  not,  however,  until 
the  5th  September,  1891,  that  a  new  issue  was  decided  upon 
The  authority  (portaria)  creating  the  new  issue  was  never 
published  ;  it  was  to  the  following  effect :  That  the  new 
stamps  should  be  issued  in  Portugal,  the  Azores,  and  Madeira 
on  the  1st  April,  1892  ;  that  there  should  be  five  types,  one  for  the  Continent 
and  the  other  four  for  each  of  the  districts  of  the  Azores  and  Madeira,  differ- 
ing only  in  the  lower  inscription  ;  that  each  type  should  be  issued  for  the 
following  values  and  in  the  following  colours :  2  reis,  grey  ;  2\  reis,  black  ; 
5  reis,  orange-yellow;  10  reis,  violet  on  yellow;  15  reis,  violet  on  blue;  20 
reis,  deep  green  ;  25  reis,  cobalt-blue  ;  50  reis,  orient  blue  ;  75  reis,  sepia  ;  80 
reis,  pale  green  ;  100  reis,  purple  ;  150  reis,  carmine  on  rose  ;  200  reis,  cobalt- 
blue  on  blue  ;  300  reis,  vermilion  on  rose  ;  500  reis,  black ;  1,000  reis,  blue  on 
blue. 

As  will  be  seen,  many  of  the  foregoing  were  materially  altered,  or  not 
carried  into  effect. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  stamps  with  their  colours  and  dates  of 
appearance : — 

25  reis;  green,     ist  May,  1892. 
yellow.  -J 

lilac.       Vist  June,  1892. 
blue.      J 

pale  green,     ist  July,  1892. 
brown.      1      ^  o     i.      u         o 
palelilac.r-^'^'^P'^'^'^^'''^^^- 
brown  on  pale  yellow,     isth  March,  1893. 
carmine  on  rose. 


5 

10 
SO 
80 

15 
20 
100 
150 
200 
300 
75 


,.1 


blue  on  pale  blue.  V  1st  August,  1893. 

deep  blue  on  rose.  ) 

deep  rose.     15  th  November,  1893. 

The  last  value  was  re(]uiicd  for  the  combined  postage  and  registration 
rate  for  the  Continent  and  islands. 

The  design  of  the  head  was  engraved  in  wood  by  Senhor  Sebastiilo  Netto, 
and  the  frame  by  Senhor  Alves,  also  in  wood. 

The  first  stamps  issued  were  all  on  chalk-surfaced  paper,  but  during  1894 
a  new  paper  began  to  make  its  appearance,  the  former  being  gradually  dis- 


174  THE  ADHESIVE  STAMPS   OF  PORTUGAL. 

carded  as  the  stock  became  exhausted.  This  paper  lacks  the  briUiant  white- 
ness of  the  chalk-surfaced,  and  presents  a  watery  grey  appearance,  which 
becomes  easily  distinguishable  to  the  trained  eye.  It  presents,  too,  on  being 
held  up  to  the  light,  a  diaper  appearance,  caused  by  minute  watermarks  of 
diamonds,  very  much,  I  may  say  en  passant,  like  the  paper  on  which  Messrs. 
Stanley  Gibbons'  present  catalogues  are  printed,  but  with  a  more  glossy 
surface.  To  a  very  slight  extent  it  responds  to  the  silver  test,  but  to  make 
the  mark  more  pressure  of  the  silver  point  is  required,  and  the  result  is  a  pale 
grey  rather  than  a  black  mark.     The  2\  reis  appeared  on  this  new  paper. 

Ungummed  specimens  of  the  5  and  50  reis  are  occasionally  met  with 
unperforated,  but  they  are  nothing  more  than  proofs.  It  is  well  to  notice 
them,  as  by  the  unscrupulous  they  can  be  transformed  into  rare  or  impossible 
perforation  varieties. 

SYNOPSIS. 
Issue  XXIV.    1892-93.     Don  Carlos. 

On  chalk-surfaced  paper.     Perf.  \\\. 
5  reis  ;  orange-yellow  to  pale  yellow. 

25    ,,      green,  pale  green. 

50    ,,      pale  blue,  pale  ultramarine. 

75    ,,      carmine. 
100    „      brown  on  pale  yellow  and  on  buff. 

Perf.  12-L. 

10  reis;  red-lilac  (shades). 

15    ,,  brown. 

20    ,,  pale  lilac  (shades),  grey-lilac. 

50    ,,  bright  blue,  blue,  grey-blue. 

75    >.  rose. 

80    ,,  pale  yellow-green. 

100    ,,  brown  on  buff. 

150    ,,  carmine  on  rose. 

200    ,,  blue  on  pale  blue. 

Perf.  13I 

I  o  reis  ;  red-lilac. 

15    ,,       brown. 

20    ,,      pale  lilac. 

50    ,,      blue,  grey-blue. 

75    „      carmine. 

80    ,,      pale  yellow-green. 
100    ,,      brown  on  pale  yellow. 
150    ,,       carmine  on  rose. 
200    ,,      blue  on  pale  blue. 
300    „      deep  blue  on  pale  brown. 

On  greyish  paper,  showing  a  diaper  pattern  in  the  texture. 
Perf  III 
2i  reis ;  olive-yellow. 
5       ,,      orange-yellow. 
10       „       bright  red-lilac. 
25       „      deep  green,  green,  pale  green. 


THE  ADHESIVE  STAMPS   OF  PORTUGAL.  175 

Perf.  1 2  J. 
75  reis;  rose. 

Perf.  13I. 

10  reis  ;  red-lilac  (shades). 
15     ,,       brown,  pale  brown. 
75     .:      rose. 

Issue  XXV.    1892-93. 

In  the  Government  gazette  of  the  14th  May,  1892,  a  notice  appeared  to 
the  effect  that  in  order  to  avoid  the  destruction  or  waste  of  what  was  of 
value,  all  the  stamps  of  the  previous  reign  withdrawn  from  circulation  should 
be  reissued  with  a  surcharge  of  2\  reis.  This  notice,  however,  was  annulled 
on  the  following  igth  May  by  another,  stating  that  the  withdrawn  stamps 
would  be  surcharged  "Provisoria"  (sic)  instead  of  2\  reis.  The  notice,  of 
course,  only  refers  to  those  stamps  which  were  being  supplanted,  as  there 
were  no  others  in  stock. 

Although  the  surcharged  stamps  began  to  appear  on  the  25th  July, 
nothing  further  was  notified  until  the  8th  September,  when  it  was  officially 
announced  "  that  all  stamps  surcharged  with  the  word  '  Provisorio,'  either 
horizontally  or  transversely,  in  black  or  in  colour,"  should  be  considered  valid. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  stamps,  with  the  approximate  dates  of  their 
appearance  and  quantities  issued  : — 

Date  of  Issue.  Quantity.* 

5  reis;  horizontal  surcharge,  in  black.    25th  July,            1892.  ~i  76  7   c 
,,              red.        ist  October,        1892.  / 

black.    2Sth  July,           1892.  I  ^^(,82,000 
,,             red.       ist  October,        1892.  / 

„                 ,,        ist  January,        1893.  86,800 

„             black,    ist  October,        1892.  411,320 

,,                  ,,        ist  November,    1892.  1,347,100 

„                 „        ist  February,      1S93.  29,715 

1893.  101,584 

The  large  sheets  of  150  stamps  of  the  5,  10,  20,  and  50  reis,  and  most  of 
the  25  reis,  were  divided  into  blocks  of  twenty-five  stamps — five  horizontal 
rows  of  five — and  thus  surcharged,  but  the  15  and  80  reis  were  surcharged 
in  sheets  of  twenty-eight  stamps.  Some  of  the  25  reis — how  many  I  do 
not  know,  but  it  must  have  been  a  small  quantity,  as  the  stamps  are  rare 
— were  surcharged  in  sheets  of  twenty-eight,  and  are  perforated  I2i.  It  is 
curious  that  this  25  reis  stamp  is  unknown  unsurcharged,  with  this  perfora- 
tion, and  as  I  feel  convinced  that  no  stamps  were  specially  printed  for  sur- 
charging, the  smaller  sheets  must  have  formed  old  stock,  which  was  never 
issued  before  the  surcharging  took  place. 

Stamps  of  this  issue  have  been  e.xtensivcly  forged,  as  to  the  surcharge. 
I   think  in  Lisbon  I   have  seen  inverted  surcharges,  but   I  am  sure  they  were 


5 

diagonal 

10 

horizontal 

10 

diagonal 

15 

20 

25 

50 

80 

not  genunie. 


O  J'hilaUliila,  Ajiiil,  lS>95. 


15 

25 

8o 
80 


176  THE  Adhesive  stamps  of  Portugal. 

SYNOPSIS. 

Issue  XXV.     1892-93. 

On  chalk-surfaced  paper.     Horizontal  surcharge,  in  black.     Perf.  \\\. 

5  reis  ;  black,  grey-black. 

10    ,,      green,  pale  green. 

Diagonal  surcharge.  Perf.  \\\. 

5  reis  ;  black,  grey-black  ;  surcharge  carmine  (shades). 
10    ,,       deep  green,  green,  pale  green  „  ,,  ,, 

20    ,,       carmine,  pale  carmine  „  black  ,, 

25    ,,       deep  and  pale  red-lilac  „       ,       ,,  ,, 

50    ,,       deep  blue,  blue,  pale  blue  „         carmine         „ 

Perf.  \2\. 
15  reis  (variety  i)  ;  fawn;  surcharge  carmine  (shades). 

15    ,,    (variety  3)  ;  deep  brown,  fawn  „  ,, 

(variety  4) ;  deep  brown,  brown,  pale  brown  ,,  ,, 

red-lilac  „  black 

(variety  1);   orange-yellow,  yellow  „  „ 

(variety  2) ;  orange-yellow  „  „ 

Perf.  13I. 
15  reis  (variety  3);  deep  brown,  brown,  fawn  ;  surcharge  carmine  (shades) 

On  ordinary  paper.     Perf.  12  J. 
15  reis  (variety  i);  brown  (shades);  surcharge  carmine  (shades). 
15    „    (variety  3) 

Perf.  1 3 J. 
15  reis  (variety  i);  brown;  surcharge  carmine  (shades). 

Issue  XXVI.    3rd  August,  1893. 

There  was  a  more  or  less  plausible  reason  for  the  last  issue,  viz.  to  use  up 
stock  ;  but  no  such  excuse  can  be  found  for  applying  the  additional  surcharge 
of  the  year  to  the  same  stamps.  This  forms  the  first  of  a  series  of  specula- 
tive issues  of  which  Portugal  was  guilty,  and  which  have  without  doubt 
detracted  from  the  interest  taken  in  the  stamps  of  this  country. 

On  the  28th  July,  1893,  there  appeared  in  the  Government  gazette  the 
simple  announcement  that  on  the  3rd  August  the  following  stamps  would  be 
issued  with  the  additional  surcharge  "  1893  "  : — 

5,  20,  25,  50,  and  80  reis;  25  reis  surcharged  20  reis;  80  reis  surcharged 
50  reis  ;  and  80  reis  surcharged  75  reis.  It  will  be  noticed  that  the  lO'reis  is 
not  included  in  the  list.  It  was  omitted  doubtless  by  accident,  for  this  value 
appeared  along  with  the  other  stamps. 

The  additional  surcharge  "  1 893  "  was  printed  separately,  and  applied  to 
the  stamps  already  bearing  the  surcharge  "  Provisorio."  In  the  case  of  the 
altered  values,  the  year  and  the  new  value  were  added  in  one  and  the  same 
printing. 

In  some  of  the  sheets  of  10  reis  two  errors  occur.     In  the  second  stamp  of 


THE  ADHESIVE  STAMPS  OF  PORTUGAL. 


iTJ 


the  second  row  the  year  is  given  as  "  1938,"  and  in  the  fourth  stamp  of  the 
fourth  row  "  1863  " — the  "6"  being  on  a  lower  level  than  the  other  numerals. 
Among  Portuguese  collectors  much  diversity  of  opinion  exists  as  to  whether 
the  errors  are  genuine,  but  I  may  say  that  I  believe  in  them  implicitly.  The 
sheets  containing  the  errors  were  used  in  a  newspaper  office  in  Coimbra,  and 
the  numbers  issued  must  have  been  very  small — perhaps  fifty  or  sixty  at  the 
outside. 

All  the  surcharged  stamps  of  this  and  the  preceding  issue  were  finally  de- 
monetised on  the  31st  December,  1894. 

The  quantities*  issued  were  as  follows : — 


5  reis 

30,000 

lO  „ 

27,156 

20  „ 

38,862 

25  „ 

28,000 

50  >, 

30,000 

80  „ 

29,000  (approximately) 

20  on  25  ,, 

28,000 

50  on  80  „ 

28,000 

75  on  80  ,, 

28,000 

SYNOPSIS. 
Issue  XXVI.    3rd  August,  1893. 
On  chalk-surfaced  paper.     Perf.  1 1  \. 
5  reis ;  black,  grey-black  :  surcharge  carmine  (shades). 
10     „     deep  green,  green,  pale  green  ;  surcharge  carmine  (shades). 
20     ,,     carmine,  pale  carmine ;  surcharge  black. 
25     ,,     deep  and  pale  red-lilac        „  ,, 

50     „     deep  blue,  blue,  pale  blue ;  surcharge  carmine  (shades). 

Varieties  : — Dated  "  1938  "  for  "  1893." 

10  reis  ;  green  ;  surcharge  carmine. 

Dated  "1863"  for  "1893." 

10  reis  ;  green  ;  surcharge  carmine. 

Perf.  i2\. 

80  reis  (variety  1 ) ;  orange-yellow,  yellow ;  surcharge  black. 

"^    ,,    \     ,,       '^1         ),  ))  1,  I,  ,, 

Variety :  date  double. 

80  reis  (variety  1);  yellow;  surcharge  black. 

Surcharged  with  other  values. 
20  reis  on  25  reis  ;  rcd-lilac  ;  surcharge  black  ;  perf.  i  i.l. 

(variety  i);  orange-yellow;  surcharge  black  ;  perf.  \2\. 

(      „       2)  ;  yellow 

(      ,,       i) ;  orange-yellow,  yellow  ;  surcharge  black  ;  perf.  12^. 

(      „       2)  ;  yellow 

*  O  Philalelisla,  April,  1895. 
(  To  he  (oittiniied. ) 


50 

n 

80 

50 

)) 

80 

75 

)} 

80 

75 

}) 

80 

t   178  ] 


Pliilatelic  ^ote. 


dHHo 


NEW  SOUTH  WALES  PERFORATIONS: 
E  have  the  following  additions  to  the  perforations  of  the  1871  to  1883 
issues  of  this  country,  a  table  of  which  was  given-  by  Mr.  L.  L.  R. 
Hausburg  in  this  journal  (see  pp.  164,  189,  vol.  xii.).  Mr.  A.  H.  Stamford 
has  discovered  the  ninepence  on  lod.,  watermark  Type  I.,  perf  11  J,  12  x  10, 
and  Mr.  Hausburg  has  been  shown  the  4d.,  waterrpark  Type  II.,  perf.  11  J, 
12,  and  the  is.,  Type  II.,  perf  ii|,  12  x  10. 


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meet  again  until  about  October  14th. 


The  Expert  Committee  has  made  the  following  regulations  and  scale  of 
charges  with  regard  to  specimens  submitted  for  examination  by  persons  who 
are  not  members  of  the  Philatelic  Society,  London. 

For  specimens  pronounced  genuine,  or  actually  to  be  what  they  appear  to 
be,  5  s. 

For  specimens  quoted  in  any  current  catalogue  at  ;^20  or  upwards 
(500  fcs.  or  400  marks),   los. 

For  specimens  quoted  at  ;^5o  or  upwards  (1,250  fcs.  or  1,000  marks),  20s. 

Where  there  is  no  catalogue  quotation  an  auction  record  may  be  referred 
to,  but  in  cases  where  no  quotation  can  be  given,  the  charge  will  be  on  the 
highest  scale. 

In  all  cases  where  the  specimens  are  pronounced  not  to  be  genuine,  or 
actually  to  be  what  they  appear  to  be,  the  charge  will  be  2s.  6d. 

The  charges  made  to  members  will  remain  the  same  as  heretofore,  namely, 
3s.  and  IS.  6d. 

In  all  cases  where  the  applicant  for  a  certificate — whether  a  member  or 
not — requires  an  answer  to  a  particular  question,  and  the  Committee  is 
unable  to  give  a  definite  opinion,  a  fee  of  is.  only — i  f  25  c.  or  i  m. — will  be 
charged  to  cover  postages  and  expenses. 

The  fees  must  always  be  sent  with  the  stamps. 

These  regulations  will  apply  to  all  specimens  submitted  after  ist  July,  1904. 


OCCASIONAL  NOTES.  i79 

PROGRAMME   OF  NEXT  SEASON. 
HE  Committee  entrusted  with  the  arrangement  of  the  Programme  for 
next  season  will  be  glad  to  hear  from  members  who  will  be  willing  to 
contribute  papers  or  give  displays.     All  communications  should  be  addressed 
to  Mr,  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg,  Rothsay,  St.  George's  Hill,  Weybridge. 


m 


LONDON  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY. 
SEASON  1904-5. 
E  again  remind  the  members  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society  that  the 
first  meeting  for  the  ensuing  season  will  be  held  on  Friday,  October 
14th.  It  has  also  been  decided  to  hold  the  Annual  Dinner  at  the  Imperial 
Restaurant,  60  and  62  Regent  Street,  W.,  on  the  day  preceding,  Thursday 
the  13th,  and  it  is  hoped  that  country  members  will  thus  be  enabled  to  attend 
both  functions. 

We  understand  that  this  opening  meeting  will  be  held  at  the  residence  of 
the  Vice-President,  when  his  magnificent  collections  of  Great  Britain  and 
other  countries  will  be  on  view  to  members  of  the  Society,  and  will  assuredly 
provide  a  philatelic  entertainment  of  the  highest  order. 


THE  NEW  ZEALAND  POST  OFFICE. 
E  have  received  the  following  from  a  valued  correspondent,  one  of  the 
oldest  collectors  and  keenest  appreciators  of  Australian  stamps,  and 
we  can  but  trust  that  some  means  may  be  found  to  avert  such  a  (needless) 
"  deluge  "  of  varieties. 

"  1  enclose  you  an  extract  from  a  letter  which  I  have  received  from  a  very 
reliable  correspondent  under  Government  in  New  Zealand,  as  I  think  some 
protest  should  be  made  against  this  proposed  deluge  in  the  London  Philatelist!' 

The  following  is  the  extract  from  my  New  Zealand  correspondent's 
letter  : — 

"  I  think  I  told  you  that  the  New  Zealand  Government  are  contemplating 
the  issue  of  stamps  which  will  no  doubt  be  surcharged  with  the  Department 
the  same  as  South  Australia  used  to  do;  my  estimate  for  postage  in  my 
district  was  ^400,  so  should  this  become  the  practice  I  will  be  able  to  get  you 
plenty  of  varieties." 

Of  course,  after  the  recent  disclaimer  of  the  New  Zealand  Agent-General, 
it  is  impossible  to  doubt  their  good  faith  or  to  believe  that  they  would  issue 
stamps  except  for  distinct  public  requirements;  but  the  offer  of  "plenty  of 
varieties  "  leaves  a  curious  smack  on  the  palate  of  the  philatelist ! 


SIR  DAVID  PARKES  MASSON,   CLE. 


K  have  noticed  with  great  satisfaction  the  announcement  in  the  recent 
list  (;f  honours  the  inclusion  of  the  name  of  Mr.  Masson,  so  well  known 
both  in  In<lia  and  this  coinitry  as  one  of  the  foremost  philatelists  of  the  day 
and  a  prominent  member  of  the  Philatelic  Society  of  India.  Sir  David 
Masson  has  always  clo.sely  studied  his  stamps,  and  from  his  [)en  have 
emanated  many  articles  of  importance  ;  but  his  work  on  the  stamps  of  Cash- 


i8o 


OCCASroUAL  NOTMS. 


mere  will  inevitably  be  his  most  lasting  monument.  The  discovery  that  the 
"  first  issue  "  of  Cashmere,  which  had  masqueraded  for  a  generation  as  a 
veritable  issue,  and  had  deceived  the  entire  collecting  world,  was  but  a  delu- 
sion and  a  snare,  was  an  event  which  for  importance  and  romance  alike  has 
scarce  an  equal  in  the  annals  of  Philately. 

Sir  David  Masson's  new  honours  are  a  just  recognition  of  his  labours  in 
other  and  more  important  walks  of  life,  as  he  has  seen  much  public  service  in 
India  and  holds  many  offices,  not  the  least  being  that  of  member  of  the 
Legislative  Council  of  the  Punjaub.  His  many  friends  in  this  country  and 
India  will  join  with  us  in  our  hearty  congratulations  on  his  well-merited 
honours,  coupled  with  the  devout  wish  that  he  may  be  spared  for  many  years 
to  enjoy  them.  ' 


THE  SALE  OF  BAHAMAS  STAMPS. 
I E  are  indebted  to  Morley's  Philatelic  Journal  for  the  following  table  of 
sales  of  stamps  in  the  Bahamas,  the  principal  interest  in  which,  from  a 
philatelic  aspect,  lies  in  the  fact  that  so  few  of  the  values  higher  than  a 
shilling  have  been  sold.  It  is  most  probable  that  the  vast  majority  of  even 
these  limited  quantities  have  found  their  way  into  collectors'  hands,  and  the 
figures  certainly  bear  out  Mr.  Ewen's  contention  that  no  such  vast  quantity 
of  the  modern  issues  is  being  imported  into  this  country. 

"  From  a  Blue  Book  issued  in  April  last,  entitled  '  General  Descriptive 
Report  on  the  Bahamas  Islands,  in  which  is  included  the  Annual  Report  for 
1902,'  we  extract  the  following  table  : — 

"  Statement  of  stamps,  envelopes,  and  post  cards  sold  at  the  General 
Post  Office  during  the  year  ended  31st  March,   1903. 

107,869  stamps  at  id. 


71.052  , 

,   „  2|d 

5,138    , 

„  4d. 

4. 1 14   , 

„  5d- 

6,477   , 

,   „  6d. 

6,853   , 

„  IS. 

1,3" 

„  2S. 

1,253   , 

„  3S- 

1,383   , 

,   ,-  5s. 

459   , 

,   „  ^i 

353  envelopes  (id.)  at  : 

375  "         at  2s.  7d 

581  „         at  2d. 

2,016  „         at  2|d 

91  „         at  3d. 

2,776  post  cards  at  id. 

275  „         „      at  2d. 


|d. 
for  25 


L 

s. 

d. 

449 

9 

I 

740 

2 

6 

85 

12 

8 

85 

14 

2 

161 

II 

6 

342 

13 

0 

131 

2 

0 

187 

19 

0 

345 

15 

0 

459 

0 

0 

2 

4 

4 

I 

18 

9 

4 

16 

10 

21 

0 

0 

I 

2 

9 

II 

II 

4 

2 

5 

10 

Less  affixed  to  Deposit  Cards 


^3,034 
o 


6* 


;^3,o33   16 


61' 


OCCASIONAL   NOTES. 


i8i 


A    RARE   POSTAGE   STAMP. 
NDER    the   above   somewhat    misleading   title   the    Standard  has   the 
following   note    from    its    Berlin    correspondent.      We   are,    however, 
sceptical  as  to  the  "  great  rush  "  for  what  is  apparently  only  a  special  post- 
mark, a  la  South  Kensington  conversazione  of  Jubilee  fame ! 

"  Philatelists  will  be  interested  to  learn  that  a  new  stamp  was  made  in 
Germany  in  connection  with  the  King's  visit  to  Kiel.  It  was  specially 
designed  for  the  stamping  of  all  letters  and  cards  transmitted  from  the 
British  vessels  anchored  in  Kiel  Bay,  and  bears  the  impress  'Kiel.  P.A.F.D.K. 
Britische  Geschwader.'  There  is  now  a  great  rush  for  these  stamps,  eager 
inquiries  being  made  for  them  on  all  sides.  It  was  the  first  time  a  special 
die  had  been  used  on  occasions  of  the  kind  by  the  German  Post  Office." 


SALE  OF  ST.  //ELENA  OBSOLETE  POSTAGE  STAMPS. 
HE  Crown  Agents  for  the  Colonies  have  been  requested  by  the 
Government  of  St.  Helena  to  dispose  of  the  undermentioned  obsolete 
postage  stamps  (further  particulars  of  which  and  conditions  of  sale  will  be 
found  in  our  advertising  columns),  which  comprise  the  whole  stock  remaining 
in  the  hands  of  the  Government,  and  of  which  no  further  supplies  will  be 
printed,  the  plates  from  which  they  were  produced  having  been  destroyed. 
The  stamps  are  of  the  following  descriptions  and  quantities : — ■ 


Duty. 

No.  of 
stamps. 

Plate  from  which 
struck. 

Overprint  or        ^  ,           Water-       Face  value, 
surcharge.           ^"'°"'-     mark.          £       s.     d. 

2ld. 
3d. 

.     76,460 
•      53.882 

.     Sixpenny 

2jd.  in  figures    Blue         CA       796 
/  Three  Pence  \^      , 
\      in  words     /P"--?'^       "          673 

9 
10 

2 
6 

4d. 

.     68,216 

„ 

{'in7orr}^—        ..       -36 

18 

8 

6d. 

IS. 

•  47,650 

•  7,090 

., 

No  overprint     Blue-grey  ,,       1,191 
J  One  Shilling  )  p 
I      in  words     j                     "          354 

5 
10 

0 
0 

5s- 

•        3,015 

I'trr}^""-  cc  ,53 

15 

0 

lod. 

•     43-376 

i  Universal  key-plate  )  -.j               •   ,.     r,             /-a         0 

//.         ,    IT      j\    y  No  overprint     Brown     CA     1,807 
\      (Queen's  Head)   )                ^ 

6 

8 

5d. 
2^d. 

2d. 
,id. 

•  39,588 
.     29,229 

•  58,394 

•  49,409 

>) 

Purple       „         824 
Blue          „         304 

„               Yellow      „          486 

„               Reddish 

brown  and 

15 

9 

12 

0 

4^ 

4 

green        „          308 

16 

4 

Total            .         .  ;^8,638 

7 

10 

TlfE  NEW  COLONIAL  WATERMARK. 
UK  introduction  of  the  new  multiple  CA  and  Crown  watermark,  as 
announced  in  our  last  month's  New  Issues,  is  a  change  of  remarkable 
importance  in  the  history  of  our  Colonial  issues,  of  a  like  nature  and  value  as 
was  the  change  from  CC  to  CA,  in  the  present  instance  it  is,  however, 
likely  to  appeal  to  collectors  to  an  even  greater  degree,  as  the  Colonial  issues 
bearing  the  King's  Head  have  iiad  but  a  comparatively  short  life,  and  it  may 
therefore  well  be  that  some  among  these  will  be  scarcer  than  people  to-day 


1 82  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

imagine.  Our  contemporary,  Ewen's  Weekly  Stamp  News,  naturally  takes 
a  strong  view  as  to  this,  and  gives  an  interesting  resume  of  the  general 
situation,  which  we  venture  to  quote,  as  Mr.  Ewen  is  an  able  authority 
on  all  that  appertains  to  the  current  history  of  our  Colonial  issues.  We 
therefore  give  the  following  portion  of  the  interesting  article  on  the  sub- 
ject in  our  contemporary's  columns  of  June  i8th,  with  all  suitable  acknow- 
ledgments : — 

"  When  the  Quatrefoils  watermark  of  Zanzibar  stamps  was  altered  in 
1898  from  simple  to  multiple  {i.e.  from  one  to  each  stamp  to  one  and  four 
quarters),  probably  no  one  attached  much  importance  to  the  fact.  Nor  did 
the  alteration  of  the  Crescent  and  Star  watermark  of  Sudan  from  simple  to 
multiple  in  1902  excite  any  suspicion  of  the  truth;  which  is  now  apparent. 
The  Crown  Agents  intend  to  change  every  watermark  from  simple  to  multiple. 

"The  'Crown  over  CC  watermark  was  introduced  in  1863,  and  was 
made  in  several  kinds,  corresponding  to  the  different  sizes  of  the  sheets  of 
stamps.  The  supply  made  for  the  ordinary  size  stamps  was  exhausted  early 
in  1882,  but  the  larger  'Crown  CC  paper,  although  it  had  been  used  on 
almost  every  possible  occasion,  has  only  just  come  to  an  end,  and  as  we 
announced  in  our  article  on  Falkland  Islands  three  months  ago  (E.  W.S.N., 
No.  236),  a  new  paper,  '  Crown  C  A'  multiple,  has  been  substituted.  It  never 
occurred  to  us,  however,  that  the  small  'Crown  CA'  paper  would  be 
abandoned,  but  that  is  what  has  taken  place.  The  new  paper,  necessitated 
by  the  exhaustion  of  the  old  CC  paper  formerly  used  for  the  high  values  and 
large  stamps,  is  being  made  use  of  for  the  small  stamps  also. 

"The  whole  of  the  Virgin  Islands  stamps  received  by  the  Colonial  Stamp 
Market  a  fortnight  ago  were,  it  is  believed,  on  the  new  '  Crown  CA  multiple' 
paper ;  certainly  all  those  left  in  our  hands,  after  distributing  the  new  issue 
service,  are.  The  new  Cyprus  9  piastres,  King,  are,  however,  mixed,  some 
being  on  the  old  paper  and  some  on  the  new.  Were  the  new  Virgin  Islands 
also  mixed? 

"  It  is  fairly  certain  that  no  more  stamps  will  be  printed  on  the  old  paper, 
and  as  most  of  the  forty-two  colonies  who  use  this  paper  have  fresh  supplies 
of  stamps  sent  out  every  six  or  twelve  months  (frequently  oftener),  the  first 
issues  will  be  obsolete  in  a  very  short  time.  A  few  will  certainly  be  obsolete 
by  the  time  these  lines  appear  in  print.  Cyprus,  on  account  of  its  nearness 
to  home,  will  be  one  of  the  first  colonies  affected. 

"  It  is  a  remarkable  circumstance  that  notwithstanding  the  large  number 
of  new  issues  which  have  appeared  in  the  last  two  years,  practically  every 
current  issue  of  the  British  Colonies  and  Protectorates  is  doomed.  The 
forthcoming  issues  are  not  in  the  least  degree  speculative.  The  change  from 
CC  to  CA  paper  for  the  large  stamps  is  a  natural  result  of  a  decision  made 
in  1882.  The  change  from  CA  to  CA  multiple  was  no  doubt  decided  upon 
from  a  practical  motive ;  we  have  already  seen  that  the  idea  of  multiple 
watermarks  dates  its  genesis  from  six  or  seven  years  back  at  least,  so  it 
is  no  new  whim.  The  cause  of  change,  in  all  probability,  is  to  be  found 
in  the  fact  that  plates  are  made  in  different  sizes.  The  Falkland  Islands 
stamps  are  in  six  rows  of  ten  ;  most  others  in  ten  rows  of  six.  It  is  said 
that  in   rupee-currency  countries    the  sheets   are  to  have  eight   stamps   in 


REVIEWS.  183 

a  row  instead  of  six  (sixteen  annas  make  a  rupee).  Under  the  old  system, 
separate  stocks  of  paper  would  require  to  be  made  for  each.  With  multiple- 
watermark  paper,  one  paper  does  for  all.  In  the  case  of  Sudan,  the  Crescent 
and  Star  paper  was  used  for  the  large  square  postage  stamps,  the  large  oblong 
Telegraph  stamps,  and  the  small  oblong  Postage  Dues,  and  it  greatly  simplifies 
matters  to  have  one  paper  that  is  equally  suitable  for  all." 


NOTICE  OF  REMOVAL  OF  MR.  GIWELB. 
ET  another  removal  to  the  Philatelic  Broadway — the  Strand — has  to  be 
announced.  Mr.  M.  Giwelb,  who  for  several  years  past  has  been 
established  at  4,  Northumberland  Avenue,  has  now  moved  to  54,  Strand, 
adjoining  Coutts'  old  bank,  where  he  has  secured  very  commodious  and 
excellent  accommodation.  Mr.  M.  Giwelb  has  been,  for  more  years  than  one 
would  like  to  count,  a  well-known  and  respected  dealer,  and  we  are  sure 
that  all  his  friends  and  customers  will  unite  with  us  in  wishing  him  a  con- 
tinued and  an  increased  prosperity  in  his  new  premises. 


^ebktos. 


THE   STAMPS   OF   THE   PHILIPPINES.* 

E  cannot  better  describe  the  aim  and  scope  of  this 
interesting  work  than  by  quoting  some  portions  of  the 
Prospectus  submitted  by  the  publishers  in  kindly 
forwarding  us  the  work  for  review. 

"  After  many  months  of  diligent  labour  and  research, 
the  work  on  the  handbook  of  the  Stamps  of  the 
Philippines  has  at  last  been  completed.  It  is  expected  to  fill  a  long-felt 
want,  especially  as  the  subject  is  one  which  will  interest  all  patriotic 
American  collectors.  At  the  same  time,  the  stamps  of  few  countries  afford 
greater  difficulties  than  those  of  our  new  acquisition  in  the  Far  East.  The 
numerous  surcharged  issues  have  never  before  been  properly  described,  and 
much  doubt  has  existed  concerning  the  varieties  of  dies  used  for  surcharging. 
This  fact  made  it  very  difficult  to  detect  forgeries.  An  absolute  chrono- 
logical arrangement  of  all  stamps  authorised  for  postal  use  has  never  been 
successfully  attempted.  The  total  number  (as  far  as  known)  of  each  stamp 
issued  will  be  of  considerable  interest." 

Perhaps  the  most  valuable  feature  is  the  extensive  description  of  all 
known  counterfeits,  exceeding  eighty  in  number.  The  differences  are  care- 
fully described  and  extensively  illustrated  by  photographic  reproductions. 
With  the  assistance  of  this  information  collectors  will  be  able  to  tell  the 
genuine  from  the  counterfeit  without  much  difficulty. 

The  work,  a  book  of  about  100  [lagcs,  is  illustrated  by  over  150  half-tone 
reproductions  of  stamps,  printed  on  the  best  coated  paper.  Neither  expense 
nor  labour  has  been  spared  in  trying  to  produce  as  perfect  a  work  as  po.ssible. 

*  The  Poslajie  Stamps  of  tin  I'hi/if</>iiies,  by  J.  Murray  HarU-ls,  Cnplain  1'.  I,,  r.iliuor,  U.S.A., 
and  F.  Aplhorj)  Kostcr.     The  J.  M.  bands  Co.,  Uoslon,  U.S.A. 


1 84  REVIEWS. 

The  following  table  of  contents  will  give  some  idea  of  the  field  which  the 
writers  have  tried  to  cover  : — Introduction,  Postal  History  and  Geography, 
Catalogue  of  Postage  Stamps,  Revolutionary  Issues  of  1898-99,  Stamps  of 
Doubtful  Status,  Counterfeits,  Cancellations,  Plate  Numbers,  Envelopes, 
Postal  Cards. 

The  edition  is  limited  to  350  copies,  all  of  which  are  numbered  and 
signed  by  one  of  the  authors.  The  first  fifty  will  be  an  edition  de  luxe, 
printed  on  heavier  paper,  and  accompanied  by  plates  showing  the  forty 
varieties  in  the  sheets  of  the  first  issue. 

It  is  with  regard  to  this  last  paragraph  that  any  possible  adverse 
criticism  of  this  valuable  work  is  permissible.  In  the  copy  kindly  submitted 
to  us  for  review  there  are  no  plates  of  the  first  issue,  and,  as  stated,  with  the 
exception  of  fifty  copies,  all  subscribers  to  the  work  will  receive  it  without 
plates  of  the  1854  issue.  Now,  in  the  case  of  the  stamps  of  the  Philippines 
the  philatelic  interest  and  merits  of  the  first  issue  far  transcend  in  import- 
ance those  of  any  of  its  successors ;  the  quaint  and  bizarre  portraiture  of  the 
late  Queen  Isabella,  with  its  forty  separate  hand-engraved  dies  for  each  of  the 
four  values,  represents  a  phase  of  the  greatest  interest  to  scientific  collectors, 
and  has  in  effect  placed  the  first  issue  of  these  islands  upon  the  highest 
philatelic  plane  along  with  such  "  classics "  as  the  Sydney  Views  and  the 
"  Native "  Mauritius.  It  is  therefore  much  to  be  deplored  that  the  real 
head  of  this  country's  issues  should  not  have  received  further  consideration, 
both  as  to  the  illustrations  and  the  letter-press.  As  regards  the  latter,  three 
lines  are  devoted  to  a  description  of  the  stamps,  and  nine  or  ten  to 
cataloguing  the  colours  of  the  four  values  ;  a  short  footnote  follows,  and  in 
effect  the  information  to  this  celebrated  and  unique  series  is  confined  to 
half  a  page  of  letter-press.  The  question  as  to  the  re-engraving  of  the  5 
cuartos,  the  possible  partial  re-engraving  of  the  i  real,  the  issue  of  the  two 
colours  of  the  10  cuartos,  the  varieties  on  the  several  plates,  and  all  details 
of  manufacture  or  origin  are  entirely  absent.  These  subjects  have  engaged 
the  attention  of  several  able  philatelists  in  past  years,  and  we  are  confident 
that  with  the  collaboration  of  some  well-known  student  thereof — say  Baron 
A.  de  Reuterskiold — the  philatelic  history  of  these  stamps  might  have  been 
rendered  far  more  complete. 

As  regards  the  work  in  general  we  have  to  express  our  high  appreciation 
of  its  merits,  and  we  cordially  congratulate  the  authors  upon  the  successful 
issue  of  what  must  have  been  a  protracted  labour.  Of  especial  value  to 
collectors  will  be  found  Appendices  C  and  D,  giving  respectively  a  list  of  the 
numerous  counterfeits  that  abound  and  the  postage  stamps  of  doubtful 
status.  It  is  significant  to  note,  as  bearing  out  our  remarks  as  to  the  com- 
parative importance  of  the  first  issue — and  we  may  add  of  those  immediately 
succeeding — that  from  1854  to  1881  there  were  only  eighty-one  varieties 
tabulated  ;  whereas  from  that  period,  when  the  surcharged  series  commenced, 
to  the  present  date  (including  the  American  reprints)  there  are  249  varieties. 
A  large  proportion  of  these  are  surcharged  stamps,  and  it  will  therefore  be 
seen  that  a  guide  such  as  this  book,  describing  and  illustrating  all  these 
overprints,  and  also  depicting  the  forgeries,  cannot  fail  to  be  of  the  greatest 
value  to  collectors. 


REVIEWS.  185 

A  very  readable  chapter  is  devoted  to  the  history  and  geography  of  the 
country,  and  an  excellent  map  is  given.  An  examination  of  this  map  with 
its  hundreds  of  islands  may  well  give  pause  to  think  whether,  with  such  a  race 
as  the  native  Filippinos,  spread  over  so  vast  and  scattered  an  area,  the 
Americans  have  not  acquired  a  colony  that  has  grave  drawbacks. 

The  binding,  illustrations,  and  general  get-up  of  the  work  are  quite 
excellent,  and  we  are  indebted  to  our  American  friends  for  the  issue  of  an 
important  accession  to  philatelic  literature. 

CATALOGUE  OF  FISCAL  STAMPS.* 
The  collection  of  Revenue  stamps  has  always  had  more  numerous 
adherents  abroad  than  in  this  country — although  the  cult  is  distinctly  gaining 
ground  on  this  side  of  the  Channel.  It  is  therefore  somewhat  surprising  that, 
since  M.  Moens'  Catalogues  have  ceased,  no  really  reliable  Continental  hand- 
book thereon  has  been  issued,  and  the  work  of  Messrs.  Yvert  and  Tellier  comes 
therefore  at  an  opportune  moment.  For  ourselves,  we  have  always  considered 
that  the  field  of  Philately  proper — i.e.  the  collection  of  postal  adhesives  only 
— affords  very  ample  occupation  for  even  the  most  assimilative  collector,  and 
we  have  hence  practically  ignored  Fiscals  in  a  journal  devoted  entirely  to 
postage  stamps.  At  the  same  time  it  cannot  be  denied  that  there  are 
distinct  attractions  for  the  "  Fiscalist " — to  mention  two  only  :  the  compara- 
tively low  expense  of  forming  a  collection  of  Revenue  stamps,  and  the  vast 
amount  of  information  and  knowledge  of  them  that  has  yet  to  be  evolved  by 
the  collector.  The  Amiens  Catalogue  will  be  found  to  be  a  valuable  mentor 
to  this  class  of  philatelist,  and  although  it  is  the  first  edition  it  is  apparently 
— for  a  Fiscal  catalogue — remarkably  complete,  consisting  of  some  600  pages 
of  double  column,  with  excellent  illustrations  of  all  the  types  and  their 
market  values.  We  do  not  doubt  but  that  Messrs,  Yvert  and  Tellier  have  pro- 
duced a  sound  and  practical  catalogue  of  the  Fiscal  stamps  of  the  world,  which 
we  have  much  pleasure  in  recommending  to  all  our  friends  who  collect  this 
class  of  stamps. 

THE  POSTAGE  STAMPS  OF  SICILY. 
We  have  received  from  Messrs.  Stanley  Gibbons,  Limited,  a  copy  of  a 
very  valuable  and  important  addition  to  their  well-known  series  of  philatelic 
handbooks,  being  a  history  of  the  postage  stamps  of  Sicily.  This  handsome 
book,  with  its  superb  autotype  illustrations,  is  the  work  of  the  doyen  of 
Italian  writers.  Dr.  Emilio  Diena,  and  has  been  translated  (most  admir- 
ably) by  Major  Evans.  From  a  brief  survey  we  can  but  report  that  this 
volume  will  be  found  of  great  philatelic  interest  and  will  elucidate  many  of 
the  difficult  questions  that  have  long  engaged  the  labours  of  Dr.  Diena  and 
other  students.  We  shall  endeavour  in  our  next  issue,  after  a  careful  perusal 
of  its  pages,  to  explain  to  our  readers  some  of  the  principal  points  of  interest. 
Meantime  we  can  cordially  recommend  to  one  and  all  the  acquisition  of  this 
book,  of  which,  we  understand,  owing  to  the  large  number  of  illustrations, 
but  a  limited  number  of  copies  can  be  issued.  An  early  application  is  there- 
fore advisable,  as  it  will  inevitably  be  in  great  (UMuaiul  wherever  Italian 
stamps  find  apprcciators. 

*   Catalogue  of  Fiscal  Stamps,     Vvcrt  and  Tclliur,  J7,  Kuc  ilos  Jncobins,  Amiens. 

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NOTES    OF    NK^A;',    AND    VARIATIONS   OF    GURRKNT,    ISSUES. 

(Varieties  of  Obsolete  Stamps,  and  Discoveries,  will  be  found  under  "Philatelic  Notes.") 

IVe  do  not  profess  to  chro7iicle  everything,  but,  with  the  kind  help  of  correspondents,  are  desirous  that 
all  the  important  novelties  7nay  be  included.  Speculative  stamps — i.e.  those  not  really  required  for 
postal  purposes — will  be  considered  on  their  merits,  a7id  Jicbilee  issues  will  not  be  chrotiicled. 

Members  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society,  and  other  readers  generally,  are  invited  to  co-operate  with  tis 
in  making  the  colu7iins  as  interesting  as  possible.  Our  foreign  readers  can  especially  help  us  in 
this  direction,  by  sending  copies  of  any  official  docjiine/its  relative  to  changes  in  the  current  issues, 
or  early  intimation  of  any  new  issue,  accompanied,  when  possible,  by  a  specime7i ;  such  information 
will  be  duly  c7-edited  to  the  correspondent,  and,  if  desired,  the  specimen  promptly  retw-ned. 
Address:  Mr.  A.  Churchill  Emerson,  Effingham  House,  Arundel  Street,  Strand, 
London,  W.C. 


BRITISH    EMPIRE. 

British  South  Africa.— An  envelope 
of  id.  value  is  added  to  the  stationery  list 
by  Ewen^s  Weekly. 

Envelope,     id.,  carmine;  Arms  type. 

Cape  of  Good  Hope. — Supplies  of  the 
current  5s.  stamps  to  reach  the  Colonial 
Market  are  found  to  be  in  dark  orange- 
brown,  probably,  as  Eweiis  considers,  from 
a  second  printing. 

Adhesive. 
Ss.,  King's  Head,  dark  orange-brown. 

Ceylon. — The  75  c.  of  the  King's  Head 
set  has  reached  Washington,  states  \htMeiro- 
politajt  Philatelist. 

Adhesive. 

75  c,  blue,  value  in  orange  ;  C  A  ;  14  ;  single 

or  multiple  (?). 

Cyprus.  —  Eweiis   Weekly  has   received 

the  30  paras   and   18  piastres  on  the  new 

multiple  watermarked  paper. 

Adhesive'!. 

30  paras,  lilac  and  green. 

18  piastres,  black  and  dark  chocolate-brown  ; 

multiple  CA  wmk.;  perf.  14. 

India. — It  is  reported  that  the  i  a.,  car- 
mine, Queen's   Head,  has  had  the   C.E.F. 

overprint  applied. 

Adhesive. 

I  anna,  carmine ;  Queen's  Head,  with  C.E.F. 

overprint. 

CJiamba. — We  are  told  by  the  P.  J.  of  I. 
that  the  3  annas  ordinary  {Qiiee?is  Head) 
exists  with  inverted  surcharge. 

Gwalior.  —  The  P.  J.  of  T.  lists  the  2 
annas,  violet,  with  Queeiis  Head  issued  for 


the  Service  set  in  February,  1903,  and  we 
cannot  find  it  in  our  chronicle. 

Official.     2  annas,  violet ;  Queeiis  Head. 

The  3  pies,  grey,  Queeiis  Head,  with  the 
official  overprint,  has  been  sent  to  us  by 
Mr.  W.  T.  Wilson. 

Service  Stamp.     3  pies,  grey  ;  Queen's  Head. 

Messrs.  Bright  and  Son  have  called  our 
attention  to  some  minor  varieties  of  over- 
print not,  we  believe,  hitherto  noted. 

The  second  stamp  in  the  left-hand  bottom 
row  in  the  sheet  has  a  large  Roman  "r" 
in  "  Gwalior,"  and  has  been  found  on  the 
h  anna,  green,  pea-green  ;  i  anna,  brown- 
purple  ;  I  anna,  carmine  ;  2  annas,  violet ; 
3  annas,  orange  ;  4  annas,  olive-green, 
Queen's  Heads  ;  and  also  on  the  2  annas, 
King's  Head. 

There  is  also  to  be  found  a  small  Roman 
"g"  in  "Gwalior"  on  the  3  pies,  carmine; 
\  anna,  green ;  i  anna,  brown-purple ;  2 
annas,  blue  ;  3  annas,  orange  ;  and  4  annas, 
olive-green,  Queen's  Heads. 

A  "  g "  of  a  similar  type,  but  wider,  and 
in  another  case  a  small  Roman  "  r,"  may  be 
found  on  the  six  denominations  enumerated 
above. 

We  understand  that  only  one  copyof  each 
of  the  four  varieties  named  is  to  be  found 
in  each  sheet  of  240  stamps. 

Holkar. — We  have  received  from  Messrs. 
Whitfield  King  and  Co.  the  3  and  4  annas 
of  the  new  type  chronicled  on  page  76. 
Adhesives. 

3  annas,  violet  ;  no  wmk.  ;  perf.  13^. 

4  ,,      ultramarine       ,,  ,, 


NEW  ISSUES. 


187 


Jhind. — It   is   stated   in   the  P.  J.   of  I. 
that   the   3   pies,   grey,    Qiieeiis   Head,   for 
ordinary  use,  was  issued  in  February,  1904. 
Adhesive.     3  pies,  grey  ;  Queeiis  Head. 

Patiala. — The  M.  /.,  on  the  authority  of 
a  Continental  contemporary,  reports  the 
current  6  a.  overprinted  for  this  State,  and 
we  do  not  appear  to  have  previously  listed 

the  I  rupee. 

Adhesive. 

6  annas,  bistre ;  King's  Head. 

I  rupee,  carmine  and  green  ;  King's  Head. 

Mauritius. — A  new  Special  Delivery 
stamp  for  foreign  service  has  been  issued, 
and  the  A./.  P.  describes  it  as  follows  :— 

"  It  is  of  the  design  of  the  rupee  values, 
excepting  that  the  lower  label  has  been  left 
blank  and  a  new  value,  '  18  cents,'  printed 
in  afterwards  in  black.  The  '18'  is  tall  and 
heavy,  while  the  word  'CENTS'  is  in  smaller 
Roman  capitals,  and  the  word  does  not 
always  occupy  the  same  relative  position 
to  the  '  18.'  This  leads  us  to  believe  that 
the  word  ' CENTS'  was  printed  separately, 
while  the  '18'  was  printed  at  the  same  time 
as  the  balance  of  the  surcharge,  which  is  in 
three  lines  of  sans-serif  capitals,  and  reads  : 

'(KOREIGN)  EXPRESS  DELIVERY.'" 

Adhesive. 

18  c,  green  and  black;  black  surcharge;  CC; 

perf.  14. 

South  Australia.— As  we  expected,  the 
long  postals  offer  a  fine  field  for  the  specialist, 
and  fresh  varieties  are  already  chronicled  in 
Ewc7is  Weekly. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  belongs  to 
the  8d.  value,  and  Ewcn's  informs  us  that 
the  last  printing  of  this  stamp  had  an  error. 
The  eighteenth  stamp  on  the  sheet  had  the 
spelling  "  EIGNT."  Some  twenty  or  thirty 
sheets,  it  is  stated,  were  put  into  circulation 
before  the  mistake  was  noticed  and  the 
errors  called  in  and  destroyed. 

Straits  Settl1';mknjs.  -Another  stamp 
of  the  new  design  of  the  King's  Head  set 
is  listed  by  tlic  Melropulitan  ritilatclist. 
The  watermark  is  not  given. 
Adhesive. 
8  cents,  nuuivc,  on  liglit  lihic  p.ipcr. 

Zanziuar. — Specimens  of  the  new  set 
have  reached  London. 

The  design,  we  are  told,  is  Arms  in  centre, 
with  "ZANZir.AR"  and  value  l)e!()W  ;  native 
inscription  at  tup.  W'nil;.  (^)ualrtT()ils  and 
pcrf.  14. 

EweiCs  Weekly  lists  tlif  (..llowing  : — 


Adhesives. 

('. 

)  Small  size. 

\  anna. 

green, 
red. 

2  annas 

,  brown. 

A 

blue. 

3 

4 
4i 

5* 

grey. 

dark  green. 

black. 

yellow-brown. 

red-violet. 

8 

olive-green. 

(iz 

. )  Large  size. 

I  rupee 

,  ultramarine  and  red. 

2 
3 

J) 

green 

violet                 ,, 

4 

)> 

brown-lilac        , , 

5 

)) 

olive-brown       ,, 

EUROPE. 

France. — The  Sower  type  on  a  15  c. 
letter  card  is  announced. 

Letter  Card. 
15  c,  dark  green  on  grey.      Semeuse  type. 

Servia. — A  new  letter  card  is  listed  by 
Eweiis  Weekly. 

Letter  Card. 

10  p.,  rose ;  Arms  in  black  over  the  stamp  of  1901 

type  (not  1903). 

AMERICA. 

Chili. — The  S.  C.  F.  chronicles  a  pro- 
visional. It  is  the  10  centavos  Telegraph 
stamp  converted  to  postal  use  by  a  black 
overprint  of  the  word  "  CORREOS."  The 
surcharge  is  placed  across  the  top  portion 
of  the  stamp,  traversing  and  cancelling  the 
original  inscription,  "telegraeos  del  es- 
TADO." 

Colombian  Republic.  — Z>W/w?;-.  — Re- 
garding the  new  stamps  which  we  chronicled 
upon  page  132,  the  A.  f.  P.  stales  : — 

"  We  have  received  the  following  com- 
munication from  our  correspondent  at  Car- 
tagena :  'These  stamps  were  made  here  last 
year,  but  they  had  not  been  put  in  use  be- 
cause the  Dejiartmcntal  Post  Office  of  this 
city  has  not  been  completely  installed  until 
now.  As  you  can  sec,  the  stamps  have  no 
artistic  value,  but  the  issue  was  very  limited 
(50,000  of  each  value). 

"'The  following  varieties  arc  known  :  — 
5  c,  I  sheet  iniperf.  and  I  sheet  iiii|)erf. 

horizontally. 
10  c,  6  sheets  iuii>erf.  and  1  sheet  impcrf. 

liorizonlally. 
20  c,  2  sheets  imi)erf.  and  1  sliccl  impcrf. 

horizontally. 
20  c,  1  sheet  printed  on  both  sides. 
20  c,  30  sheets  ,,        in  dark  red. 
20  c,  10    ,,         ,,        red  brown. 

'"A  German  tiealcr  has  bought  40,000  of 
each  value,  and  he  is  going  to  send  ihcm  lo 
Bremen.'" 


NEW  ISSUES. 


Nicaragua. — Ewetis  Weekly  lists  three 
provisional  envelopes.  One  we  have  already 
chronicled  ;  the  others  are — 

Envelopes. 

"  Habilitado,"  in  seriffed  caps,  on  5  c.  envelope 

of  1898. 
"Vale  5  centavos,"  on  the  10  c.  of  igoo.     Over- 
prints in  violet. 

Paraguay. — Are  we  going  to  have  new 
sets  yearly  for  this  State?  Ewen's  Weekly 
announces  a  set  dated  "  1904,"  and  coming 
in  two  designs. 

Adhesives. 

(i)  Rectangular,  somewhat  similar  to  the  issues  of 
1903. 
5  c,  blue. 
10  c,  yellow-bistre. 
20  c. ,  violet. 
30  c,  pale  blue. 
60  c,  brown. 

(ii)  Oblong  design,  with  building  in  centre. 

1  peso,  carmine  and  black. 

2  ,,      blue  ,, 
5     )s       ) )  >» 

United  States. — An  entire  sheet  of  the 
2  c.  St.  Louis  stamp,  imperforate  horizontally, 
was  recently  purchased  at  the  Post  Office  at 
Cleveland,  and  the  plate  number  of  the  sheet 
is  2,156.—^./.  P. 

We  take  the  following  from  the  Metro- 
politan  Philatelist: — 

"  U.  S.,  Panama  or  Canal  Zone  ?  We 
clip  from  the  daily  press. 

" '  Panama,  Friday  sth. 

"  '  The  Postmaster-General  delivered  to- 
day one  thousand  dollars'  worth  of  Panama 
stamps  to  Governor  Davis,  surcharged  with 
the  words  "  Canal  Zone,"  for  use  pending  the 
receipt  of  the  regular  United  States  stamps, 
which  are  expected  about  the  middle  of  July. 

"'The  United  States  domestic  postal  rate 
will  then  go  into  effect  on  the  canal  zone 
between  Colon  and  Panama.  In  the  mean- 
time provisional  United  States  post  offices 
were  established  to-day  at  Ancon,  Labora, 
Empire,  Gorgona,  Tavermilla,  Bohio,  Gatun, 
and  Cristobal,  comprising  the  districts  of  the 
canal  zone.  " 


OTHER  COUNTRIES. 

Curasao.  —  The     following     additional 
values  have  been  added  to  the  new  set : — 
Adhesives. 


I  cent, 

olive-green. 

15  cents,  dark  brown 

2  cents 

,  red-brown. 

25      ,,      violet. 

2i   ., 

dark  green. 

30      ,,      red-brown. 

3     ,. 

orange. 

50      ,,      brown -car- 

5    „ 

carmine. 

mine. 

10     „ 

lilac. 

Post  Card. 
2\  c,  green  on  greenish. 


Dahomey.— Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and 
Co.  inform  us  that  they  have  received  the 
following  stamps  :  2,  4,  20,  30,  40,  75  c,  and 
I,  2,  and  5  francs,  all  of  which  are  of  the 
same  type  and  colours  as  the  ordinary  current 
stamps  of  other  French  colonies. 

Eritrea. — The  M.J.  has  been  shown  a 
used  copy  of  the  current  i  c.  stamp  with  the 
"  Colonia  Eritrea"  overprint  inverted  across 
the  upper  part. 

Indo-China.  —  Messrs.   Whitfield   King 
and  Co.  send   us    the  2  centimes  value  of 
the  new  set  referred  to  on  page   103,   and 
inform  us  that  they  also  possess  the  other 
denominations  listed  below. 
Adhesives. 
2  centimes,  brown  on  buff;  14  x  13I. 
I  centime,  olive. 

4  centimes,  claret. 

5  !>         green. 

20         ,,         red  on  green. 
I  franc,  sage-green. 

Martinique. — The  2  francs,  violet,  of  the 
current  set  has  reached  Messrs.  Whitfield 
King  and  Co. 

Adhesive.     2  francs,  violet. 

Persia. — The  M.J.  has  received  the  2  ch. 
stamp  of  the  current  issue,  surcharged  "pl 
— TEHERAN,"  in  two  lines,  with  a  dividing 
line  between  them,  in  rose. 

Local  Stamp.     2ch.  ,grey;  rose  surcharge. 

PHiLirpiNE  Islands. — Messrs.  Whitfield 
King  and  Co.  send  us  the  i  c,  2  c,  S  c,  13  c, 
15  c,  50  c,  and  $1  of  the  U.S.A.,  surcharged 
for  use  here,  and  all  previously  chronicled. 
We  find  the  overprint  on  the  $1  to  be  in 
vermilion  and  the  remainder  in  black. 

Spanish  Guinea. — On  page  164  we  an- 
nounced the  issue  of  a  provisional  stamp, 
and  Ewetis  Weekly,  on  the  authority  of  a 
Dutch  contemporary,  adds  six  values  to  the 

issue  as  follows  :  — 

Adhesives. 
Oblong  fiscal  stamps,  surcharged,  in  four  lines, 
"Habilitado — para — correos — 10  cent,  de  pes- 
eta "  (the  first  three  lines  being  in  capitals). 
10  c,  in  red,  on  25  c,  black. 
10  c,  in  blue,  on  50  c,  grey-brown. 
ID  c,  in  black,  on  2  p.,  carmine. 
10  c,  in  blue         ,,  ,, 

10  c.  ,,  2  p.  50  c. ,  carmine. 

10  c,  in  red,  on  5  p.,  olive. 

Surinam. — A  i2vc.  of  same  design  as  the 
one  for  Curacao,  1903,  has  reached  Washing- 
ton.— Metropolitan  Philatelist. 

Adhesive.     I2jc.,blue;  no  wmk.  ;  perf.  12^. 


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lljilat^Iic   Snmtks'  listings. 


A  GENERAL  meeting  was  held  at  Anderton's 
Hotel,  Fleet  Street,  E.G.,  on  Tuesday,  April 
19th,  1904,  at  6.30  p.m. 

Present :  Messrs.  L.  E.  Bradbury,  W. 
Simpson,  W.  G.  Gool,  J.  G.  Sidebotham,  W. 
Schwabacher,  R.  Frentzel,  W.  S.  Standen, 
D.  Thomson,  H.  Thompson,  J.  K.  Boddy,  L. 
W.  Fulcher,  T.  H.  Harvey,  W.  A.  Boyes,  A. 
G.  Wane,  R.  Meyer,  K.  Wiehen,  H.  L. 
Hayman,  G.  J.  Daun,  R.  B.  Yardley,  H.  B. 
Wills,  A.  H.  L.  Giles,  W.  V.  Morten,  A. 
Bagshavve,  W.  Jacoby,  F.  J.  Melville,  S. 
Chapman,  J.  B.  Neyroud,  A.  B.  Kay,  H.  A. 
Slade,  and  one  visitor. 

Mr.J.G.  Sidebotham  was  voted  to  the  chair. 
The  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  on  March 
15th,  1904,  were  read  and  signed  as  correct. 

Donations  of  forgeries  were  received  from 
Messrs.  Gorden  G.  Smith,  R.  E.  Gold,  and 
Miss  L.  M.  Stewart. 

Mr.  M.  Z.  Kuttner  was  duly  elected  an 
ordinary  member  of  the  Society.  Messrs. 
Bradbury,  Sidebotham,  and  the  Hon.  Sec. 
were  elected  as  a  committee  to  make 
arrangements  for  the  Annual  Dinner  to  be 
held  on  May  loth,  1904. 

Mr.  G.  J.  Daun  then  exhibited  his  collec- 
tion of  the  stamps  of  the  Oil  Rivers  Pro- 
tectorate, and  gave  some  valuable  informa- 
tion as  to  the  numbers  issued  of  the  rarer 
surcharged  varieties.  This  collection,  which 
is  quite  complete  and  contains  the  unique 
20s.  Queen's  Head  surcharge,  was  greatly 
appreciated  by  the  members,  and  a  vote  of 
thanks,  proposed  by  Mr.  Bagshawe  and 
seconded  by  Mr.  Simpson,  was  carried  with 
acclamation.  Mr.  Daun  suitably  responded, 
and  promised  to  show  more  of  his  treasures 
before  the  Society  on  a  future  occasion. 

Mr.  H.  L.  Hayman  then  gave  a  display 
of  his  collection  of  the  stamps  of  Tonga, 
accompanied  by  descriptive  notes.  This 
collection  was  also  complete,  and  the  various 
issues  and  surcharges  were  shown  in  great 
profusion  in  blocks,  etc.,  the  rare  perforations 
and  the  errors  of  printing,  etc.,  etc.,  being 
specially  conspicuous.  Mr.  Hayman  again 
showed  what  can  be  done  with  a  little-known 
country,  and  in  response  to  a  hearty  vote  of 
llianks,  ]iro))osed  by  Mr.  Boddy  and  seconded 
by  Mr.  Yardley,  the  exhibitor  promised  to 
bring  liis  first  issues  of  New  Zealand  before 
the  Society  next  season. 

The  meeting  terminated  at  8.30  p.m. 

TiiK  Annual  Meeting  was  held  at  Anderton's 
Hotel,  I'leet  Street,  E.G.,  on  Tuesday, 
May  17th,   1904. 

Reports  were  received  from  the  lion. 
Secretary  and  Treasurer  and  from  the  lion. 
Librarian.  The  lialance  in  hand  amounted 
to  upwanls  of  £2$,  and  the  increase  in  the 
nuniljer  of  inemljcrs  to  Iwcnly-onc. 


The  electi  on  of  officers  resulted  as  follows : — 
Hon.  President :  H.  Jennings  White  ;  Hon. 
Vice-President:  Herbert  R.  Oldfield  ;  Vice- 
Presidents  :  W.  B.  Avery,  M.  P.  Gasde, 
Robert  Ehrenbach,  and  Gordon  Smith  ; 
Gommittee  :  L.  E.  Bradbury,  W.  G.  Gool, 
R.  Frentzel,  S.  H.  Harvey,  F.  Reichenheim, 
W.  Schwabacher,  J.  G.  Sidebotham,  W. 
Simpson  ;  Hon.  Librarian  :  George  Haynes ; 
Hon.  Auditors :  W.  A.  Boyes,  George  Gaffe ; 
Hon.  Secretary  and  Treasurer:  H.  A.  Slade. 

Headquarters  for  monthly  meetings  :  An- 
derton's Hotel ;  date  of  meetings  :  3rd 
Tuesday,  at  7  p.m.,  from  October  to  May 
inclusive. 

Votes  of  thanks  to  the  Ghairman  (Mr.  S. 
Chapman)  and  to  the  officers  for  their 
services  during  the  past  season,  terminated 
the  proceedings  at  8  p.m. 

H.  A.  Slade,  Hon.  Sec.  and  Treasurer. 
Ingleside,  St.  Albans,  June  2nd,  1904. 


ANNUAL  MEETING. 
The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Johannesburg- 
Philatelic  Society  was  held  on  !\lay  4th,  1904, 
at  the  Masonic  Hotel.  There  were  present : 
Mr.  M.  Neuburger,  in  the  chair  ;  Messrs. 
S.  Klagsbuin,  C.  E.  Lawson,  A.  G.  Cohen, 
F.  H.  i3rennan,  A.  Law,  H.  H.  Robinson, 
E.  Harford,  R.  Syme,  W.  W.  Green,  W.  R. 
Cohen,  A.  Sonn,  F.  H.  Ansell,  and  W.  G. 
Byron,  acting  Secretary. 

ANNUAL   REPORT. 

The  annual  report  and  balance  sheet 
were  received.  The  former  showed  that, 
although  the  Society  had  not  been  all  that 
could  be  desired,  their  efforts  had  not  been 
entirely  fruitless.  There  were  at  present 
forty- two  members  of  the  Society,  a  de- 
crease of  seven  as  compared  with  the 
previous  year.  Several  exhiljitions  of  stamps 
of  various  countries  have  Ijcen  held  during 
the  year.  Amongst  the  donations  to  the 
Society  are  three  volumes  of  Stanley  Ciibbons' 
Album,  the  gift  of  Mr.  E.  O.  Meyers,  to 
whom  the  thanks  of  the  Society  are  due, 
while  Messrs.  Sonn,  Byron,  and  Nculjurger 
have  contributed  to  the  library. 

The  financial  position  of  the  Society  can 
also  be  considered  satisfactory,  the  credit 
Ijalance  to  dale  standing  at  ^33  4s.  8d. 

The  Ghairman  moved  the  adoption  of  the 
report,  and  on  Mr.  Klagsbuin  seconding,  it 
was  carried  unanimously. 

The  following  officials  were  then  elected  : 
Mr.  M.  Neuburger,  Chairman;  Mr.  S.  A. 
Klagsljuin,  Vice  -  Cliainnan  ;  Messrs.  E. 
Harford,  C.  K.  Schuler,  and  Dr.  L.  F.  11. 
llrennan,  Committee  ;  Mr.  W.  1'.  CoIkmi 
w:is  a[)pointcd  Supcrinlcndcnl  of  Exchange 


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and  Hon.  Treasurer ;  and  Mr.  W.  G.  Byron 
as  Hon.  Secretary  (Box  4,967). 

It  was  intimated  that  visitors  will  always 
be  cordially  welcomed  to  the  meetings  of 
the  Society. 

The  members  then  discussed  the  arrange- 
ments for  the  forthcoming  banquet,  after 
which  the  meeting  terminated. 


351,  Fourth  Avenue,  New  York. 


The  one  hundred  and  second  meeting  of 
the  Board  of  Governors  was  held  at  the 
Club  House  on  Monday  evening,  January 
nth,  1904.  Present:  Messrs.  Andreini, 
Bruner,  Dewing,  Luff,  Rich,  Scott,  and 
Perrin.  Mr.  Oney  K.  Carstarphen  was  re- 
instated as  a  resident  subscribing  member 
of  the  Club.  The  Treasurer's  report,  show- 
ing a  cash  balance  on  hand  of  $306.65, 
exclusive  of  reserve  fund,  was  approved  as 
read.  Report  of  the  House  Committee  was 
read  and  accepted.  Mr.  Alvah  Davison 
presented  to  the  Club  fifty-seven  volumes  of 
stamp  catalogues  and  papers,  for  which  a 
vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  him.  Mr.  Erik 
Enequist's  name  was  dropped  from  the 
membership  roll  for  non-payment  of  dues. 
The  judges  appointed  to  award  the  medals 
for  the  competitive  exhibition  of  the  U.S. 
Telegraph  Stamps  submitted  their  report  as 
follows  :  "  Mr.  President  and  Gentlemen, — 
Your  Committee  appointed  to  judge  the 
collections  of  American  Telegraph  Stamps 
submitted  in  competition  for  the  silver  and 
bronze  medals  beg  to  report  as  follows  : 
Four  collections  were  submitted  to  the 
judges,  under  the  following  names,  '  Caliph,' 
'  Nemesis,'  '  Northern  Mutual,'  and  '  Pacific' 
Those  entered  under  the  first  two  names  are 
very  fine  collections,  both  nearing  complete- 
ness, and  lacking  in  one  line,  better  repre- 
sented by  the  other.  After  weighing  the 
deficiencies  in  each  your  Committee  have 
awarded  the  first  prize  of  a  silver  medal  to 
the  collection  entered  under  the  name  of 
'  Caliph,'  and  awarded  the  bronze  medal  to 
'  Nemesis.'  The  remaining  collections  are 
both  interesting  and  show  considerable  care ; 
but  the  plan  on  which  '  Pacific '  is  arranged 
in  one  of  Mr.  Rich's  Monographs  on 
American  Telegraphs  is  so  valuable  and 
interesting  that  your  Committee  consider  it 
entitled  to  honourable  mention.      Respect- 


fully submitted,  John  W.  Scott,  P.  F. 
Bruner."  Upon  opening  the  envelopes  con- 
taining the  names  of  the  exhibitors  it  was 
found  that  the  silver  medal  had  been  awarded 
to  Mr.  Joseph  S.  Rich,  and  the  bronze  medal 
to  Mr.  H.  E.  Deats,  that  the  collection 
entered  under  the  name  of  "  Pacific "  was 
the  property  of  Mr.  John  N.  Luff,  and  that 
Mr.  George  L.  Toppan  had  entered  his 
collection  under  the  name  of  "Northern 
Mutual."  The  report  of  the  judges  was 
accepted  with  thanks.  The  following  judges 
were  appointed  to  award  the  medals  of  the 
next  competition  (Porto  Rico)  to  be  held  on 
February  8th  :  J.  C.  Morgenthau,  P.  F. 
Bruner,  J.  W.  Scott.  And  due  notice  is 
hereby  given'  that  all  exhibits  are  to  be 
sent  to  Mr.  J.  C.  Morgenthau,  87,  Nassau 
Street,  at  least  two  days  before  the  date 
of  exhibition.     Adjourned  at  9.35  p.m. 


The  one  hundred  and  third  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Governors  was  held  at  the  Club 
House  on  Monday  evening,  February  8th, 
1904.  Present:  Messrs.  Andreini,  Bruner, 
Dewing,  Morgenthau,  Luff,  Rich,  Scott,  and 
Perrin.  The  Treasurer's  report,  showing  a 
cash  balance  on  hand  of  $282.21,  exclusive 
of  reserve  fund,  was  read  and  accepted. 
Moved,  seconded,  and  carried  that  the  lease 
of  the  Club  House  be  renewed  for  one  year 
and  the  Treasurer  be  authorised  to  sign  the 
lease  for  one  year,  beginning  May  ist,  1904, 
at  a  rental  of  $1,300  per  annum.  The  judges 
appointed  to  award  the  medals  for  the  com- 
petitive exhibition  of  the  stamps  of  Porto 
Rico  submitted  their  report.  Upon  opening 
the  envelopes  containing  the  names  of  the 
exhibitors  the  awards  were  found  to  have 
been  as  follows :  Mr.  F.  H.  Tows,  silver 
medal ;  Mr.  W.  H.  Sussdorf,  bronze  medal ; 
Mr.  George  L.  Toppan,  honourable  mention. 
The  following  judges  were  appointed  to 
award  the  medals  of  the  next  competition 
(U.  S.  Postage,  Official  Dues,  Newspaper, 
and  Revenues)  to  be  held  on  March  14th  : 
John  N.  Luff,  W.  W.  Dewing,  P.  F.  Bruner, 
W.  S.  Scott,  F.  H.  Tows.  A  vote  of  thanks 
was  tendered  Mr.  Oscar  De  Jonge  for  two 
stamp  plates  presented  to  the  Club.  The  ap- 
plications of  George  D.  Morse  and  Edward  H. 
Mason  having  been  posted  the  required  length 
of  time  were  balloted  upon,  and  they  were 
declared  to  have  been  unanimously  elected 
subscribing  members  of  the  Club.  Adjourned 
at  9.30  p.m.        Albert  Perrin,  Secretary. 


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Messrs.  Plumridge  and  Co. 
Sale  of  May  31st  and  June  ist,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Barbados,  1870,  large  Star,  rough     /     i.    d. 

perfs.,  id.  on  bluish,*  part  gum     550 
Great  Britain,  id.,  red,  Dickinson's 

paper,  horizontal  pair*  .         .3126 


Great  Britain,  Board  of  Education,     ^    s.    d. 

King's  Head,  5d.  and  id.  on 

piece    .  .  ..400 

Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  5d.  and  2id., 

ditto      .  .  ..400 

Tasmania,  1853,  4d.,  orange,  Plate 

2,  block  of  6        .  .         .350 


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Jamaica, I  SgOjTwopenceHalfpenny     £    $.    d. 
on  4d.,  a  block  of  24  from  cor- 
ner of  sheet,  with  full  margins, 
showing   "6  pf"  and  "nk" 
errors,  mint  .  .         .400 

South  Australia,  1872,  gd.,  grey- 
lilac  variety,  perf  x  roulette, 
one  perf  missing  at  top,  other- 
wise fine,  with  Mr.  W.  T.  Wil- 
son's guarantee   .  .         .2140 

Swazieland,  black  surcharge,  -Jd., 
grey,  mint  vertical  pair,  with 
surcharge  inverted,  the  upper 
stamp  being  the  "d"  omitted 
variety  .  .         .380 

Victoria,    1864,    id.,   green,  wmk. 

Sixpence,  horizontal  pair         .     215     o 

Virgin  Isles,  1866,  perf.  12,  on  toned, 

6d.,  rose,  a  mint  sheet  of  25   .     7     5     o 

Collections:  4,122  (Europeans),  £^\  \    and 
5,151  (Oppen's),  £z\. 


Messrs.  Plumridge  and  Co. 
Sale  of  June  14th  and  15th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Bechuanaland  Protectorate,  1888, 

28.,  green,*  mint  .         .300 

Ditto,  ditto,  5s.,  ditto,*  ditto       -550 
Dominica,  1882  (November),  \  on 

halfpenny,*  pair,  ditto     .         .220 
Great  Britain,  id.,  red,  Plate  225,* 

pair,  ditto  .  .         .     3   10     o 

Ditto,  1867, 2s.,  brown        .         .280 
"  o  w 

^'"°'  OFFICIAL,"  ^^'"^'^    "ea^' 

lod.      .  .  .         .     5   IS     o 

Ditto,     Board     of     Education, 

Queen's  Head,  5d.  and  is.    .     7     5     o 
Ditto,   ditto.   King's    Head,   sd. 

ancl  ^d.  .  ..550 

Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  5d.  and  2?,d.  .     5   15     o 
Mauritius,   1885,  2   on   38  c,    in- 
verted surcharge,*  mint  .     216     o 
Newfoundland,  1857,  6d.,  scarlct- 

vermilion  .  .         -750 

New  South  Wales,  1853,  8d., 
orange,  no  ornaments  above 
"p"and"E"      .  .         .280 

Queensland,  1861,  rough  perf,  id., 

rose,  and  is.,  dull  violet*        .240 
Saxony,  3  pf.,  red*    .  .        .440 

Sale  of  June  28lh  and  29lh,  1904. 

"     UlUlSCll. 

Antigua,    no    wmk.,    6d.,    yellow- 
green,*  with  gum  .         .180 
lira/.il,  600  reis,  italic  figures  -350 
Canada,  lod.,  IjIuc,  lliin  paper  *    .     2   10    o 
Cape,  woo(ll)locks,  id.,  bright  red, 

pair       .  .  ..800 

Dominica,  6(1.,  orange,  mint  block 

(jf  60     .  .  .         .900 

Ditto,  IS.,  lilac-rose,  C  A,  used  .     i    iS     o 
Great    Britain,    1870,    lAd.,    deep 

rose- red,  '•OP  PC''      .         .250 
Ditto,     Board     of     Educ.ilion, 

King's   Head,  jd.  and  id.  5150 


£     s.     d. 

Great  Britain,  1870,  5d.  .  .650 
Ditto,   Levant,   1885,    12  p.,  on 

blued,*  part  gum  .         .240 

New  Brunswick,  6d.,  yellow,*  with 

Expert  Committee's  opinion  .  615  o 
Swazieland,      2d.,     variety      "  d " 

om.itted,  inverted  surcharge  .200 
Tasmania,  1892-9,  ^i,  green  and 

yellow,*  mint       .  .         .650 

Trinidad,  i860,  id.,  slate,  horizontal 

pair       .  .  •  .         .300 

Ditto,  1896,  los., green  and  blue,* 

mint      .  .  .         .1110 


Messrs.  Ventom,  Bull,  and  Cooper. 
Sale  of  June  i6th  and  17th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Great  Britain,   id.,  black,   recon- 
structed plate  of  240       .         .     3  10    o 
Ditto,  id.,  red,  Plate  132,  block 

of  6,*  mint.  .  .         .160 

Ditto,  2d.,  blue,  Plate  7,  block 

of  8,*  mint  .  .         .300 

Ditto,  Collection  2,571  used,  and 

378*     .  .  .         .  51     o     o 

Gibraltar,  ist  issue,  sets  complete, 

unused,  £i  i8s. ;  used     .         .     2   14     o 
Tuscany,  9  c,  dull  purple  on  blue,* 

with  gum  .  .         .1100 

Ditto,  9  c.,  lilac-grey  on  white*     400 

Switzerland,  Basle,  2^r.  .         .280 

Ceylon,  4d.,  dull  rose,  imperf         .     5    15     o 

Ditto,  IS.  9d.,  green,  ditto  .     i    16    o 

British  East  Africa,  ist  issue,  sets 

of  3*.;^3  los.;  used        .         .300 
Gold  Coast,  perf  12^-,  id.,  4d.,  and 

6d.*      .  ".  .         .330 

Natal,  1st  issue,  is.,  buff        .         .     4  10    o 
Ditto,   1869,  "Postage"   in   tall 

caps,  id.,  red,  block  of  6        -376 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  with  stop  on 

3d.,  blue*  .  .         .200 

Ditto,    1874-8,    perf    I2i,    4d., 

brown  *  .  .         .1180 

Newfoundland,  IS., scarlet-verm.     .   10    o    o 
Ditto,  IS.,  orange -vermilion,  no 

margins  .  .         .600 

Barbados,  5s.,  dull  rose,*  full  gum     250 
British  Guiana,  i860,  thick  paper, 
perf  12,  2c.,  4c.,  8c.,  12c.,  and 
24  c.,  all  *  .  .         .400 

Ditto,  1862,  provisional,  i  c, 
lilack  on  rose,  border  of  pearls, 
No.  17  on  plate,*  full  gum  and 
full  roulettes,  very  tine  .1111     o 

Ditto,  2  c, black  on  yellow,  border 
of  pearls,  showing  roulettes 
two  sides  .  .         .220 

Nevis,  1867,  IS.,  bluc-green,*  mint     40a 
Ditto,  1878,  4d.,  orange,  litho,* 

full  gum  .  .         .2160 

Ditto,  1883,  6d.,  green,*  mint, 
/;4   1 5s.,  used       .  .         .426 

Si.  Vincent,  5s.,  Star,*  witii  gum  .     8100 
Ditto,  1883  4,  pcif.  12,  4d,  blue,* 

mint      .  .  •         ■     3     3     o 

Trinidad,  id.,  I>lue,  liihn  .     2   15     o 


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6 

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3 

lO 

o 

7 

17 

6 

2 

17 

6 

6 

15 

o 

Turks  Islands,  2^d.  on  is.,  lilac,* 
with  gum 

Pacific  Steam  Navigation  Co.,  i  r., 
blue,  with  Lima  postmark 

New  South  Wales,  i860,  perf.  12, 
IS.,  rose* 
Ditto,  ditto,  5s.,  violet,*  mint     . 

New  Zealand,   ist  issue,   London 
print,  id.,  dull  carmine  . 
Ditto,  1856,  IS.,  green,  on  thick 

paper,  rouletted 
Ditto,  watermark  N  Z,  id.,  car- 
mine -  vermilion,      rouletted,* 
mint         .  .  ..700 

Tasmania,  ditto,  "  H  ELfpenny  "  on 

id.,  scarlet,  Gibbons'  No.  161     4  10     o 

Collection  :  1,150,  ^25. 

*  *  * 
Messrs.  Puttick  and  Simpson. 

Sale  of  June  21st  and  22nd,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Switzerland,  Basle,  2jr.,*  close  at 

right,  with  gum  .  .         .2126 

Ditto,  Vaud,  4  c.,  black  and  red     6  17     6 
Tuscany,  60  crazie,  slight  defect    .     4   10     o 
Ceylon,  4d.,  rose,  imperf.,  close  at 
bottom 
Ditto,  8d.,  brown,  ditto 
Ditto,  IS.  9d.,  yellow-green,  ditto 
Ditto,  2S.,  blue,  ditto 
Cape,  woodblock,  id.,  scarlet,  close 

at  bottom 
Lagos,  2s.  6d.,  olive-black 
Mauritius,   Britannia,    is.,   green, 

imperf.,  pair* 
Sierra    Leone,    1861,    6d.,    violet, 

imperf.* 
Zululand,   1894-6,  ^i,  purple   on 

red,*  mint 
Newfoundland,  is.,  orange,  close  at 
top        .  ... 

Nevis,  1883,  CA,  6d.,  green,*  with 

gum      .  .  ••330 

Ditto,  ditto,  |d.,  in  black,  on  half 

id.,  lilac,  block  of  8  on  entire  376 
Antioquia,  1868,  5c.,  green  .  .450 
British   Guiana,    1862,   4  c.,   blue. 

No.  6,  no  roulettes  .         -376 

New  South  Wales,   Sydney,    id., 

deep  lake,  Plate  2,  apparently*    450 
Ditto,  1854-5,  imperf,  is.,  red*     200 
Collections  :  7,400,  ^38,  and  a  miscellaneous 
lot,  ^50. 

*  *  * 

Messrs.  Plumridge  and  Co. 
Sale  of  July  5th  and  6th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

British  Bechuanaland  Protectorate, 
1888,  -kk,  vermilion,  Protec- 
torate surcharged  twice,  mint  215  o 
Ditto,  August,  1888,  IS.,  green, 
the  very  rare  variety  Pr- 
tectorate,*  mint  .  .         -350 


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15 
17 
17 

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12 

2 

15 

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16 

2 

7 

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16 

4 

4 

British  Bechuanaland  Protectorate, 

1888,  2s.,  green,*  mint    . 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  2s.  6d.,  ditto, 

in  similar  state    . 
Ditto,    ditto,    ditto,    5s.,    ditto, 

ditto     .  ... 

British  Central  Africa,  £1,  lilac  on 

bluish  paper,  mint 
Ditto,  ^10,  yellow,*  part  gum    . 
British  East  Africa,  1890,  J,  i  and 

4  annas,  on  piece 
British  Guiana,  1888-9,  f  i,  green,* 

mint      .  ... 

British    South   Africa,    1896,   one 

penny  on  3d.,  used 
Ditto,  ditto,^ditto,  on  4s.,*  mint 
Great  Britain,  L  R.  Official,  1901, 

IS.,  green  and  scarlet,*  mint  . 
Ditto,     O.  W.     Official,     1891, 

Queen,  mint 
Ditto,   ditto,   ditto,   ditto,    lod., 

used,  on  piece 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  another,  mint 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  2d.,  mint 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  2d.  and  2\d., 

used,  two  of  each 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  2|d.,blue,  mint 
Ditto,  O.W.  Official,  1892,  King, 

lod.,  used,  on  piece 
Ditto,  Government  Parcels,  is., 

brown,  Plate  13,*  mint    . 
Ditto,    ditto,    ditto,    is.,    ditto, 

Plate  14,*  mint    . 
Ditto,  ditto.  Queen,  is.,  red  and 

green,*  mint 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  is.,  ditto,  sttr- 

charge  inverted  . 
Ditto,     Board     of     Education, 
.    Queen,  5d.,*  mint 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  is.,  red  and 

green    .  ... 

Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  is.,ditto,*mint 
Ditto,  ditto,  King,  2jd.,  blue,* 

mint     .  ... 

Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  5d. 
Ditto,  R.H.  Official,  ditto,  ^d.,* 

mint      .  ... 

Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  id.,*  mint 
Ditto,  Admiralty,  Official,  Type 

L,  -^d.  and  id.,*  both  mint 
Ditto,''ditto,Type  IL,  ijd.,*mint 
Ditto,  ditto.  Type  L,  2d.,*  mint. 
Ditto,  ditto.  Type  L,  21(1.,*  mint 
Ditto,  ditto, Type  IL,  3d.,*  mint 
Niger  Coast,  1893,  -j,  in  red,  on  ^d., 

pale  blue  (left  half),*  mint 
Ditto,   1894,  "I",  in  blue,  on  half 

id.,  red  (right  half),  used,  on 

piece    .  ... 

Northern  Nigeria,  Queen,  2s.  6d.,* 

a  mint  horizontal  pair 
Ditto,  ditto,  los.,*  mint 
Ditto,  ditto,  I  OS.,*  a  mint  hori- 
zontal pair 
Tobago,  1879,  C.C,  5s.,*  grey,  mint 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  ^  I,  lilac,*  mint 
Ditto,  1882,  C  A,  6d.,  Stone 
Zululand,  1888,  5s.,  carmine  . 


£    J.     d. 

2  10    o 

3  17     6 

526 

700 
8   15     o 

2  15     o 

3  ID      O 

2    15      O 

220 

4  ID     o 
2    15       O 

5  5     o 
5  15     o 

.2  10    o 

I   10    o 

240 

5  IS  o 
220 
400 
I  14  o 
3100 
5  5  o 
5   10     o 

ID    10      O 

200 
600 

I     ID      O 

I    10     O 

0  IS      O 

1  19     O 
I     8     o 

I     ID      O 
220 


17    6 


440 

1  14     o 

2  ID      O 

4    ID      O 
260 

6  10    o 
426 

2    10      O 


THE 


f0nd0n  fWlEtfilist: 


THE    MONTHLY    JOURNAL    OF 


THE    PHILATELIC   SOCIETY,    LONDON. 


Vol.  XIII. 


AUGUST,    1904. 


No.    152. 


''Catalogue  lake." 

— ♦ — 

^IMff  N  this  journal  we  are  usually  content  to  occupy  our  pages  with 
\\W///v  the  philatelic  aspects  of  stamp  collecting,  with  the  exception 
of  those  columns  devoted  to  the  results  of  the  auctions.  The 
above  trite  expression,  however  familiar  in  the  mouth  of  every 
collector  from  the  veriest  schoolboy  to  the  most  "  bloated " 
specialist,  has  formed  a  thesis  on  which  some  of  our  con- 
temporaries have  been  recently  once  more  descanting.  The 
question  has  been  raised,  and  in  the  columns  of  the  Stamp 
Collector  s  Fortnightly  has  been  discussed  at  length,  as  to  how 
the  value  of  a  collection  can  be  ascertained,  and  on  what  basis, 
suggestions  varying  from  a  fourth  of  to  practically  full  catalogue 
value  having  been  made.  It  does  not  seem,  however,  that  the 
correspondence  has  elicited  any  definite  result,  except  that  "the  value  of 
anything  is  just  as  much  as  it  will  bring,"  which  is  an  evasive  reply  and 
practically  a  reduction  to  the  absurd. 

The  real  fact  of  the  case  is  that,  as  regards  the  financial  side,  the  average 
collector  relies  too  much  and  too  closely  upon  his  catalogue.  From  a 
philatelic  aspect  the  leading  catalogues  of  to-day  leave  little  to  desire,  and 
they  may  be  heavily  leant  on  with  safety  in  this  respect ;  but  an  adoption 
of  the  same  attitude  as  regards  the  values  may  result  in  the  ignominious  fall 
of  the  leaner,  (i)  The  modern  catalogue  is  issued  primarily  in  order  that 
the  dealer  may  sell  his  wares  ;  (2)  To  effect  these  sales  the  publislier  must 
have  a  good  and  reliable  catalogue;  (3)  The  information  as  to  the  chronicle 
and  issue  of  the  stamps  is  given  to  the  customers  ;  (4)  The  information  as 
to  the  inner  value  of  each  and  every  stamp  is  not  given  to  the  public,  but 
constitutes  the  basis  on  which  the  dealer — like  other  traders — makes  his 
living,  by  buying  in  the  chcai^cst  and  .selling  in  the  dearest  market. 

It  is  therefore  futile  to  imagine  thai  the  dealer  is  open  to  repurchase  from 
his  customers  on  the  basis  of  "catalogue  value."     If  a  sale  is  effected  it  is 


194     THE  STATUS  OF  BRITISH  STAMPS  APPLIED  TO  SPECIAL  USES. 

on  the  basis  of  the  net  cash  value  to  the  purchasing  firm,  practically  irre- 
spective of  the  quoted  prices.  We  would  therefore  earnestly  counsel  all  young 
collectors  or  beginners  to  make  their  purchases  with  caution  until  they  have 
felt  their  feet,  and  not  to  rely  too  much  on  "catalogue  value."  It  is  better 
to  make  "condition"  their  guidestar,  as  a  collection  of  perfect  stamps  has 
always  a  value,  however  small  it  be. 

We  are  induced  to  make  these  few  remarks  upon  the  £  s.  d.  question 
by  the  knowledge  that  younger  collectors  are  sometimes  frightened  out  of 
the  ranks  by  the  bogey  of  catalogue  values,  and  we  can  ill  afford  to  spare 
new  recruits  for  Philately.  It  is  better  for  the  beginner  to  expend  as  little 
money  as  possible  until  he  has  felt  his  feet,  and  assuredly  until  that  period 
has  arrived  he  should  regard  his  expenditure  as  having  been  made  solely 
for  his  enjoyment,  absolutely  distinct  from  any  realisable  value,  and  as  money 
spent.  When  he  has  mastered  his  subject  he  may  perhaps  make  investments 
— with  varying  success,  as  in  other  financial  walks  of  life.  In  collecting, 
whether  it  be  stamps,  pictures,  china,  furniture,  engravings,  or  aught  else,  it 
seems  to  us  that  there  is  only  one  golden  road  to  success — a  thorough  and 
complete  acquaintance  with  the  object  collected.  With  this  knowledge, 
and  a  modicum  of  common  sense,  we  fail  to  see  that  any  collector  need  be 
in  fear  of  making  a  serious  loss  on  his  collection.  In  any  case  he  should 
credit  his  expenditure  with  the  pleasure  and  occupation  derived  from  col- 
lecting, and  we  doubt  not  that  the  margin  on  his  final  philatelic  balance 
sheet  will  show  that  the  advantages  he  has  obtained  from  Philately  have 
been  far  greater  than  its  drawbacks. 


^h^  (Statu0  of  ^rittsk  (Stamp  applui)  to 
(Special  ^0^0. 


By    C.    a.    ELLIOTT. 


^  AS  Mr.  Dendy  Marshall  making  fun  of  us,  his  brother 
philatelists,  when  he  placed  the  first  provisional  issues 
of  Cyprus,  British  Bechuanaland,  and  other  colonies 
under  the  same  heading,  and  almost  upon  the  same 
footing,  with  British  Officials  and  the  like  ? 

I  fully  agree  with  him  in  deploring  the  tendency 
to  make  a  fetish  of  dealers'  catalogues,  and  would  welcome  greater  in- 
dependence on  the  part  of  collectors,  especially  of  those  who,  without 
becoming  specialists,  have  passed  the  schoolboy  stage  of  catalogue  guidance. 
Mr.  Marshall  tells  us  that  our  stamps  have  been  used  in  various  ways 
other  than  by  the  general  public  at  home,  and  proceeds  to  arrange,  under 
five  headings,  the  means  by  which  appropriation  to  special  uses  may  be 
denoted.  One  of  these  is  much  like  the  celebrated  chapter  on  snakes  in 
Ireland — "  It  is  not  indicated  " !  Omitting  this,  we  may  arrange  the  others 
thus : — 


THE  STATUS  OF  BRITISH  STAMPS  APPLIED  TO  SPECIAL  USES.     195 

1.  Official  stamps  (i  a). 

2.  Surcharges  for  the  Levant  (i  c). 

3.  Private  marks  or  perforations  {ib,  2,  3). 

4.  Used  stamps  with  foreign  postmarks. 

5.  Subsection  i  d. 

The  first  and  chief  questions,  upon  which  must  depend  the  status  not 
only  of  these,  but  of  all  other  stamps,  are :  By  whom,  in  what  state,  and  for 
what  purpose  were  they  issued  ? 

1.  Issued  with  overprint  limiting  the  use  to  the  various  departments 
indicated,  for  official  correspondence  only.  The  object  is  stated  to  have 
been  to  facilitate  the  keeping  of  accounts  with  the  Post  Office. 

2.  Issued  with  surcharge  of  value  in  Turkish  currency,  which  nominal 
value  is  below  that  of  ordinary  exchange.  The  object  was  to  prevent  the 
purchase  of  large  quantities  at  this  lower  value  to  be  used  elsewhere  at  full 
value.  These  are  available  only  for  correspondence /^'f//^  British  post  offices 
in  the  Levant.  Unsurcharged  stamps  may,  from  the  nature  of  the  case, 
be  used  if  convenient,  but  they  should  not  be  sold  except  for  English  money 
or  proper  exchange,  else  the  object  is  defeated. 

3.  These  are  issued  without  the  overprint  or  perforation,  which  is  subse- 
quently applied,  with  or  without  official  permission  or  sanction,  by  the 
purchaser,  not,  strictly  speaking,  to  limit  the  use,  but  as  a  mark  of  owner- 
ship. Stamps  are,  and  were  till  recently  even  to  a  greater  degree,  easily 
convertible  into  cash,  and  this  overprinting  or  perforating  was  resorted  to 
as  a  means  of  preventing  misappropriation,  since  stamps  so  treated  would 
be  generally  regarded  with  suspicion  if  offered  for  sale. 

Whether  the  Oxford  Union  Society  had  any  other  object  in  view  I  do 
not  know — possibly  it  was  a  sort  of  advertisement — but  in  any  case  the 
letters  "  O.U.S."  merely  proclaimed  the  fact  that  the  Society  bought  that 
stamp,  which  fact  may  be  of  high  interest  to  its  members,  but  scarcely  to 
the  great  body  of  collectors. 

I  incline  to  the  opinion  that  the  perforation  "  O.  W."  and  Crown,  being 
made  after  issue,  is  of  the  same  nature. 

4.  The  British  postal  authorities  have  made  arrangements  whereby  British 
stamps  are  used  to  frank  ship  letters,  correspondence  from  British  post 
offices  in  foreign  parts,  etc.  .  Stamps  so  used  can  only  be  known  by  the 
postmark,  and,  though  no  doubt  they  are  interesting  records  of  the  world- 
wide operations  of  our  Post  Office,  they  are  British  stamps  used  according 
to  the  regulations  of  the  British  authorities,  and  in  no  case  "varieties."  In 
my  opinion  they  belong  to  a  collection  of  postmarks,  rather  than  to  one  of 
stamps,  and  rank  with  the  Guildhall  Jubilee  and  other  special  obliterations. 

I  think  Mr.  Marshall  is  altogether  on  a  wrong  track  when  he  says  it  is 
not  consistent  to  take  his  subsection  i  a  because  it  is  used  officially,  and 
reject  I  b  because  used  by  a  private  person.  The  question  is  not  "  VVlio  used 
the  stamp?"  but  "Who  made  the  overprint?" 

A  different,  but  even  more  important  misconception  is  contained  in  the 
sentence,  "  If  you  take  (c)  wliy  not  also  {d)!  liic  use  is  (initc  analogous,  it 
.seems  to  me.     Suppose  the  Levant  stamps  had  the  word  'Levant'  on  them?" 


196  THE  ADHESIVE  STAMPS   OF  PORTUGAL. 

This  brings  us  to  my  No.  5,  his  i  d,  v/hich  differs  from  the  others  in 
this  essential  particular,  that  they  were  not  issued  by  the  same  authority. 
Sections  1-4  are  British  stamps,  issued  by  the  British  Post  Office ;  No.  5 
consists  of  colonial  stamps  prepared  in  London,  but  issued  in  the  various 
colonies.  Suppose  the  word  "  Levant "  were  printed  on  the  Levant  stamps, 
it  would  not  alter  the  fact  that  they  are  issued  by  the  British  authorities  and 
are  British  stamps.  On  the  other  hand,  those  of  Cyprus,  etc.,  were  prepared 
for  and  issued  by  the  colonial  authorities,  and  are  colonial  issues.  Supposing 
we  had  taken  Turkish  stamps  and  overprinted  them  "  Cyprus,"  would 
Mr.  Marshall  claim  them  still  as  Turkish?  or,  coming  to  actual  issues,  do 
the  Zanzibar  on  Indian  belong  to  India,  or  the  first  issue  of  Gibraltar  to 
Bermuda?  , 

My  conclusion  is  this :  ist,  all  stamps  officially  issued  with  overprint  or 
surcharge  may  be  collected  in  an  unused  state  by  all  who  consider  it  desirable 
to  collect  everything  as  issued  (I  omit  all  question  of  legality).  2nd,  all 
additions  of  whatever  kind  made  after  issue  must  be  left  alone,  being,  at 
most,  curiosities. 

I  agree  heartily  with  Mr.  Marshall's  remark  that  it  is  not  necessary  to 
make  a  complete  collection  of  everything  included  under  his  first  four  heads, 
since  that  would  mean  a  mass  of  rubbish  overprinted  or  perforated  with 
initials  of  countless  variety ;  but  I  dissent  from  his  idea  that  the  overprint 
is  a  sort  of  postmark,  since  that  which  obliterates  a  stamp  and  destroys  its 
postal  value  is  of  a  totally  different  nature  from  one  which,  at  most,  limits 
its  use  or  alters  its  value. 


%\\t  Jli)he0ibe  (Stamp0  ^i  Portugal. 

By  J.  N.  MARSDEN. 

A  Paper  read  before  the  Philatelic  Society,  London,  on  December  iqth,  1902. 

{^Continued  from  page  177.) 


Issue  XXVn.    Centenary  of  Don  Henrique,  4th  to  13th  March,  1894. 

"^\^^^^^[^    ORTUGAL  has  just  reason  to  be  proud  of  her  discoverers 

^I^r*^  fc|^   and  navigators,  but  of   none  more   than    Don    Henrique, 

^Jil  ^y^      surnamed   the   Navigator,  who  was  one  of   the  initiators 

/^i'fli  °^  ^^^   grand    Portuguese   discoveries    which   commenced 

iJM^m  ii^  the   fourteenth  century.     His   mother  was  an  English 

.^£^1'^    '-^^^jk^      ^Qj^an,  being  sister  to  John  of  Gaunt,  Duke  of  Lancaster. 

The  first  idea  of  issuing  a  series  of  stamps  commemorative  of  the  five 

hundredth  anniversary  of  his  birth  emanated  from  the  Town  Council  of 

Oporto,  in  which  city  he  was  born. 

Parliament  was  asked,  on  the  3rd  of  July,  1893,  to  grant  permission  for 
the  special  issue  of  stamps,  the  receipts,  after  deducting  a  certain  sum  for  the 
Post  Office  and  the  cost  of  manufacture,  etc.,  to  go  to  the  erection  of  a 
monument  in  Oporto  to  the  Navigator's  memory.  Permission  having  been 
granted  on  the  27th  July,  1893,  a  contract  was  entered  into  with  the  firm 


THE  ADHESIVE  STAMPS   OF  PORTUGAL. 


197 


of  Giesecke  and  Devrient,  of  Leipzig,  for  the  engraving,  printing,  gumming, 
and  perforating  of  500,000  stamps  of  each  value  up  to  100  reis  inclusive, 
and  30,000  stamps  of  each  of  the  higher  values.  The  Town  Council  of 
Oporto  was  allowed  to  choose  the  designs,  and  they  accepted  three  of  the 
Portuguese  artist,  Senhor  Salgado.  It  was  originally  intended  that  all  values 
should  be  engraved,  but  as  there  was  not  time  for  this,  the  values  up  to 
100  reis  inclusive  were  lithographed. 

The  first  design,  applied  to  the  5,  10,  15,  and  20  reis,  represents  Don 
Henrique  seated  on  the  prow  of  one  of  the  old  ships,  called  a  "  caravella." 
The  second  design,  applied  to  the  stamps  of  25,  50,  75,  80,  and  100  reis, 
represents  the  Navigator,  standing  on  the  promontory  of  Sagres,  watching 
the  departure  of  the  first  expedition.  The  third,  comprising  the  stamps 
of  150,  300,  500,  and  1,000  reis,  shows  him  seated  between  two  terrestrial 
globes. 

The  stamps  from  the  5  reis  to  100  reis  were  printed  in  sheets  of  one 
hundred  stamps — ten  horizontal  rows  of  ten  ;  and  those  of  150  reis  upwards, 
in  sheets  of  twenty-five — five  horizontal  rows  of  five. 

During  the  period  that  the  stamps  were  in  use,  from  the  4th  to  the 
13th  March,  a  special  postmark  was  employed.  It  consisted  of  the  word 
"  Centenario,"  with  the  year  "1394"  above,  and  "1894"  below,  the  whole 
surrounded  by  a  circle.  The  ordinary  stamps  could  be  used  during  this 
period,  and  are  often  found  bearing  the  same  postmark. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  quantities  of  each  value  actually  issued,  not 
including  those  bearing  the  surcharge  "ACORES,"  but  including  730  of  each 
value  sent  to  the  Postal  Union  at  Berne  : — 


5  reis 

267,951  stamps. 

80  reis 

.     32,686  stamps. 

10    „ 

143.438       .. 

100    ,, 

•     43.724       „ 

15    „ 

82,584       ., 

150    .. 

•     23,106       „ 

20    „ 

78,757       ,. 

300    .. 

•      19,344       ,. 

25     ., 

237,242       „ 

500    .. 

■      16,935       .. 

50    .. 

66,471 

1,000    „ 

•      15.936       „ 

75    .. 

37.941       „ 

The  net  amount  handed  over  to  Oporto  amounted  to  28,500,000  reis — 
equal  tf,,  at  that  time,  between  iJ"4,ooo  and  ^5,000 — a  disappointing  amount 
when  the  expenses  of  the  festivities  in  Oporto  had  to  be  deducted. 

The  remainders  of  the  stamps  have  all  been  destroyed. 


SYNOPSIS. 
Issue  XXVII.    Fifth  Centenary  of  Don  Henrique,  4th  to  13th  March,  1894. 

I'erf.  14. 


5  reis ; 

orange. 

80 

reis; 

yellow-green. 

10    „ 

rosc-vioiet. 

100 

pale  brown. 

15    .. 

brown, 

150 

rose. 

20    „ 

purple. 

300 

deep  blue  on  buff. 

25    „ 

green. 

500 

purple  oil  pale  lilac. 

5°    .. 

blue. 

1,000 

black  on  pale  yellow 

75    „ 

(;armiiie. 

THE  ADHESIVE  STAMPS   OF  PORTUGAL. 


Issue  XXVIII.    Centenary  of  Saint  Anthony,  13th  to  30th  June,  1895. 

The  issue  of  a  series  of  stamps  to  commemorate  the  seventh  centenary 
of  the  birth  of  St.  Anthony,  who  was  born  in  Lisbon,  was  first  mooted  at 
the  beginning  of  1895,  3-nd  the  Committee  who  had  the  management  of  the 
projected  festivities  made  a  proposal  to  the  Government  that  such  a  series 
should  be  issued,  the  surplus  funds  to  go  to  the  expenses  of  the  festivities, 
and  also  to  the  erection  of  a  children's  hospital.  The  proposal  was  accepted, 
and  a  contract  entered  into,  on  the  6th  March,  1895,  with  the  Companhia 
Nacional  Editora  for  the  manufacture  of  the  stamps. 

Three  designs  were  chosen — the  first  representing  the  miracle  of  the 
fishes ;  the  second,  the  ascension  of  the  saint ;  and  the  third,  the  portrait  of 
Saint  Anthony.  The  two  first  were  designed  by  Sfenhor  Ramalho,  and  the 
last  by  Senhor  Carlos  Reis.  A  fourth  design,  representing  the  vision  of 
the  saint,  was  subsequently  approved.  It  also  was  by  Senhor  Ramalho,  and 
it  was  decided  that  it  should  be  manufactured  at  the  Mint.  It  was  engraved 
on  wood  by  Senhor  Manuel  Diogo  Netto,  and  is  the  most  pleasing  and  best 
executed  stamp  of  the  series. 

The  stamps  produced  by  the  Companhia  Nacional  Editora  were  all 
lithographed. 

Each  value  bears  a  Latin  inscription  on  the  reverse,  lithographed  in  dark 
blue,  on  all  but  the  2\  reis,  where  it  is  type-printed.  On  the  2\  reis  the 
inscription  is  the  right  way  up,  but  on  the  other  oblong  stamps  of  the  series 
it  is  inverted  with  regard  to  the  stamp. 

The  notice  authorising  the  issue,  from  the  13th  to  the  30th  June,  1895, 
inclusive,  was  published  in  the  Government  gazette  of  the  13th  May,  1895. 

The  following  table  shows  the  quantities  printed  and  actually  sold,  but 
in  those  actually  sold  are  included  the  stamps  surcharged  "  ACORES."  I  am 
sorry  I  have  not  been  able  to  obtain  the  figures  of  those  sold  surcharged  and 
unsurcharged  separately : — 


Portugal. 

Azores. 

Sold. 

4 

reis 

2,250,000   . 

•   750)000 

■•   765,788 

5 

1,600,000   . 

.   400,000 

••  3i3>o73 

10 

400,000   . 

100,000 

..  117,075 

I. -5 

400,000   . 

100,000 

64,864 

20 

400,000   . 

100,000 

••   73,572 

25 

2,000,000 

500,000 

••  540,036 

50 

800,000   . 

200,000 

■•   67,550 

75 

240,000   . 

60,000 

23,772 

80 

240,000   . 

60,000 

17,106 

100 

240,000   . 

60,000 

40,878 

150 

400,000 

100,000 

12,923 

200 

40,000 

10,000 

••   15,257 

300 

40,000 

10,000 

9,604 

500 

40,000   . 

10,000 

8,423 

1,000 

40,000 

10,000 

8,044 

Needless  to  say  that  the  issue  was  a  great  fiasco ;  but  the  stamps, 
especially  the  higher  values,  are  becoming  rare,  and  worth  much  more  than 
the  prices  at  which  they  are  quoted  in  Continental  catalogues. 


THE  ADHESIVE  STAMPS  OF  PORTUGAL. 


199 


Two  sets  may  be  made,  one  perforated  11^  all  round,  and  the  other 
ii|x  12,  but  I  am  inclined  to  think  that  the  variation  is  caused  by  irregu- 
larities in  the  perforating  machine,  and  is  scarcely  worth  taking  into  account. 
They  were  issued  in  sheets  of  100  stamps. 

All  the  remainders  have  been  destroyed. 

In  all  the  values  but  the  2|  reis,  two  or  more  varieties  may  be  dis- 
tinguished occurring  on  the  same  sheet.  The  following  are  the  most 
noticeable. 

In  the  5  reis,  a  line  of  four  small  dashes  under  the  figure  of  value  and 
without  such  line ;  in  the  10  reis,  at  least  three  different  directions  in  the 
slope  of  the  caret  in  the  figure  "  i  "  ;  in  the  15  reis,  the  figures  "  i  "  and  '■  5  " 
nearer  together  in  one  case  than  in  the  other ;  in  the  20  reis,  larger  figures  of 
value  and  further  apart  in  one  case  than  in  the  other;  in  the  75  reis,  the  "  5  " 
in  one  variety  has  a  longer  top  stroke  than  in  the  other ;  in  the  80  reis,  the 
figures  of  value  close  and  far  apart ;.  in  the  100  reis,  thick  and  thin  figure 
"  I  "  ;  in  the  150  reis,  thick  and  thin  figure  "  5  "  ;  in  the  200  reis,  narrow  and 
broad  figure  "  2  "  ;  in  the  300  reis,  thick  and  thin  figure  "  3  "  ;  in  the  500  reis, 
broad  and  narrow  figure  "  5." 

Certain  advertisement  stamps  in  a  great  variety  of  colours  were  sold  at 
the  Post  Office,  in  order  to  advertise  the  festivities,  but  they  were  of  no 
postal  value.  At  first  they  were  sold  at  10  reis  each,  but  as  the  time  for  the 
issue  of  the  stamps  drew  near,  they  were  placed  on  every  letter  going  abroad 
by  the  post  office  officials,  without  extra  charge. 

SYNOPSIS. 

Issue  XXVIII.    Seventh  Centenary  of  Saint  Anthony, 
13th  to  30th  June,  1895. 


Perf. 

111 

-  and  ii|^  X  12. 

2| 

reis; 

black. 

5 

(varieties) ; 

orange. 

10 

^       J' 

red-lilac. 

15 

" 

brown. 

20 

25 

50 

purple. 

green  and  purple. 

blue  and  brown. 

75 

80 

100 

rose          ,, 

yellow-green  and  brown, 
deep  brown  and  black. 

150 
200 

J) 
)) 

rose  and  yellow-brown, 
ultramarine  and  yellow-brown. 

300 

500 

1,000 

,'.'      ( 

)) 
)) 
)) 

indigo 

purple-black  and  pale  blue. 

purple                       „ 

Issue  XXIX.    Don  Carlos.    November,  1895. 

Pcrf.  11^. 

On  the  1 2th  October,  1S95,  a  notice  appeared  that  a  new  scries  of  stamps 
would  be  issued  on  the  following  1st  November,  of  the  same  values  as  those 
then  in  use.  The  notice  also  stated  that  the  existing  stam|)s  could  be  used 
until  the  30th  April,  1896. 


2O0  PHILATELIC  NOTE. 

The  engraving  of  the  die  had  been  entrusted  to  Mons.  Mouchon,  of  Paris. 

The  stamps  duly  appeared  on  the  date  mentioned.  They  call  for  very 
little  notice,  except  that  being  printed  by  two  operations  some  errors  occur. 
It  is  known  that  an  entire  sheet  of  the  2\  reis  escaped  the  printing  of  the 
value,  but  the  other  values  known  without  the  figure  of  value  occur  in  this 
condition  owing  to  a  corner  of  the  sheet  having  been  turned  down  when  the 
printing  of  the  value  took  place,  or  else  because  the  second  printing  having 
been  done  carelessly,  a  few  stamps  escaped  the  impression.  The  stamps  are 
printed  in  sheets  of  150. 

SYNOPSIS. 

Issue  XXIX.     Don  Carlos,     ist  November,  1895. 

grey,  pale  and  dark.  , 

orange  (shades). 

yellow-green  (shades). 

brown. 

purple  (shades). 

blue-green  (shades). 

blue,  pale  blue. 

carmine  (shades). 

deep  lilac,  pale  lilac. 

deep  blue  on  pale  blue. 

brown  on  pale  buff. 

deep  lilac  on  pale  lilac  (shades). 

deep  blue  on  rose,  pale  blue  on  pale  rose. 

Without  figure  of  value. 
(2I)  reis;  grey. 
(5)      ..      orange. 
(50)    „      blue. 

It  is  possible  others  exist  without  value,  but  I  have  not  seen  them. 

( To  be  contmiied. ) 


2J 

reis 

5 

10 

15 

20 

25 

50 

75 

80 

100 

150 

200 

300 

philatelic  ^^it, 

THE    15   REIS  MADEIRA    OF  1876-1880   SURCHARGED   ON  THE 
15   REIS  PORTUGAL  STAMPS  OF  TYPE  b. 

IgjWglR.  YARDLEY  writes  us  as  follows:  "As  there  seems  to  be  some  doubt 
lEafflJI  whether  the  above  variet)'  exists,  especially  having  regard  to  its 
omission  in  all  varieties  of  perforation  and  types  of  surcharge  from  Messrs. 
Stanley  Gibbons'  Catalogue  for  1904,  it  may  be  of  interest  to  some  of  your 
readers  to  know  that  I  possess  an  unused  specimen  of  this  variety,  perforated 
I3|-,  the  surcharge  being  of  the  type  with  the  widest  square  '  D.'  The  stamp 
has  full  gum,  which  was  applied  before  the  stamp  was  perforated,  and  is  cer- 
tainly not  one  of  the  reprints  of  1886." 


(Daajsional  ^otes. 


CHANGE  OF  ADDRESS. 
R.  E.  D.  BACON  desires  us  to  notify  that  all  future  communications  for 
him  should  be  addressed  to  "The  Gables,"  12,  Croham  Park  Avenue, 
South  Croydon.  Mr.  Bacon  would  be  glad  to  see  specimens  on  the  original 
of  the  stamps  of  the  Pacific  Steam  Navigation  Company,  should  any  of  our 
readers  possess  such. 

ABSENCE   FROM  ENGLAND    OF  MR.  HA  US  BURG. 
E  are  asked  by  Mr.  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg  to  state  that  he  will  be  travelling 
for  eight  or  nine  months  from  the  beginning  of  September,  and  that 
he  does  not  wish  to  receive  any  stamps  on  approval  until  further  notice. 

Mr.  Hausburg  is  making  an  extended  voyage,  going  first  to  America  and 
thence  to  Australia,  and  his  absence  will  be  much  felt  in  philatelic  circles  at 
home.  His  many  friends  will  unite  with  us  in  wishing  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hausburg 
bon  voyage,  and  a  safe  and  sound  return  home. 


SALE  OF  THE  EARL   OF  CRAWFORD'S  COLLECTION  OF 
RAIL  IVA  V  LETTER  STAMPS. 


R.  H.  L.  EWEN  announces  in  the  E.  W.  S.  N.  of  July  30th  last  that  he 
"has  just  purchased  from  the  Earl  of  Crawford  the  magnificent  collec- 
tion of  Railway  Letter  stamps  belonging  to  that  distinguished  philatelist. 
Amongst  other  fine  things,  it  contains  every  known  copy  of  the  Barry  Dock 
Railway,  of  any  issue  before  the  change  of  title ;  Manchester,  South 
Junction,  and  Altrincham,  unnumbered  issues  (seven  of  the  first  and  three 
of  the  second) ;  all  known  copies  except  one  of  North  Eastern,  second  issue. 
In  addition,  the  collection  contained  all  known  unused  copies  of  several 
stamps,  and  in  a  great  many  instances  the  only  known  entire  sheets.  The 
collection  contained  nothing  later  than  1900,  and  up  to  that  date  was  far 
and  away  the  finest  in  the  world.  It  is  now  amalgamated  with  the  editor's 
collection,  which,  as  regards  the  issues  since  1899,  may  also,  we  think,  be 
described  as  virtually  without  a  competitor.  The  two  collections,  eliminating 
duplicates,  total  roughly  16,500  stamps,  and  are  mounted  in  sixteen  inter- 
changeable albums.  The  editor  is  adding  daily,  and  is  prepared  to  buy 
anything  not  represented  already  in  the  collection,  if  price  is  not  too  high." 


BRITISH  SOMALILAND  PROTECTORATE  SURCHARGES. 

N  our  April  number  we  published  an  excerpt  from  an  Indian  financial 
journal  entitled  Capital,  which  animadverted  on  the  apparently  needless 
surcharges  recently  produced  on  the  above  stamps.  Indian  stamps  were 
used  in  making  these  surcharges,  and  our  contemporary's  criticisms  of  the 
Indian  Government  were  reproduced  by  us  without  any  further  comment  on 
the  part  of  this  journal.  The  Philatelic  Journal  of  India,  in  its  June  number, 
falls  foul  of  us  for  reproducing  this  charge,  and  explains  that   the   Indian 


202  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

Government  was  asked  by  the  British  Somali  Protectorate  Government  to 
sell  a  quantity  of  its  stamps  and  to  surcharge  them.  This  was  done  without 
any  profit  having  accrued  to  the  former,  or  without  the  retention  of  a  single 
copy.  We  can  only  express  our  complete  satisfaction  that  the  Indian  Govern- 
ment has  not  been  tainted  by  the  speculative  issue  fever,  and  our  fervent 
hope  that  it  may  be  always  immune  therefrom.  The  excerpt  in  question, 
however,  was  from  a  non-philatelic  journal  of  repute,  and  as  the  stamps  in 
question  were  surcharged  on  an  Indian  issue,  we  not  unnaturally  supported 
our  contemporary's  criticism  in  publishing  the  paragraph  in  question.  It  is 
well,  however,  that  the  comment  has  been  made,  for  apparently  blameless  as 
is  the  Indian  Government,  the  burden  of  criticism  is  shifted  to  the  shoulders 
of  the  British  Somali  Protectorate.  It  does  not  seem  likely  that  this  sparsely 
populated  region  should  require  four  series  of  stamps — some  consisting  of 
thirteen  varieties — in  the  space  of  a  year,  and  we  are  sincerely  glad  that 
our  Indian  contemporary  has  drawn  attention  to  the  matter. 


PROPOSED    UNIFORM  POSTAGE  STAMPS  FOR  AUSTRALIA. 


HE  "uniformity"  of  the  Australian  postage  stamps,  however  much  it  is 
to  be  desired  by  the  philatelic  section  of  the  community,  has  hitherto 
been  very  far  from  attainment,  nor  do  we  feel  inclined  to  attach  implicit 
credence  to  the  following  paragraph  culled  from  the  Daily  Telegraph  of 
Sydney  in  its  issue  of  June  30th. 

"  Within  the  next  few  weeks  Mr.  Mahon  will  deal  with  the  question  of 
calling  for  competitive  designs  for  a  uniform  postage  stamp  for  the  Common- 
wealth. He  favours  a  uniform  stamp.  One  difficulty  in  the  way  of  a 
uniform  design  is  that  during  the  book-keeping  period  of  federation  there 
would  require  to  be  some  distinctive  mark  to  distinguish  stamps  used  in  each 
State.  It  is  suggested  that  this  might  easily  be  overcome  by  the  name  of 
the  State  being  worked  in  the  design  in  a  way  that  would  not  interfere  with 
its  general  appearance." 


THIRD  EDITION  OF  B ARTELS'    U.S.  ENVELOPE  CATALOGUE. 
HE  following  announcement  is  made  by  the  J.  M.  Bartels  Co.,  of  Boston  : 
"  We  beg  to  announce  to  our  friends  that  soon  after  the  issuance  of  the 


Catalogue  of  the  Stamps  of  the  Philippines  we  expect  to  commence  the 
publication  of  our  new  edition  of  the  Catalogue  of  the  Envelopes  of 
the  United  States  and  its  Colonies,  covering  the  period  of  1853  to  1904. 
While  the  new  edition  is  called  here  a  catalogue,  it  has  been  so  changed 
and  enlarged  that  in  its  present  form  it  is  a  treatise  on  the  envelopes  of  the 
U.  S.  combined  with  a  price  list.  For  some  years  the  tendency  of  many 
dealers  has  been  to  discourage  the  collection  of  U.  S.  entire  envelopes  on 
account  of  the  intricate  knowledge  hitherto  required  and  the  insufficiency  of 
means  to  get  such  knowledge  quickly  and  without  much  labour.  To  over- 
come these  obstacles  has  been  the  principal  aim  of  the  editor,  Mr.  V.  M. 
Berthold,  and  it  is  thought  that  the  new  catalogue  will  make  the  collection  of 
entire  envelopes  as  easy  as  the  collection  of  adhesive  stamps.     More  than  a 


OCCASIONAL   NOTES.  203 

year  of  painstaking  labour  has  been  consumed  in  compiling  and  gathering 
the  necessary  material.  The  result  of  a  large  amount  of  original  investiga- 
tion and  new  matter  is  embodied  in  the  third  edition.  Except  the  retaining 
of  the  numbers  of  the  previous  edition,  the  book  is  wholly  new.  The  plan 
adopted  for  the  classification  and  description  of  the  envelopes  is  as  follows  : 
The  catalogue  number  of  the  envelope  is  given  first,  next  colour  of  the 
envelope,  its  dimensions  in  millimetres,  number  of  Post  Office  size,  number 
of  knife,  and  price  of  the  unused  and  used  copy.  The  next  column  is 
headed  '  Remarks,'  and  contains  such  information  as  may  be  of  additional 
interest  and  value.  The  last  column  states  the  corresponding  number  of  the 
envelope  in  the  work  of  the  National  Philatelic  Society  (N.  P.  S.).  From 
the  first  to  the  Reay  issue  the  catalogue  contains  a  vast  amount  of  new 
matter  (especially  new  dies),  which  cannot  fail  to  interest  collectors  and  add 
new  zest  to  their  favourite  occupation.  An  introduction  has  been  added 
describing  the  various  knives  and  giving  in  a  concise  manner  the  essential 
points  required  for  the  differentiation  of  similar  knives.  For  this  purpose 
the  author  has  discovered  a  system  of  measurements  which  we  trust  will  be 
found  very  useful.  During  the  preparation  of  the  new  edition  Mr.  E.  H. 
Mason's  splendid  collection  of  U.  S.  envelopes  has  been  at  the  disposal  of 
the  author,  and  every  envelope  listed  has  been  examined  and  studied.  We 
shall  print  only  two  hundred  and  fifty  copies,  including  twenty-five  edition 
de  luxe,  and  have  set  the  price  per  copy  as  follows  :  Edition  de  luxe,  $5  ; 
ordinary  edition,  I2.50  (postage  extra)." 


A   PHILATELIC  EXHIBITION  AT  MELBOURNE. 


NDER  the  auspices  of  the  Philatelic  Society  of  Victoria,  an  exhibition 
has  been  held  (on  June  25th)  in  its  capital  city  which  would  seem  to 
have  attained  considerable  success,  and  we  congratulate  our  Australian 
confreres  on  their  enterprise. 

The   most    notable   exhibits,   out   of   a   considerable    number,   were   as 
follows : — 

NO. 

1-8.  The  Hon.  the  Postmaster-General  of  the  Commonwealth.     Frames 
containing  views  of  different  Post  Offices  surrounded  by  obsolete 
and  current  stamps. 
9.  The  Government  printer  of  Victoria.     Obsolete  Victorian  stamps. 

10,  The  Public  Librarian.     Obsolete  Victorians,  unused. 

11.  D.  S.  Abraham.     Victoria,  2d.,  half-length,  fine  background  and  fine 

border,  issued  5th  January,  1850;  pair  2d.,  half-length,  1850, 
Victoria  misspelt  Victopia  ;  five  copies  3d.,  half-length,  including 
pair  perforated,  issued  1850,  and  one  roulctted  ;  pair  2d.,  Queen  on 
Throne,  1854,  error  letters  in  corner  S — W  G — M,  instead  of 
S — W  T — X;  eight  copies  of  Registered  stamps,  including  one  un- 
used and  one  roulettcd,  issued  1854;  four  copies  of  the  Too  Late, 
issued  1855;  IS.,  blue,  1857,  and  2s.,  green,  1858,  both  roulettcd; 
6d.,  orange,  beaded  oval,  issued  i860,  and  3d.,  lilac,  unused;  3d., 
deep  blue  on  laid  paper,  unused;    lod.,  slate,  issued   1865,  unused; 


204  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

No. 

two  copies  of  5s.,  blue  on  yellow,  issued  1868;  gd.  surcharged  on 
lod.,  1 87 1,  unused. 
12.  D.  S.  Abraham.  Western  Australia:  a  very  fine  collection  of  this 
colony,  including  pair  of  4d.,  blue,  1854;  2d.,  1857,  brown-black  on 
red,  printed  both  sides;  and  id.,  1857,  black,  rouletted.  All  on 
original  covers.  Also  two  copies  of  6d.,  black-bronze,  rouletted  ; 
and  2d.,  orange,  and  6d.,  blue,  i860,  rouletted,  and  very  rich,  in 
unused  copies. 

14.  J.  S.  Abraham.     Proof  sheet  of  4d.,  Emblem,  printed  on  wove,  un- 

watermarked  paper,  1858. 

15.  G.  Blockey.     One  sheet  of  8d.  South  Australians,  current  issue,  with 

error  "  EIGNT  "  the  eighteenth  stamp  on  the  sheet,  only  two  whole 
sheets  known  with  this  error. 

16.  W.   Brettschneider.     Victoria:    three   2d.,   fine   background,   one   of 

which  is  on  the  original  cover ;  two  2d.,  fine  borders  ;  Queensland 
and  New  Zealand,  unused ;  one  pair  South  Australian,  is,,  imperf , 
first  issue ;  set  of  |d.  to  5s.  without  "  Postage,"  used  and  unused. 

17.  W.  Brettschneider.     Tonga :  almost  complete,  and  a  fine  selection  of 

West  Australians. 

26.  A.  J.  Derrick.     The   Hobart    Town    Gazette,  of   21st  March,   1829, 

showing  the  2d.  Newspaper  Duty  stamp,  imposed  by  Governor 
Arthuf  in  1827,  for  the  purpose  of  restricting  the  "Liberty"  of  the 
Hobart  Town  Gazette  and  Colonial  Times,  the  only  two  newspapers 
then  existing  in  Tasmania.  The  stamp  became  obsolete  in 
October,  1829,  nearly  seventy-five  years  ago.  A  similar  impost 
was  made  in  New  South  Wales  by  Governor  Darling  in  1827. 

27.  A.  J.  Derrick.     Two  old-time  Stamp  Catalogues  :  {a)  that  issued  by 

Young  and  Stockall,  of  Liverpool,  in  1873;  {b)  that  issued  by 
Thos.  Ridpath  and  Co.,  of  Liverpool,  in  1874. 

28.  A,  J.  Derrick.      A  group  of  fourteen   representative  Five  Shilling 

stamps. 

29.  A.  J.  Derrick.     Frame  of  one  hundred  assorted  stamps,  including — 

£\  Great  Britain  (large  rectangular),  of  1878;  8  cents  Canada 
Registration  stamp;  set  of  unused  Nova  Scotia,  1860-3;  United 
States,  1869,  15  cents  to  90  cents;  lod.  Canada,  1852-7;  fine  pair 
is.  New  South  Wales,  large  square,  perf  ;  New  South  Wales  Duty 
stamp,  surcharged  "Postage,"  very  fine;  5  piastres  Egypt,  1867,  etc. 

30,31.  C.  B.  Donne.  A  selection  of  early  Victorians;  blocks  of  unused 
recent  issue  of  Australians ;  sheets  of  Cook  Islands ;  philatelic 
curiosities  and  unused  2d.,  blue,  Mauritius,  with  Greek  border.. 

35-38-  J.  F.  Hambly.  Tonga  complete,  used  and  unused,  and  several  errors 
and  uncatalogued  varieties.  Amongst  others — |d.  on  7jd.  on  2d., 
with  double  Tongan  surcharge ;  Jd.  on  7|d.  on  2d.,  with  double 
typed  surcharge  ;  7|d.  C.  F.  B.,  with  D  missing ;  Jd.  on  4d.  (Arms), 
surcharge  printed  on  tissue  paper ;  ^d.  on  4d.,  printed  on  skinned 
stamps;  blocks  of  Jd.  on  i^d.  on  2d.;  and  a  few  specimens  on 
original  covers. 


REVIEWS. 


205 


No. 


39-48.  D.  H.  Hill.  Complete  set  Victorian  Duty  stamps,  unused,  Jd.  to  20s., 
including  the  "Stamp  Statue"  series;  two  sets  Postage  Due  stamps, 
unused  ;  and  a  miscellaneous  lot  of  Australians  in  blocks  of  four, 
unused. 
58.  F.  A.  Jackson.  British  India  :  every  type  of  stamp,  both  private  and 
Service,  are  represented. 

60.  O.   W.   Rosenhain.      One   frame  containing   two  sheets,  all   unused 

Australian  stamps. 

61.  W.  R.  Rundell.     Victoria  :  2d.,  Queen  on  Throne,  engraved,  complete 

plate,  used  ;  2d.,  Queen  on  Throne,  lilac,  lithographed,  complete 
plate,  used  ;  2d.,  Queen  on  Throne,  mauve,  lithographed,  complete 
plate,  used ;  2d.,  Queen  on  Throne,  two  pairs,  errors  in  plate,  TX — 
MQ  instead  of  LP— MQ,  and  UY— BF  instead  of  AE— BF,  used. 
64.  W.  R.  Rundell.  South  Australia :  2d.,  strip  of  three  (Gibbons' 
Type  i),  rouletted,  printed  on  both  sides,  dated  23/2/61,  not  cata- 
logued;  id.,  green.  Type  i,  perf.  1 1^x10,  used,  not  catalogued; 
id.,  green,  strip  of  three,  Type  i,  perf.  three  sides,  lox  11,  unused. 


65. 


71 


not  catalogued. 


New  Zealand  :  id.,  pair,  red  on  blue  paper,  used  ;  2d.,  blue  on 
blue,  imperf,  used  ;  is.,  green  on  white,  imperf,  used  ;  |d.,  pair 
(Gibbons'  Type  3),  rose  on  yellow  paper,  dated  17/12/90,  not 
catalogued  ;  id.,  3d.,  6d.,  is.,  pairs,  imperf,  Star  watermark,  unused  ; 
2d.,  pair,  N  Z  watermark,  perf.  I2|,  unused. 
A.  S.  A.  Whelen.  One  hundred  and  forty-three  Mauritius,  including — 
1848,  2d.,  Penoe,  Post  Paid,  fine  copy  ;  1848,  id.,  red,  intermediate 
impression  ;  1848,  3d.  and  id.,  red,  worn  impression  ;  1859,  2d.  and 
2d.,  blue,  early  impression,  fine  copies  ;  1859,  id.  and  2d.,  blue,  worn 
impression  ;  1848,  2d.,  blue,  Post  Paid,  fine  copy ;  1859,  2d.  and  id. 
(pair),  scarlet,  extra  fine  copies  ;  1859,  2d.  and  2d.  (pair),  blue,  extra 
fine  copies  ;  1854,  4d.,  surcharged,  unused,  mint  copy. 
y6.  J.  Williamson.     Early  issues  of  Great  Britain. 


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THE   STAMPS   OF   SICILY.* 

N^ii^^^Sl^O  many  of  our  readers  it  will  come  as  a  surprise  that  a  single 
set  of  stamps,  in  use  for  little  over  a  year  and  a  half,  could 
possibly  afford  material  for  a  work  of  the  size  of  this  volume, 
consisting  of  nearly  a  hundred  and  fifty  pages.  The  subject  of 
the  Sicilian  stamps  is  one  that  Dr.  Diena  has  peculiarly  made 
his  own,  and  it  is  owing  to  his  researches  and  great  philatelic 
ability  that  the  very  interesting  stamps  of  Sicily  have  been  rescued  from 
comparative  oblivion  and  placed  on  a  high  pedestal  of  philatelic  importance. 

•  A  History  0/  /he  Poslai^e  Stamps  of  Sid/y,  hy  Dr.  Kinilio  Diciia  :  tianslatoil  l>y  Major  li.   H. 
Evans.     .Stanley  Gibbons,  Lid.,  391,  Strand,  London,  W.C. 


2o6  REVIEWS. 

That  these  stamps  have  not  been  altogether  ignored  is  evidenced  by  the 
appended  bibHography  of  articles  that  have  appeared  during  the  past  forty 
years,  numbering  as  many  as  fifty-six.  It  is,  however,  to  Dr.  Diena's  own 
articles  in  the  Timbre-Poste,  November,  1894,  to  March,  1896,  that  the 
revived  interest  in  these  stamps  is  due,  as  in  those  articles  the  doctor  first 
called  attention  to  the  several  plates,  the  methods  of  distinguishing  them, 
and  the  existence  of  the  numerous  and  important  retouches.  These  articles 
excited  general  interest,  and  induced  some  of  the  most  prominent  collectors 
in  this  country  to  specialise  in  this  issue. 

The  volume  now  under  review  continues  and  amplifies  Dr.  Diena's  previous 
investigations,  and,  indeed,  beyond  the  completion  of  one  or  two  plates,  prac- 
tically exhausts  the  subject,  and  places  our  knowledge  of  the  Sicilian  issues 
on  an  equal  basis  with  those  of  the  best-known  countries.  The  work,  divided 
into  six  chapters,  practically  consists  of  three  portions  :  (i)  Historical,  ad- 
ministrative, and  geographical  features,  which  are  succinctly  related,  and  even 
if  of  less  interest  than  other  portions,  will  well  repay  perusal ;  (2)  The  Postal 
Reform  of  1859,  the  introduction  of  stamps,  and  the  history  of  their  inception 
and  preparation  :  this  portion  of  the  work  reflects  great  credit  upon  the 
industry  of  the  author,  as  he  has  evidently  ransacked  the  archives,  with  the 
result  that  all  the  extremely  interesting  initiatory  steps  for  the  creation  of 
the  design  and  the  preparatory  stages  of  its  production  are  now  for  the  first 
time  fully  described.  The  pages  following,  62  to  92,  however,  contain  the 
kernel  of  the  work,  and  give  full  descriptions  of  all  the  plates  and  printings 
for  the  respective  values,  with  an  accurate  account  of  all  the  retouches,  made 
abundantly  clear  by  numbered  references  to  the  accompanying  illustrations. 
For  these  latter  more  than  a  passing  word  of  praise  is  due,  for  no  fewer  than 
twenty  pages  of  autotype  representations  of  the  plates  and  various  retouches 
are  given.  These  illustrations  are  of  the  greatest  clearness,  and  will  be  found 
simply  invaluable  to  every  student  of  the  Sicilian  stamps.  It  is  much  to  the 
credit  of  the  publishers  that  they  should  have  so  handsomely  and  almost 
lavishly  illustrated  this  book,  and  we  sincerely  trust  that  its  sale  may  recoup 
them  for  their  obviously  heavy  expenditure.  Dr,  Diena's  text  and  these 
facsimile  representations  have,  however,  absolutely  cleared  the  path  of  diffi- 
culties as  regards  the  stamps  of  Sicily,  and  the  whole  philatelic  world  is  the 
richer  thereby.  The  result  should  be  to  induce  many  collectors  to  take  up 
these  stamps ;  and  we  are  assured  that,  whether  as  regards  beauty  of  design 
or  philatelic  interest,  they  will  run  a  very  close  sale  with  any  series  ever 
issued. 

Part  3  deals  with  the  withdrawal  of  the  stamps,  the  remainders — an 
interesting  portion — the  proposals  for  new  issues,  the  introduction  of  the 
Sardo-Italian  stamps,  and  a  very  readable  account  of  the  postal  cancellations. 
In  fact,  this  latter  adjective  can  be  truthfully  applied  to  the  whole  of  the  work, 
which  is  replete  with  interest,  scientific  Philately,  and  painstaking  research. 

The  descriptions  of  the  three  plates  of  both  the  i  and  2  grana  stamps 
will  be  found  of  much  practical  value  to  the  collector,  as  by  following  the 
description  of  the  marks  characteristic  of  the  several  plates,  their  classification 
is  now  rendered  quite  easy.  The  \  ^-^d  5  grana  stamps,  each  with  their  two 
plates,  and   the  remaining  values,   10,  20,  and    50,  with  one,  present   fewer 


REVIEWS.  207 

difficulties  to  the  collector,  but  in  all  will  be  found  retouches  of  more  or  less 
importance.  These  partial  re-engravings  constitute  in  the  stamps  of  Sicily 
their  greatest  interest,  and  it  may  safely  be  said  that  as  regards  one  or 
two  of  the  major  retouches  of  the  i  grano  they  are  not  transcended  in 
importance  by  any  other  known  retouches.  As  regards  the  \  grano,  blue. 
Dr.  Diena  inclines  to  the  view  that  the  two  known  used  copies  emanated 
from  a  trial  colour-sheet,  but  on  this  point  the  final  word  has  yet  to  be 
written.  We  heartily  congratulate  Dr.  Diena  upon  having,  if  possible, 
accentuated  his  reputation  as  a  philatelist,  and  we  are  convinced  that  he 
has  amply  secured  the  gratitude  of  every  thorough  philatelist  by  the  issue 
of  a  work  of  exceptional  interest  and  philatelic  merit. 

As  we  have  said,  the  volume  is  beautifully  illustrated,  and  in  all  other 
respects  it  reflects  great  credit  upon  its  publishers.  The  onerous  work  of 
translation  has  been  undertaken  by  Major  Evans,  and  the  best  acknowledg- 
ment of  his  success  is  our  conviction  that,  were  it  not  so  stated,  no  reader 
would  be  aware  that  the  work  was  not  the  production  of  an  English  writer. 

MESSRS.   SENF'S   CATALOGUE.* 

In  our  remarks  upon  the  last  issue  of  Messrs.  Senfs  Catalogue  for  1903-4 
— vide  Loftdon  Philatelist,  September,  1903,  p.  222 — we  made  some  observa- 
tions upon  the  ever-increasing  bulk  of  the  modern  catalogue,  and  predicted 
its  ultimate  death  from  obesity.  It  would  almost  seem  as  if  the  publishers 
of  this  volume  had  taken  our  admonition  to  heart,  for  although  the  present 
edition  has  increased  by  seventy-six  pages,  the  bulk  has  not  at  all  increased, 
owing  to  the  employment  of  thinner  and  more  surfaced  paper.  Of  these  in- 
creased pages,  no  fewer  than  fifty-eight  are  devoted  to  the  cataloguing  of  fresh 
adhesives,  thus  giving  some  idea  of  the  enormous  annual  flood  of  new  issues. 
In  the  present  edition  many  of  the  lists  have  been  partly  rewritten,  and  a 
newer  and  more  simple  classification  of  the  perforations  has  been  effected. 
Among  the  more  important  countries  that  have  received  attention  are  Austria, 
Philippines,  Italy,  Uganda,  Korea,  and  Panama,  while  in  many  other  instances 
improvements  have  been  effected  and  information  brought  up  to  date.  We 
are  glad  to  note  that  the  tendency  of  Messrs.  Senfs  Catalogue  is  to  continually 
bring  more  into  prominence  the  main  varieties  for  the  benefit  of  the  general 
collector,  for  whom  principally  these  works  are  issued.  The  Catalogue  fully 
maintains  its  long-established  reputation  as  a  philatelic  mentor;  in  all  respects 
it  is  kept  quite  abreast  of  the.  times,  and  it  well  merits  the  continued  confi- 
dence and  appreciation  of  its  thousands  of  readers. 

We  note  that  scarcely  twelve  months  have  elapsed  since  the  appearance  of 
the  last  edition,  which  was  entitled  as  for  1903-4,  and  we  are  therefore  some- 
what at  a  loss  to  know  why  a  catalogue  for  1905  should  have  been  issued  in 
the  middle  of  the  year  and  apparently  before  the  previous  edition  had  run  its 
predestined  course.  Perhaps  the  Philatelisten-Tag  at  Dresden  and  the  Inter- 
national Exhibition  at  Berlin  may  have  rendered  this  step  advisable,  but  in 
any  case  no  collector  nowadays  can  complain  that  there  are  not  enougii 
catalogues  at  his  elbow  ! 

*  Senf  Brothers'  Illustrated  Poslagt  Stamp  Catalogue.     1905.     Lcipsic. 


[      2o8      ] 


leto  Msmts. 


NOTES   OF   NKW,    AND    VARIATIONS  OF   GURRKNT,    ISSUES. 
(Varieties  of  Obsolete  Stamps,  and  Discoveries,  will  be  found  under  "Philatelic  Notes.") 

l-Fe  do  not  profess  to  chfotiicle  everythi7tg,  but,  wilh  the  kind  help  of  correspondents,  are  desirous  thai 
all  the  important  novelties  may  be  included.  Speculative  sta/nps — i.e.  those  not  really  required  for 
postal  purposes — will  be  cojisidered  on  their  merits,  and  Jubilee  issues  will  not  be  chronicled. 

Members  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society,  and  other  readers  generally,  are  invited  to  co-operate  with  us 
in  making  the  coltimns  as  interesting  as  possible.  Our  foreign  readers  can  especially  help  us  in 
this  direction,  by  sending  copies  of  any  official  documents  relative  to  changes  in  the  current  issues, 
or  early  intifitation  of  any  new  issue,  accotnpanied,  when  possible,  by  a  speci??ien  ;  such  information 
will  be  duly  credited  to  the  correspondent,  and,  if  desired,  the  specirnen  promptly  returned. 
Address:  Mr.  A.  Churchill  Emerson,  Effingham  House,  Arundel  Street,  Strand, 
London,  W.C. 


BRITISH   EMPIRE. 

Great  Britain. — We  are  informed  by 
Mr.  Tilleard  that  the  ^d.,  green,  King's 
Head  adhesives  will  in  future  be  printed 
in  a  pale  yellow-green  shade,  probably  to  be 
more  in  line  with  the  Berne  Postal  Union 
colours.  Adhesive. 

Jd.,  King's  Head,  pale  yellow-green. 

Bechuanaland  Protectorate.  —  Mr. 
J.  A.  Tilleard  has  submitted  specimens  of 
the  British  id.  King's  Head  stamps,  over- 


printed     < 


in  small  sans-serif  caps, 


in  black ;  and,  further,  the  id.  home  card, 
with  the  inscription  "  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland"  overprinted  "Bechuanaland  Pro- 
tectorate," in  tall,  thick  sans-serif  caps,  in 
black.  Adhesive. 

id.,  carmine;  black  overprint. 
Post  Card. 

id.,  carmine;  black  overprint. 

British  East  Africa  and  Uganda.— 
The  \  anna  and  5  annas,  with  the  multiple 
watermark,  have  reached  Messrs.  Whitfield 
King  and  Co.        Adhesives. 

\  anna,  green  ;  with  multiple  wmk. 

5  annas,  yellow-brown  and  grey-black  ;  with 
multiple  wmk. 

British  South  Africa.— Some  additions 
to  the  new  stationery  list  are  made  by  Ewen's 
Weekly.  Envelope. 

|d.,  green;  Arms  type. 
Wrappers. 
\A.,  green,  on  buff  paper, 
id.,  carmine  ,, 


Cyprus.— Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co. 

inform  us  that  the  \  and  6  piastres  values, 

with    the    new    multiple    watermark,    have 

reached  them.      Adhesives. 

i  piastre,  green  and  carmine  ;  multiple  wmk. 
6  piastres,  black  and  green  ,, 

India. — Las  Bela. — "We  have  obtained 
the  \  a.  stamp  upon  a  new  variety  of  paper, 
a  light  bhie  of  quite  different  tint  from  that 
of  No.  2  in  the  Catalogue,  which  might  al- 
most be  called  greyish  blue  in  comparison. 
The  new  stamp  is  also  printed  from  a  new 
stone,  containing  eighteen  impressions,  in 
six  horizontal  rows  of  three,  and  the  stamps 
are  further  apart  on  the  sheet  than  before, 
8  to  9  mm.  instead  of  4  to  S  mm.  Perfora- 
tion as  usual." — M.J. 

\  a. ,  black  on  light  blue. 

St.  Lucia. — The  id.,  purple  and  carmine. 
King's  Head,  with  multiple  watermark,  has 
been  chronicled  by  the  M.J. 

Adhesive,    id.,  purple  and  carmine;  new  wmk. 

South  Australia. — Another  value,  the 
5s.,  with  the  new  type  of  "Postage"  has  been 
issued. — Ewen's  Weekly. 

Adhesive.      5s.,  rose;  new  type;  perf.  12, 

Southern  Nigeria. — Ewen's  Weekly 
states  that  the  id.  and  id.  King's  Heads, 
with  the  multiple  watermark,  have  been  seen. 

Adhesives.    . 


Id. 


green  and  black,  with  new  wmk. 
rose  and  black  ,,         ,, 


Straits  Settlements. — Ewen's  Weekly 
illustrates  a  ten  cents  King's  Head  Regis- 
tration Envelope,  without  mentioning  the 
colour. 


NEW  ISSUES. 


209 


On  page  41,  vol.  xii.,  we  chronicled  a 
J  cents,  blue,  from  a  specimen  submitted  to 
us,  and  we  can  hardly  think  we  could  have 
made  a  mistake  over  the  value.  Doubtless 
both  denominations  exist. 

Registration  Envelope.     10  cents,  blue  (?). 

Sudan.— Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co. 
write  : — 

"We  have  received  a  fresh  supply  of 
one  millieme  official  stamps,  surcharged 
'O.S.G.S.'  on  the  new  crescents  and  stars 
watermarked  paper ;  the  ordinary  unsur- 
charged  stamps  of  this  value  are  still  issued 
on  the  old  Maltese  cross  paper." 

Transvaal.— The  id.  King's  Head,  with 
multiple  watermark,  has  reached  Eiven's 
Weekly.  Adhesive. 

id.,  rose  and  black,  with  new  watermark. 

Zanzibar. — Some  provisionals  are  listed 
by  the  M.C.,  and  a  quantity  of  stationery  is 
noted  by  Ewen's  Weekly. 

Provisional  Adhesives. 

I  anna  on  d,\  a.,  orange  and  red. 

1  ,,       44  a.,  blue  and  red. 

2  annas  on  4  a.,  green  and  red. 
2i  J,  7i  ^-j  lilac  and  red. 
2\        ,,      8  a.,  olive  and  red. 

Envelopes.     140  x  79  mm. 

1  a.,  carmine;  white  paper. 

2  a.,  blue  ,, 

Registration  Envelope.     134  x  84  mm. 
2  a.,  brown  ;  De  La  Rue  print. 

Post  Cards. 
J  a.,  green  )    3-line  inscription  in  green  ; 

l  +  ia.,green  \  chamois  card,  121  x  75mm. 
1  a.,  carmine  |  4-line  inscription  in  red  ; 
I  4- 1  a., carmine  \    chamois  card,  140  x  89  mm. 

News-wrappers.     125  mm.  wide. 

\  a. ,  green  ;  buff  paper. 
I  a.,  carmine        „ 


EUROPE. 

Holland. — A  provisional  letter  card   is 
listed  by  Ewetis   Weekly. 
Letter  Card. 

Profile  of  Queen  to  right ;  "  3  Cent,"  in  black, 
over  six  thin  bars,  on  5  c,  blue. 

Iceland.— Mr.  W.  T.  Wilson  has  kindly 

sent  us  the  new  2  and  5  krona  stamps  of  the 

King's  Head  1902  type,  for  ordinary  use. 

Adhesives. 

2  krona,  ochre-brown  and  blue  ;  wnik.  Crown  ; 
perf.  I2j~l3. 

S  krona,   red-brown  and   slate  ;    wmk.   Crown  ; 
perf.  124-13. 

152* 


AMERICA. 

Chill— Other  values  of  Telegraph  stamps 
have  been  overprinted  "  Correos,"  in  black, 
and  we  take  the  following  from  the  M.J. 

Provisionals. 

1  c.  on  20  c,  blue  ;  with  portrait  of  Pedro 

Valdivia. 

2  c,  light  brown  ;  Arms  type. 

3  c.  on  I  peso,  deep  brown ;  Arms  type. 
5  c,  red  ;  Arms  type. 

12  c.  on  5  c,  red;  with  portrait  of  Pedro 
Valdivia. 

The  I,  3,  and  12  centavos  bear,  besides 
the  word  "  Correos,"  their  corresponding 
values  in  figures  and  words. 

Colombian  Republic.  —  Bolivar.  — 
Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co.  send  us 
specimens  of  five  stamps  lately  issued  on  the 
gold  basis  for  the  dollar.  All  bear  the  usual 
inscription,  "  Correos  de  Bolivar,  Republica 
de  Colombia,"  are  very  ugly,  and  of  the 
makeshift  order. 

Adhesives. 

\  centavo,  black  ;  imperf. 

1  ,,        blue  ,, 

2  centavos,  purple      ,, 

Registration. 
No  value,  black  ;  imperf. 

Return  Letter  Receipt. 
2  centavos,  red  ;  imperf. 

Cundinamarcn. — "We  have  received  the 
following  additions  to  the  'gold  basis'  set 
chronicled  by  us  in  May." — A.  J.  P. 

Adhesives.     Perf.    12. 

3  c,  rose. 

5  c,  olive-green. 
10  c,  pale  brown. 
15  c. ,  pink. 
20  c,  blue  on  green. 
20  c,  blue. 
40  c.       , , 

Imperf. 

20  c,  blue. 

Registration.     Perf.  12. 
10  c,  bistre. 

Mcdellin. — Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co. 
send  us  specimens  of  some  stamps  for  local 
postage. 

Two  of  these  labels  answer  the  description 
given  on  page  274,  vol.  xii.,  of  a  similar  num- 
ber of  novelties,  but  the  other  three  appear 
to  be  something  new.  The  central  design,  as 
far  as  we  can  make  out,  consists  of  buildings, 
one  of  which  may  be  a  cathedral.     The  in- 


NEW  ISSUES. 


scription  reads:  "  Correos  Urbanos  S.M.P. 

Medellin,"  and  the  values  are  : — 

Adhesives. 

20  centavos,  red;  wove  paper;  perf.  ii|. 
SO         „         mauve        ,,  ,, 

1  peso,  emerald-green  ,,  ,, 

Nicaragua. — Another    provisional    en- 
velope has  appeared,  and  MekeePs   Weekly 
lists  the  following  : — 
Envelope.   5  c. ,  in  blue,  on  50  c. ,  claret  on  white. 

Further  surcharged   Official    stamps   are 
noted  by  the  A.J.  P.  :— 
Officials. 

I  c.  on  10  c. ,  purple. 

1  c.  ,,  10  c.       ,,      (double  surcharge). 

2  c.  ,,   1  p.,  ultramarine. 

2  c.   ,,   I  p.  ,,     (double  surcharge). 

2  c.   ,,   I  p.  ,,     (extra  surcharge  on  back). 

Panama. —Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co. 

write : — 

"  Our  agent  at  Panama  has  sent  us  a  speci- 
men of  the  5  c.  Panama  stamp,  surcharged 
'  PANAMA,'  in  red,  vertically,  on  both  sides, 
with  a  red  bar  through  the  word  'COLOMBIA,' 
and  with  an  additional  horizontal  surcharge 
of  the  words  'CANAL  ZONE'  in  capitals,  evi- 
dently done  with  a  rubber  stamp.  He  informs 
us  that  the  Panama  Post  Office  supplied  these 
stamps  to  the  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  in 
the  following  quantities  :  2,500  of  2  c.,  8,000 
of  5  c.,  and  4,000 of  loc,  no  one  being  allowed 
to  buy  more  than  $2  worth  at  a  time  and  only 
for  postal  purposes.  Some  of  the  philatelic 
journals  have  also  chronicled  arc.  stamp, 
but  none  of  this  value  were  issued.  These 
stamps  are  already  obsolete,  as  on  July  i8th 
United  States  stamps  of  the  values  of  i  c, 
2  c,  5  c,  8  c,  and  10  c,  overprinted  with  the 
words  '  CANAL  ZONE  PANAMA,'  were  issued, 
and  these  stamps  are  now  in  use.  We  send 
you  a  specimen  of  the  i  c.  ;  the  surcharge  on 
the  others  is  exactly  the  same. 

Adkesives. 

2  centavos,  carmine  ;  Panama  stamps. 
5        ,.         blue  „  . 

10        ,,         orange  „ 

1  cent,  green;  U.S.A.  stamps. 

2  cents,  carmine  ,, 
5  >i  blue  ,, 
8     ,,       violet  ,, 

10     ,,       brown  ,, 

Venezuela. — A  new  series  has  just  been 
issued  for  this  country,  and  MekeePs  Weekly 
states  that  the  design  is  the  same  for  all 
values,  and  consists  of  two  ornamental 
pillars  at  the  sides  supporting  an  arch  with 
"  Correos  de "  in  a  straight  line  at  the  top, 


and  "  Venezuela  "  between  the  arch  and  the 
top  of  the  oval  centre  containing  a  portrait 
of  Bolivar,  the  national  idol.  The  value 
appears  in  words  at  the  bottom,  with  figures 
in  the  bases  of  the  pillars  at  either  side. 
Adhesives. 

5  c. ,  yellow-green. 
10  c,  carmine. 
25  c,  blue. 
50  c,  red-violet. 

I  b. 


OTHER  COUNTRIES. 

iNDO-CHiNit.— Additions  to  the  new  set 

of  adhesives  listed  on  page  188  are  made 

by  Eweris  Weekly. 

Adhesives. 

IOC,  carmine;  new  design. 
250.,  blue  ,, 

50  c,  brown  ,, 

75  c,  red  on  orange  ,, 
5  fcs. ,  violet  , , 

Ivory  Coast. — The  A.  J.  P.  notes  the 

appearance  of  a  set  of  Postal  Packet  stamps 

which  are  made  by  surcharging,  as  usual. 

Upon  the  two  lower  values,  of  which  3,000 

stamps  each   were   printed,  this   surcharge 

consists  of  the  letters  "  C  P."  (Colis  Postaux) 

at  the  top,  and  "coTE  d'ivoire"  at  bottom 

with  a  thin  line  above  it.    On  the  two  higher 

values,  of  which   but    1,000  of  each   were 

issued,  it  reads,  "COLIS  POSTAUX."  at  top, 

and   "COTE   d'ivoire"    at    bottom,    there 

being  a  thin  hne  below  the  upper  inscription 

and  above  the  lower  one.     Diagonally,  in 

the  centre,  between  two  lines,  is  the  new 

value,  "  4  Francs,"  or  "  8  Francs,"  as  the  case 

may  be. 

Postal  Packet  Stamps. 

50  c. ,  lilac  ;  imperf. ;  black  surcharge. 
I  fr. ,  rose  on  cream  ;  imperf.  ;  black  surcharge. 
4  frs.  on  5  c,  blue. 
8    ,,  on  15  c,  pale  green. 

New    Caledonia.      It    is    reported    in 
Ewen^s  Weekly  that  the  50  c,  brown  on  blue, 
is  now  coming  with  the  value  in  blue  instead 
of  in  carmine. 
Adhesive.    50  c. ,  brown  on  blue  ;  value  in  blue. 

Persia.  —We  see  from  the  M.C.  that  there 
is  another  provisional  to  report. 
Adhesive. 
9  shahi  on  i  k. ,  violet ;  black  surcharge. 


Iljiliittlk  Snmti^s'  Ule^lings. 


W\jt  ^lydatdic  ^ocittv  of  HJnbia. 

[For?nediith  March,  1897.) 

Council  for  the  Year  1904-1905. 

President — 

Mk.  C.  Stewakt-Wilson,  i.c.s 

Vice-Presiden  is — 

The  Right  Honourable  the  Eakl  of  Crawford,  k.t. 

Mr.  W.  Dorning  Beckton,  Manchester. 

Mr.  C.  F.  Larmour,  Calcutta. 

Sir  David  Parkes  Masson,  c.i  e.,  Lahore. 

1^ on.  Secretary — 

Mr.  WiLiiOT  Corfield,  25,  Mangoe  Lane,  Calcutta. 

Hon.    Treasurer — 

Sir  David  Parkes  Masson,  c.i.e.,  Lahore. 

Librarian — 

Mr.  _T.  Hoffmann,  22,  Chowringhee,  Calcutta. 

Editor  of  the  Philatelic  Journal  of  India — 

Mr.  C.  Stewart-Wjlson,  i.c.s.,  Lahore. 

Mr.  G.  a.  Andf.rson.     Mr.  C.  F.  S.  Crofton,  i.c.s 

Lieut.-Col.  G.  F.  a.  Harris,  i.m.s. 

lleut.-col.  c.  p.  lukis,  i.m.s. 

Mr.  P.  A.   Selfe.  Mr.  E.  W.  Wetherei.l. 

The  annual  general  meeting  of  the  Society 
was  held  at  Mr.  Larmour's  residence,  Cal- 
cutta, on  Friday  the  4th  March,  1904,  at 
6.15  p.m.  Mr.  C.  F.  Larmour  was  in  the 
chair,  and  most  of  the  members  resident  in 
Calcutta  were  present.  The  audited  accounts 
for  the  year  1903,  which  disclosed  a  satis- 
factory financial  position,  were  presented  and 
passed,  and  a  few  minor  alterations  made 
in  the  rules  which  (with  the  accounts)  were 
ordered  to  be  published  in  the  Philatelic 
Journal  of  hidia. 

The  following  honorary  officers  were  ap- 
pointed for  1904-5  :-  — 

President,  Mr.  C,  Stewart-Wilson,  lc.S.  ; 
Vice-Presidents,  the  Right  Honourable  the 
Earl  of  Crawford,  K.T.,  Mr.  Dorning  Beck- 
ton,  Mr.  C.  F.  Larmour,  and  Sir  David  Parkes 
Masson,  CLE.  ;  Secretary,  Mr.  W.  Cor- 
field; Treasurer,  Sir  David  Parkes  Masson; 
Librarian,  Mr.  T.  Hoffmann  ;  Editor  of  the 
Journal,  Mr.  C.  Stewart-Wilson  ;  Council, 
the  above  {ex-officiu)  and  Mr.  G.  A.  Ander- 
son, Mr.  C.  F.  S.  Crofton,  LCS.,  Lieut.-Col. 
G.  F.  A.  Harris,  Lieut.-Col.  C.  P.  Lukis, 
Mr.  P.  A.  Selfc,  and  Mr.  E.  W.  Wetherell. 

It  was  resolved  to  pul:)lish  during  the 
present  year  a  fully  illustrated  work  on  the 
fiscal  and  telegraph  issues  of  Hrilish  India, 
by  Messrs.  C.  F.  S.  Crofton  and  W.  Corfield. 
This  will  be  the  first  work  attempted  on  the 
subject,  and  will  deal  with  the  following 
classes  of  stamps  :  "  Court  Fees,"  "  Foreign 
Bill,"  "Forest,"  "High  Court,"  "Notarial," 
"Petition,"  "Postal  Notes,"  "Postal  Service," 
"  Receipt,"  "  Share  Transfer,"  "  Small  Cause 
Court,"  "Special  Papers,"  "Telegraphs  and 
Vakil." 

It  was  also  reported  that  arrangements 
arc  in  progress  for  an  early  reissue,  in  one 
volume,  of  the  Society's  works  on  the  stamps 
of  Cliamba,  Faridkotc,  (Jwalior,  Jhind, 
Nabha,  and  Patiala,  revised  and  brouj^hl 
up  to  dale,  and  that  work  on  the  handbook 
on  the  postal  and  telegraph  issues  of  India 
was  proceeding. 


The  permanent  display  of  the  national  col- 
lection in  the  British  Museum,  made  avail- 
able only  during  the  past  year,  was  discussed, 
and  the  Hon.  Secretary  was  desired  to  offer 
to  the  Museum,  in  the  name  of  the  Society, 
all  the  Imperial  stamps  of  India  in  mint 
condition  which  are  required  for  the  com- 
pletion of  its  Indian  section  to  the  end  of 
the  Victorian  era.  The  great  and  growing 
popularity  of  the  late  Mr.  Tapling's  princely 
gift  was  noted  with  satisfaction,  and  the  hope 
expressed  that  the  action  of  the  Society  in 
offering  to  contribute  the  postal  and  telegraph 
issues  from  about  the  year  1889  to  the  end 
of  the  late  Queen's  reign  may  lead  to  similar 
offers  by  other  societies  and  individuals  from 
other  countries. 

Attention  was  directed  to  the  opening  by 
His  Excellency  the  Viceroy  of  the  Victoria 
Memorial  Hall  Exhibition  in  the  Imperial 
Museum,  Chowringhee,  the  previous  evening, 
and  regret  expressed  that  no  arrangements 
appeared  to  have  been  made  for  the  inclusion 
of  a  national  collection  of  the  stamps  of 
India  among  the  other  collections  now  being 
brought  together  there.  It  was  felt  that  the 
stamps  of  the  Empire  possess  an  historical 
value  fully  entitling"  them  to  the  considera- 
tion of  the  promoters  of  the  memorial,  and 
that  they  should  find  a  place  among  the 
medals,  coins,  and  other  interesting  memen- 
toes of  the  past  that  will  be  preserved  for 
the  delight  of  the  future.  The  Hon.  Secre- 
tary was  desired  to  address  the  General 
Committee  of  the  Queen  Victoria  Indian 
Memorial  Fund  on  the  subject,  and  to  offer 
the  willing  co-operation  of  the  Society  with 
the  Committee  in  the  formation  of  a  national 
Indian  stamp  collection. 

It  was  pointed  out  that  no  properly 
arranged  official  collection  of  the  essays 
and  stamps  of  India  (postal,  fiscal,  and  tele- 
graph) e.xists,  l:)ut  that  with  the  help  of 
philatelists  one  might  be  easily  and  inex- 
pensively formed.  The  most  complete  col- 
lection possible  would  take  up  comparatively 
little  room,  but  every  year  the  difficulty  of 
making  it  would  be  accentuated. 

W.  Corfield,  Hon.  Secretary. 


3lobnnnfsburg  |3ljilntfUc  .^ocirtir. 

The  Johannesburg  Philatelic  Society  held 
their  usual  fortnightly  meeting  on  Tuesday 
evening,  May  17th,  at  the  Masonic  Hotel. 
There  were  present  :  Mr.  M.  Neubcrgcr 
(in  the  cliair),  Messrs.  S.  Klagsbrun,  C.  R. 
.Schuler,  A.  J.  Cohen,  E.  Harford,  R.  Svme, 
W.  P.  Cohen,  M.  P.  X'alentine,  T.  Hi-mler- 
son,  F.  II.  Ansell,  I..  Schuler,  Dr.  F.  H. 
Brennan,  and  \V.  G.  Byron  (lion,  secretiiry). 
Dr.  Schumer  having  been  electi-d  a  mom- 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'  MEETINGS. 


ber  of  committee,  a  programme  for  the 
ensuing  quarter  was  then  submitted  by  the 
committee  and  agreed  to,  as  follows  :  7th 
June,  the  first  quarterly  auction,  after  ordi- 
nary business  ;  21st  June,  postal  exhibition, 
comprising  the  various  errors  and  freaks 
which  have  occurred  in  the  postal  issues  of 
Africa  ;  5th  July,  a  fiscal  exhibition  ;  19th 
July,  exhibition  of  the  postage  stamps  of 
British  India  and  States  ;  2nd  August,  exhi- 
bition of  the  postage  stamps  of  Uganda,  Oil 
Rivers,  Northern  and  Southern  Nigeria ; 
i6th  August,  exhibition  of  the  postage 
stamps  of  British  East  and  Central  Africa 
and  British  South  Africa  Company. 

Two  proposals  for  membership  were  re- 
ceived from  Mr.  G.  Aikman  and  Mr.  A.  Von 
Gensau,  which  will  be  dealt  with  at  the  next 
meeting  of  the  Society,  to  be  held  on  31st 
May.  The  attention  of  the  meeting  was 
directed  to  a  statement  in  one  of  the  English 
philatelic  papers  regarding  the  value  of  the 
5s.  King's  Head  fiscal  of  the  Transvaal,  with 
inverted  centre,  and  it  was  agreed  to  write 
to  the  principal  philatelic  papers  pointing 
out  that  the  error  was  not  such  a  rarity  as 
it  appeared  to  be  thought,  judging  by  the 
account  above  referred  to.  A  considerable 
amount  of  business  with  regard  to  the  en- 
suing year  was  then  disposed  of,  when  the 
chairman  declared  the  ordinary  meeting 
closed. 

A  special  general  meeting  was  then  held 
for  the  purpose  of  amending  and  adding  to 
the  rules  of  the  Society.  An  auction  then 
took  place,  Mr.  M.  P.  Valentine  officiating, 
on  conclusion  of  which  the  meeting  ter- 
minated. 

Visitors  will  be  always  welcomed  to 
meetings  of  the  Society. 


The  fortnightly  meeting  of  the  Johannesburg 
PhilateUc  Society  was  held  on  21st  June  at 
the  Masonic  Hotel,  when  there  were  present : 
Messrs.  S.  A.  Klagsbrun  (in  the  chair),  Leon 
Schuler,  C.  R.  Schuler,  E.  Harford,  F.  H. 
Ansell,  Dr.  Brennan,  Max  Hirsohn,  W.  P. 
Cohen,  A.  J.  Cohen,  T.  Henderson,  and  W.  G. 
Byron  (hon.  secretary,  Box  4,967) ;  also  one 
visitor,  Mrs.  N.  Kitching. 

Mr.  Ansell  brought  up  the  subject  of  some 
remuneration  for  the  late  secretary,  and  it 
was  unanimously  agreed  that  a  certain  sum 
be  given  him  in  recognition  of  past  services. 

The  usual  business — correspondence,  ap- 
phcations  for  membership,  etc. — was  then 
got  through,  an  encouraging  feature  being 
inquiries  from  different  parts  of  the  Transvaal 
for  particulars  of  the  Society's  doings. 

The  exhibition  of  errors  and  freaks  of  the 
postal  issues  of  Africa  was  then  proceeded 
with,  and  proved  by  far  the  most  successful 
exhibition  held  by  the  Society  for  a  long  time. 
Mr.  A.  J.  Cohen  had  a  very  fine  lot,  among 
which  were  a  set  of  Wolmaranstad  used  on 
original,  Bechuanaland  double  and  inverted 
surcharges,  a  nice  specimen  of  Bechuanaland 
on  2d.  Great  Britain,  Griqualand  double  sur- 
charges. Orange  Free  State  half-penny  on  3d., 


double  surcharge,  one  inverted,  and  the  same 
stamp  with  an  additional  large  id.,  in  five 
varieties,  the  2^d.  on  3d.  with  antique  2  in  J, 
a  strip  of  3  V^R.I.  id.,  O.R.C.,  two  being 
without  the  V.R.I.,  a  6d.  V.R.I.,  O.R.C.,  with 
no  figure  6,  a  fine  lot  of  old  Transvaals  with 
inverted  V.R.'s,  a  3d.  surcharged  reading 
downwards  "halve  prnny,"  a  id.  on  is.,  green 
pennij,  a  really  fine  block  of  twelve  id.  on  is. 
all  double  surcharge,  all  the  inverted  V.R.I.'s 
used,  and  also  a  large  number  of  other  in- 
teresting errors.  Then  Mr.  Ansell  showed  a 
good  lot  of  inverted  and  double  surcharges, 
chiefly  Transvaals,  most  notable  being  some 
specimens  of  the  2/-|  for  2\  on  shilling  green, 
both  inverted  and  normal,  and  used  on 
originals.  Mr.  Henderson  had  a  fine  exhibit 
of  complete  sheets  of  the  various  V.R.I, 
values  of  O.R.C.,  with  all  errors,  etc.,  noted, 
also  some  Transvaals,  Natals,  etc.  Mr.  C.  R. 
Schuler  showed  a  fine  block  of  six  inverted 
2\d.  V.R.I.  Transvaals  used,  Griqualand  id. 
and  6d.,  large  type  with  G  inverted,  also 
Cape  woodblocks, including  error,  Mafekings, 
Vryburgs,  Pietersburgs,  etc.,  and  mostly 
used  on  originals.  Mr.  L.  Schuler  had  an 
interesting  post  card,  i.e.  id.  green  Transvaal, 
with  very  distinct  double  and  inverted  sur- 
charge. Mr.  W.  P.  Cohen  showed  a  good  lot 
of  almost  all  African  countries. 

Altogether  a  most  successful  exhibition 
took  place,  on  conclusion  of  which  Mr.  Klags- 
brun proposed,  and  Mr.  Byron  seconded,  a 
hearty  vote  of  thanks  to  those  members  who 
had  exhibited,  as  the  exhibits  betokened  a 
vast  amount  of  work  in  preparation. 

The  above  Society  held  their  usual  fort- 
nightly meeting  at  8  p.m.  on  the  5th  July,  at 
the  Masonic  Hotel.  Mr.  Neubei-ger  took 
the  chair  a  few  minutes  after  eight,  when  there 
were  present:  Messrs.  C.  R.  Schuler,  Leon 
Schuler,  F.  H.  Ansell,  E.  O.  Meyers,  R. 
Syme,  A.  Law,  Max  Hirsohn,  S.  A.  Klags- 
brun, W.  P.  Cohen,  E.  Harford,  and  W.  G. 
Byron  (hon.  secretary.  Box  4,967) ;  also  one 
visitor,  Mr.  F.  Smallbones. 

Mr.  C.  R.  Schuler  very  kindly  passed  round 
the  following  rarities  for  the  inspection  of 
members  : — i.  British  Bechuanaland,  1888 
issue,  surcharged  "One  Half  Penny"  on 
threepence,  in  three  varieties  and  all  postally 
used  ;  (a)  surcharge  inverted  ;  (b)  "Hafl" 
instead  of  "half"  ;  (c)  "halp"  instead  of 
"half"  2.  Half-penny,  vermilion,  1888  issue, 
surcharged  "  British  Bechuanaland  Protecto- 
rate'' in  the  centre;  (a)  "Protectorate"  in- 
verted; (b)  "Protectorate"  twice  impressed; 
(c)  "Protectorate"  twice  inverted.  3.  A  -gd., 
vermilion,  1889  issue,  surcharged  in  the 
centre  "Brit.  Bechuanaland  Protectorate 
four-pence"  in  four  varieties  ;  (a)  "Protecto- 
rate" inverted;  (b)  "four-pence"  inverted; 
(c)  "four-pence"  and  "Protectorate"  in- 
verted; (d)  "four-pence"  and  "Protectorate" 
twice  inverted.  4.  "British  Bechuanaland" 
surcharged  on  Cape  stamps,  issue  of  1886,  in 
three  varieties  of  \d.,  id.,  and  2d.  ;  (a)  in- 
verted ;  (b)  double  surcharge ;  (c)  double 
surcharge  and  also  inverted. 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'  MEETINGS. 


213 


351,  Fourth  Avenue,  New  York. 


The  one  hundred  and  fourth  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Governors  was  held  at  the  Club 
House  on  Monday  evening",  March  14th, 
1904. 

Present  :  Messrs.  Bruner,  Dewing,  Mor- 
genthau,  Rich,  Scott,  and  Perrin. 

Mr.  Charles  Gregory  was  tendered  a  vote 
of  thanks  for  a  presentation  to  the  Club  of 
an  interesting  album  of  photographs. 

It  was  voted  to  present  to  the  British 
Numismatic  Society  and  to  the  American 
Numismatic  and  Archaeological  Society  one 
of  the  Club's  silver  medals  each. 

The  judges  appointed  to  award  the  medals 
for  the  competitive  exhibition  of  the  U.S. 
stamps  submitted  their  report. 

The  following  judges  were  appointed  to 
award  the  medals  of  the  next  competition 
(Straits  Settlements),  to  be  held  on  April 
I  ith  :  J.  C.  Morgenthau,  J.  W.  Scott,  Charles 
J.  Phillips  ;  and  due  notice  is  hereby  given 
that  all  exhibits  are  to  be  sent  to  Mr.  J.  C. 
Morgenthau,  87,  Nassau  Street,  at  least  two 
days  before  the  date  of  the  exhibition. 


The  one  hundred  and  fifth  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Governors  was  held  at  the  Club 
House  on  Monday  evening,  April  i  ith,  1904. 

Present :  Messrs.  Bruner,  Dewing,  Luff, 
Morgenthau,  Scott,  and  Perrin.  In  the 
absence  of  the  President  the  meeting  was 
called  to  order  at  8.20  p.m.  by  Vice-President 
Bruner. 

The  Treasurer's  report,  showing  a  cash 
balance  in  bank  of  $187.34  exclusive  of  re- 
serve fund,  was  approved  as  read. 

Votes  of  thanks  were  tendered  Mr.  J.  M. 
Andreini  for  a  copy  of  the  book  on  the 
stamps  of  Puerto  Principd  and  to  Mr.  J.  W. 
Scott  for  three  bound  volumes  of  the 
Metropolitan  Pliilatelist. 

The  judges  appointed  to  award  the  medals 
for  the  competitive  exhibition  of  the  stamps 
of  Straits  Settlements  submitted  their  report. 

Upon  opening  the  envelopes  containing 
the  names  of  the  exhibitors  it  was  found 
that  the  silver  medal  had  been  awarded  to 
Mr.  John  N.  Luff  and  the  bronze  medal 
to  Mr.  P.  F.  I5runer,  that  the  collection 
entered  under  the  name  of  "  Sungei  Ujong" 
was  the  property  of  Mr.  Frank  Koenig,  and 
that  Mr.  Jos.  S.  Rich  had  entered  his  collec- 
tion under  the  name  of  "Sultan  Ibrahim." 

'Ihc  report  of  the  judges  was  accepted 
with  tlianks. 

'I'he  following  judges  were  appointed  to 
award  the  medals  of  the  next  competition 
(U.S.  Proofs  and  ICssays),  to  be  licld  May 
9tli :  John  N.  Luff,  P.  F.  Bruner,  W.  S.  Scott ; 
and  due  notice  is  hereby  given  that  all  cx- 
liiljils  arc  to  be  sent  to  John  N.  Luff,  18, 
East  23rd  Street,  at  least  two  days  before 
the  date  of  exhibition. 

Adjourned  at  9.30  p.m. 

Alukkt  I'kkrin,  Sccretiiry. 


The  one  hundred  and  sixth  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Governors  was  held  at  the  Club 
House  on  Monday  evening.  May  9th,  1904. 
Present :  Messrs.  Andreni,  Bruner,  Dewing, 
Morgenthau,  Rich,  Scott,  and  Perrin.  The 
Treasurer's  report,  showing  a  cash  balance 
in  bank  of  $207.18  exclusive  of  reserve  fund, 
was  approved  as  read.  Moved,  seconded, 
and  carried  that  the  Treasurer  be  authorised 
to  sell  the  bond  of  the  Club.  Moved, 
seconded,  and  carried  unanimously  that  the 
Treasurer  be  authorised  to  open  an  account 
in  his  name  as  Treasurer  with  the  Lincoln 
Trust  Company,  and  keep  the  funds  of  the 
Collectors'  Club  on  deposit  there,  subject  to 
check  drawn  by  him  as  Treasurer.  The 
judges  appointed  to  award  the  medals  for 
the  competitive  exhibition  of  United  States 
Proofs  and  Essays  submitted  their  report 
as  follows  : — 

"New  York,  May  <^th,  1904. 

"  To  the  President  and  Board  of  Governors 
of  the  Collectors'  Club. 

"  Gentlemen,  —  Your  Committee  ap- 
pointed to  act  as  judges  in  the  competitive 
exhibition  of  United  States  Proofs  and 
Essays  beg  to  report  as  follows: — 

"  Three  collections  were  entered  in  the 
competition.  One  of  these,  exhibited  by 
'Justinian,'  was  much  more  extensive  and 
complete  than  the  others,  and  to  it  the  judges 
decided  to  award  the  first  prize  or  silver 
medal.  The  smaller  collection  e.xhibited  by 
'Essayist,'  containing  some  very  fine  proofs 
of  revenue  stamps  which  were  not  included 
in  the  'Justinian'  collection,  your  judges 
deem  to  be  well  worthy  of  the  second  prize 
or  bronze  medal.  We  also  desire  to  award 
honourable  mention  to  the  collection  shown 
under  the  title  '  Not  in  it,'  which  includes 
some  interesting  things,  especially  among 
the  essays  for  envelopes. 

"  Respectfully  submitted, 

"John  N.  Luff. 
"P.  F.  Bruner." 

Upon  opening  the  envelopes  containing 
the  names  of  the  exhibitors  it  was  found 
that  the  silver  medal  had  been  awarded  to 
Mr.  Ed.  H.  Mason,  and  the  bronze  medal 
to  Mr.  Geo.  L.  Toppan,  while  honourable 
mention  had  been  awarded  Mr.  Jos.  S.  Rich. 
Adjourned  at  9. 1 5  p.m. 

Albert  Perrin,  Secretary. 


'VuK  one  hundred  and  seventh  meeting  of 
the  Hoard  of  Governors  was  held  at  the 
Clul)  House  on  Monday  evening,  June  13, 
1904.  Present  :  Messrs.  Andreini,  Bruner, 
Dewing,  Morgenthau,  Ricli,  Scott,  and  Per- 
rin. Tiie 'I'reasurcr's  report,  showing  a  rash 
balance  in  Ijank  of  81,212,  was  reati  and 
approved.  The  report  of  the  House  Coni- 
niittcc  was  read  and  received. 

Alder  r  I'mkrin,  Sccrc/arv. 


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C0rrt0p0nii^na. 


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THE    LONDON    PHILATELIC 

SOCIETY'S   WORKS. 

To  the  Editor  of  the  "London  Philatelist." 

Dear  Sir, —  I  have  read  with  much 
interest  the  full  and  business-like  report  on 
the  doings  for  the  past  season  of  the  London 
Philatelic  Society,  published  in  the  London 
Philatelist  just  to  hand,  but  was  sorry  to  see 
no  reference  to  the  completion  of  the  Society's 
work  on  Africa.  I  feel  sure  some  definite 
information  as  to  the  position  of  the  work, 
and  the  offering  of  some  idea  as  to  when  we 
may  expect  to  receive  the  final  instalment, 
would  be  greatly  appreciated. 

Many  months  ago,  too,  there  was  some 
talk  of  the  issue  in  a  separate  form  of  a 
supplement  to  the  work  on  Great  Britain. 
This  also  is  hanging  fire.  Its  appearance 
(together  with  the  paper  of  H.R.H.  the 
Prince  of  Wales)  would  be,  I  am  sure,  well 
received. 

My  "Africa"  and  my  "Great  Britain" 
have  been  waiting  to  be  bound  up  for  years. 
Surely  something  could  be  done  to  expedite 
matters. 

I  enclose  my  card,  and  remain, 
Yours  faithfully, 
A  Foreign  Member  of  the 
London  Society. 

Calcutta,  July  21^/,  1904. 

[The  delay  as  regards  the  completion  of 
British  Africa  has  been  due  to  the  difficulties 
of  drawing  up  the  list  of  Transvaal,  which, 
however,  now  is  in  active  progress.  The 
supplement  to  the  British  Isles  was  printed 
many  months  since,  and  as  soon  as  the 
illustrations  are  completed  it  will  be  sent 
out  to  subscribers. — Ed.] 


BRITISH  "OFFICIAL"  POSTAGE 

STAMPS. 
To  the  Editor  of  the  "  London  Philatelist." 

Dear  Sir, — As  a  collector  for  many  years 
of  the  stamps — in  a  used  condition — of  this 
country,  may  I  trespass  on  your  valued 
columns  as  to  the  status  of  certain  of  the 
above  ? 

In  addition  to  the  recently  obsolete  over- 
printed series,  there  exist,  as  you  are  doubt- 
less aware,  various  postage  stamps  used  by 
the  Board  of  Trade  and  other  Government 
offices  showing  on  them  the  special  depart- 
mental perforations. 

Now,  with   the   single   exception  of  Mr. 


Morley  (who,  in  his  price  list  of  1897,  quotes 
the  id.,  lilac,  with  "OW"  and  Crown  for 
Office  of  Works)  the  various  perforated 
Officials  do  not  appear  in  Gibbons'  or  other 
catalogues.  Can  you  kindly  give  me  the 
reason  for  this  ? 

Some  of  your  readei-s  may,  like  myself, 
consider  the  "perforated"  of  quite  as  much 
interest  as  the  "  overprinted,"  as  both  series 
proceeded  from  official  departments,  and 
the  exclusion  of  the  first  types  from  the 
catalogues  wherein  is  given  such  prominence 
to  the  "  overprints  "  seems  to  require  some 
explanation. 

Thanking  you  in  anticipation  of  your 
views,  I  am,  dear  Sir, 

Yours  faithfully, 

C.  Stuart  Dudley. 

[We  are  not  acquainted  with  the  motives 
that  actuate  the  compilers  of  catalogues,  but 
perhaps  someone  connected  therewith  may 
enlighten  our  correspondent.  It  is,  however, 
obvious  that  the  perforated  letters  could  be 
imitated  by  anyone,  and  can  therefore 
scarcely  be  of  any  "  catalogue  value " ; 
moreover,  they  mutilate  the  stamp. — Ed.] 


A   BLACK  LIST. 
To  the  Editor  of  the  "  Londott  Philatelist.'''' 

Sir, — Referring  to  your  leading  article, 
"  A  Recurrent  Danger,"  in  your  July  number, 
cannot  some  united  action  be  taken  in  the 
matter  to  safeguard  collectors  who  are  un- 
able to  protect  themselves  ?, 

For  instance,  would  it  not  be  possible  for 
the  philatelic  journals  and  the  leading  clubs 
to  draw  up  a  list  of  the  dealers  who  are 
known  to  sell  forgeries,  and  to  put  it  in  the 
hands  of  defenceless  collectors  ?  1  cannot 
judge  how  far  the  law  of  libel  would  be 
applicable  in  such  a  case,  but  there  is  a 
well-known  "  black  list "  of  defaulting  men  of 
business,  which  the  said  law  does  not  inter- 
fere with.        Yours  truly, 

Henry  V.  M'Clelai>Jd. 

[The  risk  of  publishing  a  "black  list"  in 
this  country — where  the  law  of  libel  is  very 
different  from  that  of  the  Continent — would 
be  too  great.  There  would,  however,  be  no 
harm  in  having  such  a  list  made  by  the 
leading  societies  and  dealers  in  unison.  The 
most  dangerous  forgers,  however,  do  not  get 
known  until  their  handiwork  is  placed  on 
the  market. — Ed.1 


THE 


30nd0n  iMIat^Bt: 


THE    MONTHLY    JOURNAL    OF 


THE    PHILATELIC   SOCIETY.    LONDON. 


Vol.  XIII. 


SEPTEMBER,    1904. 


No.    153. 


^Itc  ^oittion  pliilutelic  (Socictj). 

NEW  ADDRESS. 


E  desire  to  draw  the  attention  of  all  our  readers,  and 
especially  of  the  members  of  the  London  Philatelic 
Society,  to  the  notice  given  elsewhere  in  this  Journal 
as  to  the  new  address  of  both  the  Society  and  its 
Journal.  The  meetings  of  the  Society  will  henceforth 
be  held  at  No.  4,  Southampton  Row.  The  secretarial 
work,  as  also  the  publication  of  the  London  Philatelist, 
will  be  carried  on  at  No.  10,  Gracechurch  Street,  E.G., 
where  all  communications  should  be  addressed  respec- 
tively to  Mr.  J.  A.  Tillcard,  Hon.  Secretary  of  the 
London  Philatelic  Society,  to  the  Editor  of  this 
Journal,  or  to  Mr.  A.  Ghurchill  Emerson. 

This  change  of  domicile  may  perhaps  be  in  the 
nature  of  a  surprise  to  members  living  far  from  London,  but  by  all  others  the 
impending  removal  has  long  been  anticipated.  The  reason  for  the  change 
is  simply  and  solely  that  the  Society's  rooms  were  so  little  used  by  members 
between  the  meetings  that  no  adequate  return  was  secured  for  the  high  rent 
[jaid.  The  new  meeting  room  of  the  Society  will  be  found  to  amply  satisfy 
the  rec]uiremcnts  of  the  most  exigent  member.  The  Secretary,  Mr.  Emerson, 
will,  in  Gracechurch  Street,  be  most  comfortably  housed,  and,  indeed,  be 
in  easier  contact  with  the  officers  of  the  Society,  who  are  mainly  to  be  found 
ea.st  of  Temple  Bar.  VVc  are  convinced  that  the  action  of  the  Council 
in  the  matter  will  meet  with  the  hearty  approval  of  the  general  body  of 
nicnibers,  and  that  it  will  be  found  that,  while  the  efficiency  of  the  London 
Philatelic  Society  lias  been  in  no  way  detracted  from,  a  very  substantial 
economy  lias  been  effected. 


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^ke  (Status?  oi  British  ^StantpB  ^ppliei  io 

(Special  ^bzb. 

By  C.  F.  DENDY  MARSHALL,  B.A. 


N  making  a  short  rejoinder  to  Mr.  Elliott's  interesting  article,  I 
trust  that  I  shall  not  be  carrying  the  discussion  to  an  undue 
length,  and  hope  to  show  not  only  that  he  has  not  succeeded 
in  giving  satisfactory  replies  to  my  original  article  on  the 
points  that  he  controverts,  but  also  that  there  is  not  really  so 
much  difference  between  us  as  appears  at  first  sight. 
Firstly,  he  seems  to  have  taken  rather  an  inverted  view  of  my  paper 
(which,  of  course,  was  conceived  in  all  seriousness) ;  he  speaks  of  my  placing 
Cyprus,  etc.,  on  the  same  footing  as  the  Officials,  and  all  through,  the  im- 
pression given  to  anyone  reading  his  reply  only,  would  be  that  I  had  been 
advocating  the  collection  of  these  different  sections,  whereas  what  I  have 
tried  to  point  out  is  (i)  that  they  are  all  in  the  same  category  (as  coming 
under  the  title  of  the  article) ;  (2)  that  it  is  inconsistent  to  take  some  and  not 
others  ;  (3)  that  they  are  none  of  them  necessary  for  a  complete  collection  of 
British  stamps,  not  being  true  "  varieties."  In  other  words,  I  have  attempted 
not  to  raise  Cyprus,  etc.,  but  to  lower  the  Officials  to  the  same  level. 

The  crux  of  my  paper  is  contained  in  the  following  words,  to  which  Mr. 
Elliott  does  not  refer  :  "  A  complete  unused  collection  represents  and  includes 
both  the  stamps  in  ordinary  use  and  those  in  the  above  categories."  His 
conclusion  is,  that  official  overprints  7nay  be  collected,  etc.  I  quite  agree,  of 
course,  they  may ;  what  I  said  was,  they  need  not  be  taken  in  an  unused 
collection,  or  one  aiming  at  being  unused,  but  a  few  should  be  shown  in  a 
used  collection.     There  is  not  a  great  deal  of  difference. 

I  will  now  deal  with  his  paper  in  detail  as  shortly  as  possible.  The 
"  snake  "  heading  was,  of  course,  inserted  purposely,  to  show  the  impossibility 
of  collecting  them  consistently  and  completely.  He  classifies  them  differently 
from  my  arrangement ;  while  preferring  my  own,  I  will  adopt  his  order  for  the 
present  purpose.  Not  wishing  to  make  my  paper  too  long,  I  did  not  attempt 
to  give  the  raisons  d'etre  of  the  various  headings  ;  however,  as  he  has  imported 
them  into  the  discussion,  I  must  deal  with  his  remarks  thereon.  I  agree  in 
the  main  with  his  reasons  for  (i)  and  (2),  except  that  I  should  think  it 
probable  that  an  important  object  in  view  for  (i)  was,  as  in  the  case  of  the 
private  marks,  to  prevent  the  clerks,  etc.,  removing  the  stamps  or  using  them 
on  their  private  correspondence. 

Under  (3),  however,  we  part  company.  The  "  O.U.S."  and  names  on  the 
back  were  not  applied  by  the  private  people  as  a  rule,  but  they  were  issued 
in  that  state,  as  they  are  usually  under  the  gum.  I  do  not  care  particulai-ly 
about  this  point  myself,  but  lay  stress  on  it  because  lower  down  he 
announces  that  I  am  on  a  wrong  track  with  regard  to  my  i  id)  and  i  [b), 
saying,  "  The  question  is,  '  Who  made  the  overprint  ? '  " 

Well,  the  Oxford  Union  Society  did  not  do  so;  it  must  have  been  done 
by  the  printers  of  the  stamps.  Doubtless  their  object  was  the  same  as  that 
of  other  people,  but  I  am  unable  to  say  why  they  should  have  chosen  to 


THE  STATUS  OF  BRITISH  STAMPS  APPLIED  TO  SPECIAL  USES.     217 

apply  for   permission    to  identify  their  stamps  in  a  special  manner.     The 
suggestion  that  it  was  for  advertisement  is,  of  course,  ridiculous. 

I  do  not  follow  Mr.  Elliott  either  when  he  says  the  private  marks  are 
applied  "  not,  strictly  speaking,  to  limit  the  use."  I  beg  to  differ.  If  a  stamp 
is  marked  A.B.,  the  object  is  that  A.B.  (or  his  agents)  alone  use  it ;  this, 
however,  is  a  very  small  point. 

I  therefore  maintain  that  my  remark  re  I  {a)  and  i  (b)  still  holds  good. 
Mr.  Elliott's  paragraph  4  is  perfectly  correct.  He  announces  that  they  are 
not  "varieties"  (as  if  I  had  said  they  were)  ;  of  course  not,  nor  are  any  of 
the  others,  considered  as  British  stamps. 

I  am  now  told  I  am  under  a  misconception  with  regard  to  the  Levant.  I 
will  at  once  admit  his  distinction,  for  what  it  is  worth,  between  these  and  the 
Cyprus,  etc.,  in  that  the  Levant  post  offices  are  called  British  and  the  others 
are,  of  course.  Colonial.  It  will  be  observed  that  I  put  them  under  a  separate 
sub-heading.  It  was  an  oversight  on  my  part  to  say  the  use  was  quite  analo- 
gous, but,  after  all,  they  are  British  stamps  overprinted  for  use  abroad.  And 
the  Levants  are  analogous  to  British  stamps  used  in  British  post  offices  in 
South  America  and  in  the  Colonies  while  under  home  control,  except  that 
they  have  the  value  translated  into  Turkish  currency — an  insufficient  reason, 
in  my  opinion,  for  collecting  them  unused,  especially  as  other  values  are  used 
there  unsurcharged. 

The  question  about  the  Zanzibar  or  Indian,  etc.,  again  shows  a  slight  mis- 
understanding of  my  position,  possibly  because  I  did  not  explain  as  fully  as 
I  might ;  Mr.  Elliott  evidently  thinks  that  I  do  not  consider  the  surcharged 
Cyprus  as  Cyprus  stamps  at  all.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  I  was  dealing  with 
collectors  of  British  stamps  only,  and  not  of  Colonial  ones.  Of  course,  if  you 
collect  the  stamps  of  Cyprus,  the  surcharged  ones  commence,  and  should  be 
taken  unused  in  an  unused  collection.  But  they  should  not  be  taken  in  an 
unused  collection  of  British,  although  they  may  well  be  shown  used  in  an 
ambitious  used  one.  If  you  take  Cyprus  as  well,  then  a  mere  note  should  be 
appended  to  the  British  remarking  that  they  were  also  supplied  with  over- 
prints for  use  in  Cyprus,  and  referring  to  the  page  where  they  are  to  be  found. 

Similarly,  the  "  Zanzibars  "  are,  of  course,  Zanzibar,  and  not  Indian;  at 
the  same  time,  if  I  were  making  a  colossal  collection  of  Indian  stamps  used, 
I  think  I  should  show  a  iaw,  as  a  matter  of  interest.  This  is  a  case  of  "  may 
be  collected  "  again. 

Finally,  he  evidently  considers  I  am  insulting  the  dignity  of  the  overprint 
by  calling  it  a  "  kind  of  postmark."  I  am  the  last  person  to  wish  to  misapply 
terms,  but  I  really  think  the  accusation  is  just  (I  did  not  say  it  was  a  post- 
mark). It  is  something  added  to,  by  being  printed  over,  the  stamp,  already 
complete  as  issued  in  general,  which  has  reference  solely  to  the  conditions  of 
use  ;  unlike  a  postmark,  it  docs  not  completely  destroy  the  franking  power  of 
a  stamp,  but  it  docs  very  nearly  do  so,  only  certain  persons  being  able  to 
make  use  of  it  for  certain  purpo.scs. 

Whether  you  call  it  a  kind  of  postmark  or  not,  I  maintain  il  docs  not 
make  a  "variety."  As  to  what  does  form  a  variety,  if  I  ventured  upon  that 
question  we  should  be  landed  in  another  and  a  bigger  di.scussion,  which  I  will 
leave  for  another  time. 


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"Ihe  Jlliliesibc  (Staiu^rs  of  Portugal. 

By  J.  N.  MARSDEN. 
A  Paper  read  before  the  Philatelic  Society,  London,  on  December  iqth,  1902. 

( Continued  from  page  200. ) 


Issue  XXX.     Don  Carlos.     1st  July,  1896. 

^^^^  Y  a  decree  of  the  3rd  December,  1895,  it  was  determined 
that  a  stamp  of  500  reis  should  be  prepared.  Another 
decree  of  the  8th  June,  1896,  announced  that,  on  the  1st  July 
following,  the  new  value  would  be  issued. 

The  first  stamps  to  appear  were  perf  12^,  and  were 
issued  in  sheets  of  28  stamps.  A  second  printing  subse- 
quently occurred,  in  which  the  stamps  were  issued  in  sheets  of  150  stamps. 
Exactly  when  the  change  took  place  I  am  unable  to  say,  but  it  must  have 
been  some  time  in  1897. 

This  stamp  is  sometimes  met  with  without  figure  of  value,  but  they  are 
of  no  philatelic  value.  A  few  days'  strong  sunlight  will  bleach  out  the  value 
entirely,  as  it  is  printed  in  aniline  ink. 

SYNOPSIS. 
Issue  XXX.    Don  Carlos,    ist  July,  1896. 


500  reis;  black  on  pale  blue,  carmine  figure  of  value. 

Perf.  x\\. 
500  reis  ;  black  on  pale  blue,  carmine  figure  of  value. 

Issue  XXXI.    Don  Carlos,    ist  July,  1898. 

Owing  to  the  fall  in  exchange,  when  50  reis  for  foreign  postage  came  to 
represent  only  about  ijd.  instead  of  2^d.,  it  was  resolved  by  decrees  of  the 
Sth  February,  1898,  and  30th  May,  1898,  to  issue  a  new  series  of  values, 
namely,  65,  115,  130,  and  180  reis.  The  65  reis  was  for  the  ordinary  foreign 
postage  to  countries  within  the  Postal  Union,  the  130  reis  representing  the 
double  postage.  The  stamps  of  115  and  180  reis  were  for  the  above  rates 
respectively  with  the  registration  fee  of  50  reis  added. 

The  four  stamps  were  issued  on  the  1st  July,  1898,  and  call  for  no  special 
comment,  except  that  a  portion  of  a  sheet  of  130  reis  was  issued  without  value. 
They  are  all  issued  in  sheets  of  150  stamps. 

SYNOPSIS. 
Issue  XXXI.     Don  Carlos,     ist  July,  1898. 

Perf.  III. 
65  reis;  deep  blue,  grey-blue. 
115     ,,      pale  red-brown  on  pink. 
130     ,,      grey-brown  on  cream. 
180     ,,      deep  slate  on  pale  rose. 

Without  figure  of  value. 
(130)  reis;  grey-brown  on  cream. 


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Issue  XXXI,     Don  Carlos,     ist  January,  1899. 

In  order  to  comply  with  the  regulations  of  the  Postal  Union  Congress, 
held  at  Washington,  the  colours  of  the  15  and  25  reis  were  by  decree  of  the 
30th  May,  1898,  ordered  to  be  altered. 

The  stamps  in  the  new  colours  were  issued  on  the  1st  January,  1899,  and 
each  has  been  met  with  without  figure  of  value.  As  before,  they  occur  in 
sheets  of  150. 

SYNOPSIS. 

Issue  XXXI.     Don  Carlos,     ist  January,  1899. 

Perf.  i\\. 
15  reis;  deep  and  pale  yellow-green. 
25     ,,      aniline  rose  (shades). 
Without  figure  of  value. 
15  reis;  pale  yellow-green. 
25     ,,      aniline  rose. 

( To  be  continued. ) 


%\\t  f  edin  philatelic  (Exhibition. 


T  is  with  great  satisfaction  that  we  are  able  to  announce  that  this 
Exhibition — the  first  of  a  really  international  character  to  be 
held  in  Germany — was  in  practically  all  respects  a  great 
success.  This  must  be  very  gratifying  to  the  energetic 
^,;^^  Executive  Committee,  and  especially  so  to  Dr.  H.  Lux,  the 
C  LZ^  indefatigable  Hon.  Secretary  of  the  Exhibition,  to  whose 
incessant  and  protracted  labour  a  large  proportion  of  the  success  achieved 
is  due.  The  management  of  the  show  had  many  difficulties  to  face — the 
want  of  experience  in  conducting  similar  exhibitions,  the  finding  of  a 
suitable  locale,  and  the  abstention  of  a  certain  section  of  German  collectors 
being  only  some  among  the  difficulties  of  the  situation.  These  and  other 
doubts  have  all  been  happily  solved  by  the  fact  that  the  Exhibition  has 
been  most  successfully  held,  and  has  undoubtedly  served  as  a  stimulus  to 
the  interests  of  Philately  in  the  Fatherland. 

The  Exhibition  was  opened  by  Dr.  Lux  at  il  a.m.  on  the  25th  of  last 
month  with  a  short  and  well-chosen  speech.  It  seems  to  us,  however,  regret- 
table that  there  was  no  postal  officer  or  person  of  rank  to  lend  a  little  eclat  to 
this  initiatory  feature.  The  Exhibition  remained  open  until  the  4th  Septem- 
ber, and  was  numerously  attended,  on  some  days  as  many  as  fifteen  hundred 
people  having  been  present. 

The  locale  of  the  Exhibition  was  the  Architcctcn-IIaus  in  the  Wilhclm 
Strassc,  being  numbers  92  and  93,  and  close  to  the  Leipziger  Strasse — a 
convenient  and  central  [)osition.  The  exhibiting  rooms  which  were  at  tiic 
disposal  of  the  Committee  are  situate  on  tlie  second  floor  of  the  building, 
and  consist  of  a  large  central  room  with  a  dome,  one  large  side  room,  and 
three  smaller  ones,  but  only  the  first-named  had  the  advantage  of  having 
a  top  light.     This  feature  is  really  essential  in   inidertakings  of  this  nature, 


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as  some  of  the  exhibits  were  ahnost  in  darkness.  One  of  the  smaller  rooms 
was  entirely  devoted  to  the  voluminous  collection  of  Herr  Johannes  Elster, 
of  which  a  special  catalogue  was  issued — which,  however,  does  not  reveal  the 
possession  of  many  great  rarities,  although  no  less  than  i20,ooo  stamps 
(including  many  sheets)  are  claimed  to  be  present  in  the  collection. 

The  show-cases  were  of  a  somewhat  primitive  order,  being  simply  boards 
covered  with  glass,  and  were  decidedly  not  dust-proof. 

The  exhibits,  taken  as  a  whole,  which  were  rather  mixed  up,  perhaps, 
exceeded  in  bulk  those  of  London  or  Manchester,  but  their  quality,  taken 
en  masse,  cannot  be  held  to  be  so  good.  Next  to  Germany,  Great  Britain  had 
the  largest  number  of  exhibitors,  and  the  quality  of  their  exhibits  was  so 
high  as  to  form  a  very  important  feature.  We  sincerely  trust  and  hope 
that  this  pleasing  co-operation  will  be  returned  at  the  next  forthcoming 
London  Philatelic  Exhibition.  The  exhibits  of  the  German  States  were  fine, 
and,  as  before  mentioned,  those  of  English  colonies  exhibited  by  our  country- 
men ;  but  there  were  many  countries  practically  unrepresented,  e.g.  United 
States,  Afghan,  Japan,  Great  Britain,  New  South  Wales,  etc.  There  were 
only  three  exhibitors  from  France,  one  of  these  being  a  collective  exhibit  by 
a  number  of  French  collectors  and  dealers,  which  included  some  fine  French 
and  Mauritius  stamps.  In  some  of  the  exhibits  there  were  notable  forgeries 
and  cleaned  and  damaged  copies,  but  these  are  inevitable  in  all  exhibitions, 
and  doubtless  did  not  escape  the  vigilant  eyes  of  the  jury.  The  list  of 
gentlemen  serving  hereon  will  be  found  on  page  125  of  the  London  Philatelist ; 
but  Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon  (subsequently  elected),  Mr.  P.  Mahe,  and  Mr.  M.  P. 
Castle  were  unavoidably  unable  to  be  present.  The  work  of  judging  took 
no  less  than  five  days,  and  entailed  a  heavy  labour  upon  all,  and  the  judges 
are  to  be  congratulated  upon  having  made  such  excellent  awards.  The 
number  of  medals  and  recompenses  is  extraordinaril)^  large,  and  there  must 
be  but  few  exhibitors  who  have  gone  away  empty-handed. 

Among  the  visitors  to  the  Exhibition  were  Messrs.  de  Reuterskiold, 
Ehrenbach,  Phillips,  Peckitt,  Griebert,  Breitfuss,  Field,  Didna,  Giwelb,  Van 
Hoek,  Van  Dieten,  De  Heer,  Booleman,  Friedl  (R.),  Beddig,  Bernichon, 
Philipp  (of  Hamburg),  Gelli,  Hausburg,  Sellschopp,  Willadt,  Kohl,  Stock, 
Kosack,  Senf,  Ruben  (E.  J.  and  H.),  Melfi,  Mertzenofif,  Wilson  (F.),  Schwarz, 
Krapp,  Barocchi,  Duerst,  Moser,  Schroder,  and  Vicenz.  It  can  readily  be 
imagined,  with  such  a  concourse  of  philatelic  celebrities,  that  there  were 
pleasant  hours  of  intercourse,  and  the  excellent  programme  of  festivities 
arranged  by  the  Exhibition  Committee  tended  alike  to  cement  old  friend- 
ships and  create  new  ones.  The  most  important  functions  were  a  grand 
banquet  on  Wednesday,  August  31st,  in  the  Great  Saloon  of  the  Restaurant 
in  the  Zoological  Gardens,  about  ninety  ladies  and  gentlemen  being  present. 
Dr.  H.  Lux  presiding ;  and  on  Monday,  August  29th,  a  reception  at  the 
Club  Rooms  of  the  Berlin  Philatelic  Club,  at  which  about  a  hundred  people 
were  present.  We  much  regret  that  we  were  unable  to  be  present,  and  have 
to  thank  Mr.  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg  and  Mr.  W.  H.  Peckitt  for  supplying  much 
information. 

Among  the  visitors  will  be  seen  the  name  of  Mr.  C.  J.  Phillips,  of  London, 
who  made  an  excellent  and  voluminous  report  of  all  the  exhibits,  which  was 


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printed  in  the  August  number  of  the  Monthly  Journal  {wYiich.  was  kept  back 
some  days  for  this  purpose),  and  to  which  we  would  refer  such  of  our  readers 
as  require  a  full  report.  We  have  to  thank  the  Monthly  Journal  for  per- 
mission to  avail  ourselves  of  the  excellent  list  of  the  various  exhibits.  The 
official  catalogue  of  the  Exhibition  will  be  found  to  contain  much  interesting 
information,  and  with  the  aid  of  this  and  Mr.  Phillips's  report  we  are  enabled 
to  acquaint  our  readers  with  the  chief  features  of  the  exhibits. 


Section  I. — General  Collections. 
Class  I.     Unused. 

Mrs.  Herxheimer.  —  Gold  Medal  — P'^ 
collection  in  thirteen  albums  from  1890  only  ; 
the  stamps  all  in  mint  condition,  well  centred, 
and  very  complete. 

Class  2.    Used,  or  used  and  unused  mixed. 

Martin  Schroder. — Grand  Gold  Medal. 
—  A  general  collection  of  the  largest  dimen- 
sions, contained  in  no  less  than  eighty-five 
volumes  for  the  stamps  and  twenty  volumes 
for  the  essays.  This  collection,  with  the 
exception  of  a  few  of  the  greatest  rarities,  is 
almost  complete  in  general  issues.  Many 
countries  are  really  highly  specialised,  and 
well  worthy  of  high  awards  in  their  classes  if 
they  were  exhibited  separately.  It  contained 
Great  Britain:  ids.  and  £\  a/ic/ior,  and  £^ 
on  dlue,  unused.  British  Guiana  :  circular, 
4  c,  yellow,  4  c,  buff,  8  c,  green,  square, 
and  several  12  c,  blue.  Brunswick:  z.  mint 
set  of  the  i,  2,  and  3  sgr.,  first  issue,  in  most 
superb  condition.  Saxony  :  3  pf ,  unused 
three,  used  twelve,  including  some  pairs ; 
and  \  ngr.,  pale  blue,  error.  Wurtemberg: 
first  issue,  3  kr.,  orange,  and  g  kr.,  rose  ; 
and  no  thread  6  kr.  very  fine.  Bavaria  :  a 
teie-beche  pair  of  i  kr.,  black,  first  issue. 
Hawaiian  Isles:  first  issue,  5  c,  and  both 
types  of  13  c.  Natal:  embossed  gd.,  and 
IS.  very  large  and  well  embossed.  Reunion  : 
15  c.  and  30  c,  used.  Canada:  I2d.  on  part 
of  letter.  Roumania  :  first  issue,  81  p.,  un- 
used, very  large  and  fine,  and  27,  54,  and 
108  p.,  all  extra  fine  and  immense  margins, 
and  in  the  later  issues  all  known  varieties, 
errors,  etc.  Bergedorf  is  the  finest  known 
collection,  with  all  essays,  proofs,  etc.,  in  ori- 
ginal sheets.  "As  far  as  I  know  the  German 
collections,  this  one  ranks  undoubtedly  first 
as  the  best  in  the  German  Empire." — M.J. 

IIeinrich  Yxwcv..— Gold  Medal.— k  col- 
lection of  all  the  world  in  one  large  album, 
but  with  special  attention  to  Europe,  in 
which  there  is  in  Rouinania  a  complete  set 
of  the  first  issue,  the  rare  81  p.  being  a  very 
fine  piece. 

Mrs.  H.  L.  \\\HUt\-ii.— Silver  Medal.— 
This  lady  shows  a  general  collection  of 
about  16,000  varieties  in  two  volumes  of  the 
Imperial  Album,  in  exceptionally  nice  con- 
dition. 

KkNS'r  I'AULUS.  —  Silver  Medal.  —  A 
general  collection  of  about  J  2,000  stamps. 

Leo  VxKom.xcw. —Bronze  Medal.— Very 
large  general  collection. 


C.  W.  Palmie. — Bronze  Medal. — General 
collection  in  two  volumes. 

G.  RiCHTER. —  Bronze  Medal. — General 
collection  in  six  volumes. 

Jhr.  L.  F.T.  DE  M.ATTOS. — Bronze  Medal. 
— A  general  collection,  about  12,000  stamps. 

Entires. 
E.   BiNG. — Bronze  Medal. — A  collection 
of  14,000  entires,  with  many  interesting  and 
rare  pieces. 

Section  II.     Special  Collections. 
Class  5.     German  Empire. 

Dr.  Demcker. — Silver  Medal. — A  com- 
plete collection  of  these  stamps  in  unused 
condition. 

G.  Koch. — This  exhibit  is  included  in  the 
awards  with  that  of  the  German  States — a 
wonderful  collection  of  Germany  and  her 
States  and  Colonies.  A  special  feature  of  this 
exhibit  is  the  section  containing  the  entire 
sheets,  amongst  which  may  be  mentioned  : — 

Lubeck.  Sheet  of  100  of  the  2  sch.,  brown, 
with  the  two  errors  ("zwEi  EIN  halb'')  with 
full  orii^inal  gum.  Two  sheets  of  the  4  sch., 
green,  showing  two  printings,  the  one  having 
on  the  side  of  the  sheet  the  imprint,  "Dru- 
cherei  von  H.  G.  Rahtgens  in  Lubeck,"  and 
the  other  sheet  without  any  imprint.  Sheets 
of  the  first  reprints,  which  arc  in  sheets  of 
twenty-five,  the  originals  being  in  hundreds. 

Bremen.  1855,  3  gr.,  black  on  blue,  im- 
pcrf,  full  sheet  of  120  stamps,  showing  the 
three  types  repeated  forty  times  in  the  sheet. 
1861,  5  sgr.,  deep  green,  on  (hin  paper ;  and 
a  sheet  of  the  common  5  sgr.,  bright  green, 
on  thick  paper,  both  in  four  rows  of  9  =  36 
stamps. 

Mecklenburg-Strelitz.  Sheet  of  the  J  sgr., 
orange-red,  in  ten  rows  of  10—  100  stamps. 

Tiie  stamps  surcharged  for  the  German 
Colonies  are  shown  nearly  all  in  full  sheets, 
especially  noticeable  being  the  rare  settings 
of  China  3  pf  and  25  pf,  and  full  sheets  of 
the  5  pfg.  on  10  pf,  carmine,  issued  at 
Tsingtsau,  May,  1900,  and  of  the  rare  5  ])f. 
on  10  pf,  carmine,  issued  at  Foochow  on 
June  7th,  1900.  In  the  stamps  over|)rintcd 
for  use  in  the  Turkish  Empire,  I  noticed  a 
sheet  of  the  i  pias.  on  20  iif ,  ultramarine, 
with  the  blue  surcharge.  This  is  on  the  pale 
blue  stamp,  whereas  the  20  pf.  of  1884  were 
in  darker  blue,  and  many  are  wondering  if 
a  reprint  of  this  rare  stamp  has  been  made. 

M.  I'Rosri.KK.  — 5//?r/-  JM/.j/.  —  Good 
collection  of  German  Colonials. 


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Class  6.     German  Colonies  only. 

Freiherr  S.  von  Seherr-Thoss. — Gold 
Medal. — A  fine  lot  of  stamps  of  the  colonies 
consisting  of  singles,  used  and  unused,  blocks 
of  four,  and  entire  sheets.  Quite  a  speciality 
is  made  of  the  postmarks,  which  are  very 
interesting. 

Max  Willisch.— i)';w/^«  Medal. — A  col- 
lection of  German  Colonies. 

Section  II.  Group  B. 
The  old  German  States. 
Georg  Koch. — Gra?id  Gold  Medal — A 
wonderful  collection,  well  worthy  of  highest 
praise  for  both  the  rarity  and  the  beautiful 
condition  of  most  of  the  stamps  shown,  Mr. 
Koch  making  a  great  speciality  of  entire 
sheets  of  Germany.  In  the  German  stamps 
is  noticed  a  unique  set  of  unused  blocks  of 
six  stamps  of  Oldenburg,  1861,  j  gr.,  yellow, 
-3-  gr.,  bluish  green,  \  gr.,  brown,  2  gr.,  red, 
3  gr.,  yellow,  and  a  strip  of  six  unused  i  gr., 
blue  ;  in  the  1859  issue  a  strip  of  three  \  gr., 
green,  used  on  a  letter. 

Thurn  and  Taxis.  1852,  i  sgr.,  two  light 
and  two  dark  blue,  mint ;  3  sgr.,  block  of 
four  ;  3  kr.,  a  pair  and  a  single,  each  on  light 
and  on  dark  blue.  There  is  here  a  rare  set 
of  essays,  showing  (i)  central  figures  only  of 
each  value  without  the  frames  ;  (2)  the 
approved  designs,  all  values  in  black  ;  (3) 
sheets  of  green,  dark  blue,  rose  and  orange, 
of  the  paper  of  the  issue,  with  the  eight 
stamps  printed  on  one  sheet. 

Wurtemberg.  First  issue,  3  kr.,  deep 
orange ;  70  kr.,  two  complete  sheets,  one  of 
each  shade. 

Baden.  Rural  Post  stamps,  one  letter 
franked  with  four  copies  of  the  rare  12  kr., 
and  two  covers  franked  with  half  oi  12  kr. 
stamps  used  as  6  kr. 

Bavaria.  An  envelope  franked  with  Un- 
paid 3  pf,  greenish  grey,  surcharged  with 
figure  "  2 "  in  each  corner  and  postmarked 
"  Aichach  4  Sep.  95".  It  is  claimed  that  only 
six  copies  of  this  provisional  are  known. 

Bergedorf.  3  and  4  sch.,  used  together 
on  one  letter. 

Hamburg.  A  superb  block  of  four  9  sch., 
yellow,  imperf.,  used  on  part  of  letter. 

Lubeck.  A  most  beautiful  block  of  four 
\  sch.,  dull  lilac,  used  on  letter  and  post- 
marked with  one  town  obliteration  for  the 
four  stamps. 

Mecklenburg-Strelitz.  \  sgr.,  orange- 
red,  a  strip  of  four  used  on  a  letter  ;  \  sgr., 
green,  strip  of  three  on  letter,  and  two  i  sgr., 
mauve,  used. 

'E'R.'!<i?,T:V  iCTS.'iiZ.  — Grand  Gold  Medal. — "A 
marvellous  lot  of  Hamburg  of  high  philatelic 
merit.  This  is  the  first  real  attempt  I  have 
seen  at  reconstructing  the  plates  of  the  ij 
and  2 J  sch.  of  1864,  and  Mr.  Vicenz  has 
succeeded  in  a  marvellous  manner,  and  got 
together  a  collection  that  must  have  entailed 
great  labour. 


This  plating  of  Hamburg  stamps  is  a  new 
feature.  A  reconstructed  sheet  of  i\  sch. 
consists  of  ninety-six  stamps,  arranged  in 
eight  blocks  of  twelve  types  (2  x  4).  The 
ij  sch.,  imperf.,  and  the  2^  sch.,  both  perf. 
and  imperf,  are  also  in  groups  of  twelve,  but 
the  points  of  difference  in  each  type  of  the 
2\  sch.  are  quite  different  from  those  of  the 
ij  sch.  In  this  collection  there  is  a  fine  lot 
of  uncut  sheets,  and  a  rarity  is  B.pair  of  4  sch., 
green,  used  on  letter.  The  collection  con- 
tains a  grand  lot  of  Hamburg  stamps  post- 
marked Bremen,  Lubeck,  Bergedorf,  etc. 
Many  of  these  are  extremely  rare.  I  con- 
gratulate Flerr  Vicenz  on  his  high  reward, 
well  earned  by  a  real  philatelic  study  of  these 
stamps."— J-/.  /. 

Dr.  R.  Laiblin. — Gold  Medal. — K  superb 
special  collection  of  Wurtemberg,  unused,  in 
single  stamps,  pairs  and  blocks,  many  rare 
shades,  condition  perfect.  The  used  stamps 
are  fine  and  have  been  specially  arranged  in 
regard  to  numbers,  dates,  etc. 

A.  Manheimer. — Silver  Medal. — A  very 
nice  collection  in  ten  volumes,  strong  in 
unused  and  all  in  nice  condition.  The 
Oldenburg,  Saxony,  Thurn  and  Taxis,  and 
Wurtemberg  are  unusually  good. 

Dr.  D^UCK^W.— Silver  Medal.— a  special 
study  of  the  Prussian  obliterations  in  one 
album. 

A.  E.  Glasewald.  —  Silver  Medal.  —  A 
very  fine  and  complete  collection  of  the  post- 
marks of  Thurn  and  Taxis. 

Karl  Gunther.  —  Silver  Medal.  —  A 
special  collection  of  Saxony,  including  the 
rare  \  ngr.,  blue,  error,  in  the  colour  of  the 
2  ngr.,  and  a  very  fine  lot  of  unused  stamps 
in  pairs  and  blocks,  and  a  good  and  ex- 
haustive study  of  the  postmarks. 

Dr.  E.  Pfeiffer.  —  Silver  Medal.- -Iv 
specialised  collection  of  Prussia,  used  and 
unused,  with  a  grand  lot  of  postmarks, 
Prussian  stamps  used  in  Hamburg,  Bremen, 
and  Hanover,  etc. 

Otto  Pollak. — Silver  Medal. — A  col- 
lection of  unused  Bavaria  in  two  albums. 


Group  C.     German  Entires. 

Dr.  Emil  Pfe[FFER. — Silver  Medal. — A 
very  fine  collection  of  Prussian  envelopes 
and  stamps  on  letters.  The  old  envelopes 
are  a  really  grand  lot  and  would  be  most 
difficult  to  duplicate. 


Section  D.      Great  Britain  and 

Colonies. 

Class  II.     General  Collections. 

D.  M.  de  Uy^kv..— Bronze  Medal.  — A. 
small  collection,  but  with  good-class  stamps, 
such  as  India,  \  a  ;  iv^d ;  New  Brunswick  and 
Nova  Scotia,  is. ;  Victoria,  5s.  on  yellow,  etc. 


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Class  12.     Special  Collections  of  one  of 
the  great  Colonies. 

H.  J.  DUVEEN. — Grand  Gold  Medal. — 
Mauritius.*  A  really  superb  lot  containing 
two  gems  of  the  Exhibition,  the  id.  "POST 
OFFICE,"  on  original  letter,  lightly  cancelled, 
with  the  word  "paid"  in  a  rectangle,  and  the 
2d.  "post  office,"  unused,  the  celebrated 
copy  from  the  Legrand  Collection.  A  grand 
lot  of  the  "native"  prints. 

British  Guiana.*  This  includes  one  of  the 
great  gems  of  the  Exhibition — a  pair  of  1 850 
2  c,  rose,  used  on  letter  sheet,  dated  August 
5th,  1 85 1,  and  a  splendid  lot  of  the  issues  of 
1851  to  1856. 

Queensland.*  A  magnificent  lot,  almost 
complete  in  every  known  variety  in  an  un- 
used condition. 

L.  L.  R.  Hausburg. — Grand  Gold  Medal. 
— India.*  A  really  marvellous  collection, 
carefully  written  up  and  displaying  a  great 
amount  of  philatelic  research  on  the  part  of 
the  owner.  The  finest  thing  in  this  exhibit 
is  an  absolutely  unique  sheet  of  the  4  annas, 
the  first  setting,  second  transfer,  of  March, 
1855.  This  sheet  is  arranged  in  three  hori- 
zontal rows  of  four  stamps  with  wavy  lines 
between  the  stamps  and  rosettes  in  the 
corners.  A  superb  lot  of  all  issues. 
"  On 

In  the  xj  ivi  c  )i  there  is  an  unused  speci- 
men of  the  I  anna  with  surcharge  inverted. 

Western  Australia.*  This  includes  one 
of  the  gems  of  the  Exhibition,  one  of  the 
great  rarities  of  the  world — the  4d.,  1854, 
with  the  inverted  Swan,  a  fine,  lightly  can- 
celled specimen,  and  a  very  strong  lot  of  all 
subsequent  issues,  especial  attention  being 
devoted  to  the  varieties  of  the  4d.  of  1854. 

B.M<0N  A.  DE  Worms.  —  Grand  Gold 
Medal. — The  celebrated  collection  of  Cey- 
lon.* Certainly  one  of  the  finest  specialised 
collections  in  the  world.  Almost  every  known 
variety  is  shown,  used  and  unused,  in  every 
kind  of  shade  and  perforation. 

Al.iJERTO  Vww.wv.— Gold  Medal. — "This 
collection  was  a  great  surprise  to  the  German 
philatelists,  who  had  no  idea  that  such  a  mag- 
nificent and  well-specialised  collection  of  the 
old  Transvaal  stamps  existed  in  the  (Jerman 
Empire. 

May,  1870.  Thick  hard  paper  and  streaky 
gum,  IS.,  fine  roul.,  unused. 

May,  1870.  Thick  hard  paper,  6d.,  fine 
roul.,  block  of  four,  containing  a  tete-b&che 
pair,  mint. 

1875.  I'clure  paper.  Block  of  four,  with 
margin  of  about  i.')  inches  on  left  side,  and 
with  a  tete-beche  pair,  unused. 

The  red  .turcharges  are  very  strong  and 
include  great  rarities,  such  as  a  3d.,  sur- 
rli.uge  on  the  back  of  the  stamp,  and  almost 

*  All  ihc  exhibits  marked  llnis  arc  so  well  known 
in  tills  (Country  as  to  rciiiiire  no  delailed  account. 
They  all  represent  the  lii(;..-ivaler  mark  of  special- 
ised collections.  —  lOi). 


all  these  stamps  with  the  fine  and  the  wide 
roulette. 

In  the  black  surcharge,  'all  caps.,'  I 
notice  the  id.,  6d.,  and  is.  'wide  spaced 
vertically';  id.,  6d.,  and  is.,  inverted  sur- 
charge ;  IS.,  a  unic[ue  block  of  four  stamps, 
all  having  inverted  surcharge. 

In  the  'V.R.  and  initial  capital'  the  best 
stamps  are  the  id.,  red  on  blue,  error  '\ral,' 
imperf.,  and  id.,  red  on  blue,  inverted  ;  6d., 
blue,  no  surcharge,  etc." — M.J. 

M.  Z.  BOOLEMAN. — Bronze  Medal. — For 
a  collection  of  Transvaal  and  Pietersburg. 

E.  Heginbottom.  —  For  Ceylon  and 
Victoria,  Bronze  Medal.  For  South  Aus- 
tralia, Queensland,  and  Tasmania,  Bronze 
Medal. 

W.  N.  ^¥.-^vci.— Bronze  Medal— ^  col- 
lection of  Victoria,  containing  a  very  nice 
range  of  used  stamps,  and  especially  strong 
in  some  very  nice  pairs  and  blocks  in  the 
"  emblems  "  issue. 

J.  L.  Van  Dieten. — Bronze  Medal. — A 
collection  of  Tasmania. 

Class  14. 
Collections  of  two  of  certain  British  Colonies. 

J.  L.  Van  Dieten. — Bronze  Medal. — 
Gambia  and  Tonga. 

Class  16. 
Collections  of  other  British  Colonies. 

W.  DORNING  Beckton. — Silver  Medal.— 
St.  Helena.*  This  collection  is  very  notice- 
able for  the  number  of  fine  blocks  contained 
in  it. 

British  Bechuanaland.  In  this  collection 
is  an  entire  pane  of  sixty  stamps  of  the  id., 
black,  overprinted  "British  Bechuanaland" 
in  green.  The  upper  five  rows  show  a 
second  surcharge,  printed  vertically ;  the 
lower  five  rows  are  normal. 

J.  C.  North.  —  Silver  Medal.  —  For 
specialised  collections  of  Malta,  Gibraltar, 
Morocco  Agencies,  and  Cyprus.*  In  this 
group  each  country  is  practically  complete, 
and  many  interesting  and  uncatalogued 
varieties  are  shown. 

E.  Heginrottom.— ^S";??/^/-  Medal.— Two 
albums  containing  collections  of  nineteen 
minor  British  Colonies,  all  used  and  in- 
cluding a  number  of  scarce  stamps. 

Class  17.     Entires  of  British  Colonies. 

Carl  Graf. —  lars^e  Gold  Medal.— A. 
really  very  fine  collection  of  cmclupcs  and 
post  cards  of  Ceylon. 

France  and  Colonies. 

Class  18. 

1'.  Reich  EN  11  KIM.  —  Gold  Medal.  — 
France.*  A  very  handsome  lot  of  stamps, 
strong  in  shades  and  blocks  of  four,  ami 
all  the  minor  varieties  well  roprescnlcd. 


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Holland  and  Colonies. 
Classes  21  and  22. 

Baron  R.  Lehmann.  —  Graiid  Gold 
Medal.  —  For  Holland  and  the  Dutch 
Colonies.  "This  is  an  enormous  collection 
and  contains  an  immense  number  of  stamps, 
probably  more  than  are  shown  in  cases  by 
any  other  exhibitor.  An  immense  amount 
of  work  has  been  entailed  in  arranging  the 
stamps,  and  I  am  told  that  more  than 
300,000  specimens  were  examined  for  dated 
copies  and  special  perforations.  The  collec- 
tion commences  with  letters  from  1600  up  to 
1843  and  then  cancellations,  etc.,  up  to  the 
issue  of  the  stamps  in  1852.  In  the  first 
issue  (1852)  a  reconstructed  plate  of  used 
stamps  is  shown.  It  is  in  four  groups  or 
panes  of  twenty-five  stamps  each,  the  twenty- 
five  stamps  in  each  group  being  of  different 
minute  varieties,  both  in  the  face  of  the 
stamp  and  also  in  regard  to  the  shape  and 
position  of  the  watermai'k.  This  arrange- 
ment has  been  proved  by  means  of  a  proof 
pane  of  twenty-five  stamps,  in  black,  which 
was  found  in  the  archives,  and  is  now  in  the 
Baron's  collection.  This  plating  of  the  first 
issue  is,  to  me,  a  new  discovery,  and  alone 
entitles  the  collection  to  high  rank.  In  the 
unused  stamps  which  are  classed  separately 
from  the  used,  I  notice,  in  1852,  the  real  5 
c,  milky  blue,  and  steel-blue." — M.J. 

In  Dutch  Indies  Baron  Lehmann  shows 
letters  from  1794  with  postmarks  of  the 
Dutch  East  India  Company,  in  red  and  in 
black,  values  5  c,  6  c,  and  10  c,  and  a  series 
of  Sea  Post  Letter  (Zee  Brief). 

"In  Curacao  are  sea  letters  from  1827, 
postmarked,  in  black  circle,  in  uncoloured 
letters,  '  Post  Kantoor  Curacao,'  and  then 
ordinary  prepaid  letters  to  1869.  In  this 
country  I  notice  that  a  study  is  made  of  the 
stamps  used  and  postmarked  in  each  of  the 
six  islands,  viz.  Curagao,  St.  Martin,  Bonaire, 
Aruba,  St.  Eustatius,  and  Suba.  The  stamps 
are  made  up  in  sets  with  each  of  these  ob- 
literations."—J/. /. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  of  all  the 
exhibits,  and  one  full  of  new  information. 

C.  George. — Bronze  Medal. — Collection 
of  Holland.  A  fairly  complete  collection  in 
ordinary  varieties. 

Class  22.     Entires  of  Holland  and  Colonies. 

A.  C.  Yoss.—Silver  Medal. 

Collections  of  European  Countries 
Not  Included  in  the  Foregoing. 

Class  23. 
E.  R.  Ackermann. — Silver  Medal. — A 
wonderfully  fine  collection  of  Norway.  This 
collection  is  probably  the  finest  in  existence 
of  this  country,  containing  as  it  does  an 
amalgamation  of  the  collections  of  Mr. 
Henry  Buckley,  of  Christiania,  with  that  of 
Mr.  Ackermann.  Almost  every  variety  of 
type,  die,  and  plate  is  shown  in  strips  of 
six,  in  blocks  of  four,  and  in  many  cases  in 
full  sheets. 


W.  Dorning  'E^.CKTO'i^ .—Silver Medal. — 
Norway.  A  nice  specialised  collection, 
extremely  strong  in  shades,  and  a  large  pro- 
portion of  the  stamps  are  in  blocks  of  four 
showing  the  types. 

Denmark.  A  fine  collection  of  stamps 
with  the  early  issues  strongly  represented, 
and  a  number  of  private  perforations  shown, 
used  and  unused.  Mr.  Beckton  has  paid 
great  attention  to  shades,  and  has  a  remark- 
ably fine  lot. 

Iceland.  Only  the  early  issues  are  shown, 
none  of  the  modern  stamps  overprinted 
"l  GiLDi"  being  represented, 

J.  M.  Bartels  Co.— Brotize  Medal. — For 
a  collection  of  Danish  West  Indies  with 
the  different  papers,  printings,  and  minor 
varieties  carefully  worked  out. 

Class  25. 

F.  Krause. — Silver  Medal. — For  a  special 
collection  of  Luxemburg,  strong  in  shades, 
etc. 

P.  Kleeberg.  —  Bronze  Medal.  —  For 
Luxemburg. 

Class  26. 

Mrs.  F.  M.  '^^yd'S.O^. —Bronze  Medal.— 
A  special  collection  of  Portugal. 

C.  George.  —  Bro?ize  Medal.  — Yor  a 
special  collection  of  Portugal  and  Colonies. 

Class  28. 

Isaac  Blanco.  —  Silver  Medal.  —  For 
special  collection  of  Spain. 

Dr.  H.  Lux. — Silver  Medal. — A  special 
collection  of  the  Spanish  stamps  issued 
during  the  Revolution  in  1 868-9,  well  studied 
and  arranged,  and  including  almost  all  the 
known  types  of  forgeries. 

R.  Brummer. — Bf^onse  Medal. — A  col- 
lection of  Spanish,  all  unused. 

D.  M.  DE  H^^-R.-Bronze  Medal.— Co\- 
lection  of  Spain,  with  all  the  rare  2  reales 
and  the  i  real,  pale  blue,  of  1854. 

Class  30. 
Dr.  H.  'Lvy..— Bro7ise Medal.— Yox a.sma\\ 
collection  of  the  old  Swiss,  the  commoner 
stamps  plated. 

Class  31. 

E.  Horak. — Gra?id  Gold  Medal. — Special 
collection  of  Austria,  Austrian  Italy, 
Hungary,  and  Bosnia. 

Mr.  Horak  has  been  nearly  thirty  years  in 
forming  the  collection,  and  it  contains  nearly 
all  known  varieties,  both  used  and  unused,  and 
in  addition,  a  collection  of  12,000  varieties  of 
the  cancellations  of  the  1850  issue. 

This  exhibit  is  one  of  very  great  philatelic 
merit,  and  it  contains  practically  everything 
in  the  countries  named. 

Rudolf  Friedl.— CcAf  Medal. — For 
Austria  and  Hungary.  An  extremely  fine 
lot,  very  well  represented  in  all  types  and 
perforations. 


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225 


Adolf     Passer.  —  Gold    Medal.  —  For 
Austria,  Hungary,  Lombardy,  and  Bosnia. 

A  very  strong  collection  of  unused  stamps. 

Class  32. 

Rob.  Mertens.— (?i?/<^J/^(f«/,  with  thecon- 
gratidations  of  the  Jury. — Russian  Levant. 

Mr.  Mertens'  collection  is  a  small  one,  but 
is  one  of  the  gems  of  the  Exhibition.  He  has 
made  an  exhaustive  study  of  the  stamps  of 
1865  (2  k.),  brown  and  blue,  and  (20  k.),  blue 
and  red ;  and  by  means  of  crossing  pairs  and 
blocks  proves  that  the  stamps  were  printed 
in  sheets  of  twenty-eight  varieties,  arranged 
7x4,  in  place  of  in  sheets  of  sixty-three,  as 
was  formerly  believed. 

Class  33. 

Dr.  Emil  E.  Horrak. — Silver  Medal. — 
Special  collection  of  the  stamps  of  Roumania, 
containing  about  4,000  copies. 

Class  35. 

H.Grieeert.— t7oA/j1/^^3/.— Mr.Griebert 
showed  a  very  nice  collection  of  stamps  of 
Turkey,  carefully  studied  and  arranged,  and 
containing  a  large  number  of  errors  and  un- 
catalogued  varieties. 

Class  36. 

E.  H.  M^-RTZh-NOYF.— Grand  Gold  Medal. 
— For  a  wonderful  collection  of  stamps  of 
Greece.*  The  owner  has  made  a  special 
study  of  these  stamps  for  many  years,  and  as 
he  formerly  lived  in  Athens  has  had  unusual 
opportunities  of  accjuiring  stamps  that  are 
seldom  in  the  market.  He  has,  in  this  col- 
lection, a  wonderful  lot  of  even  rare  stamps 
in  entire  sheets. 

In  Ionian  Isles  M.  Mertzanoff  shows 
seventeen   stamps  on  original  covers. 

F.  T.  GUNTHER. — Silver  Medal.— k  good 
collection  of  Greece. 

Section  H.     General  Collections  of 
European  Stamps. 

OSKAR  Wassermann.— C^W  Medal.— k 
good  collection  of  imused  stamps  of  Europe 
in  seven  volumes,  and  including  a  specialised 
collection  of  Roumania,  well  worthy  of  being- 
shown  in  a  separate  class  by  itself.  The 
collection  is  strong  in  German  stamps,  Swiss, 
Itali;in,and  Spain, and  is  certainly  well  worthy 
of  the  high  honour  of  being  placed  first  in  its 
class. 

J.  11.  C,\'-.\i\.\,.— Silver  Medal.— Q,o\\ccK\on 
of  European  in  three  volumes,  containing 
6,026  unused  and  6,210  used  in  excellent 
condition. 

Dk.  II.  \.v\.—Sih/er  Medal.— k  large 
collection  of  Europe  in  seven  volumes,  special 
allontion  Ijcing  paid  to  perforations  and  minor 
ty|)cs. 

W.  \\v.¥:Y/..—Silver  Medal.— Gmii\A\  (ol- 
lection  of  Europe  in  one  volume. 

G.  von  l\v.%ii\.itiVj.—Bro}ize Medal. 
Lieut.  MAMi.—Bro//ze  Medal. 

T.  'Vocm.iiMH}.—Bro/i;:c  Medal. 


Section  I.    Countries  out  of  Europe. 
Class  40. 
G.  Gelber. — Silver  Medal.— For  United 
States  of  America. 

Class  42. 

Andre  Markl.  —  Silver  Medal.  —  A 
specialised  collection  of  Argentine. 

D.  M.  DE  Heer. — Bronse  Aledal.—Urvi- 
guay  and  Argentine. 

Class  44. 

H.  J.  Crocker. — Grmid  Gold  Medal. — 
Hawaii.*  This  collection  is  well  known  both 
in  Europe  and  America.  In  the  rare  first 
issue  Mr.  Crocker  has  ten  of  the  5  c.  and  13  c. 

Class  45. 

P.  Kleeberg.— ^r(?«£-<?  Medal. — Fine  col- 
lection of  China  stamps. 

Class  51. 

Douglas  Ellis.  —  Silver  Medal.  —  A 
really  beautiful  collection  of  the  rare  entires 
of  Japan  ;  the  plate  numbers  of  the  cards 
and  envelopes  being,  I  think,  complete. 

Section  K.    Stamps  on  Letters. 

Ferdinand  Ebelin. — Silver  Medal.— '■'■  k 
very  fine  lot  of  rare  stamps,  about  12,000  in 
all,  and  including  many  fine  things,  amongst 
which  I  noticed  a  remarkable  lot  of  old 
German  States  stamps  cut  from  envelopes 
and  used  as  adhesives." — M.  J. 

A.  W.  Polman. — Silver  Medal. — A  very 
large  collection. 

W.  T.  Wilson.— ^;-o;?s^  Medal.— i:\\\s 
exhibit  contained  some  great  rarities  on 
letters,  such  as  British  Guiana,  circular,  4  c, 
8  c,  and  12c.;  rare  Afghans,  Sydneys,  etc. 

Class  53.     German  Stamps  on  Letters. 

R.  Hesemann. — Cold  Medal. — A  remark- 
ably fine  collection  of  Hanover  stamps  on 
letters. 

R.  LiLiENFELD. — Silver  Medal. — A  few 
rare  things  in  nice  condition.  The  chief 
stamps  shown  were  Cape  of  Good  Hope, 
id.,  red,  "woodblocks,"  three  copies  on  one 
letter  and  two  pairs  on  another  letter;  and 
in  Natal,  a  rather  nice  specimen  of  the  is., 
buff,  first  issue,  on  original  letter.  In  the 
next  class  Mr.  Lilicnfcld  showed  only  one 
item,  but  that  was  a  gem,  and  the  judges  put 
the  two  exliil^its  together.  The  j^ent  was 
Cape  of  Good  Hoj^c,  woodblock,  strip  of 
tiirec  of  the  red  stamjjs,  the  outer  ones  Ijcing 
the  id.  stamps,  and  the  midtUc  one  the 
error  4d.,  in  red. 

Section  I>.     Rakk  Stamps. 

Class  55.     For  Collectors  only. 

(i)  Stamps  worth  over  £2$  each. 

C.J.  \)\Vii.-  Silver  Medal.— *Uy.  Daun 
only  collects  stamps  issued  fioni  1880,  but 
even  with  the  drawback  of  having  all  the 


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PHILATELIC  NOTE. 


standard  rarities  of  the  old  issues  missing 
from  his  exhibit,  of  fifty  rarities,  he  has  been 
able  to  show  a  lot  that  it  would  be  difficult 
to  beat  in  any  collection.  Amongst  the  fifty 
stamps  were  : — 

Great  Britain,  ids.  and  ;^i.  Anchor 
watermark  (of  course  unused) ;  ^5,  on  blue 
paper. 

British  Central  Africa.  The  no  wmk. 
^25,  and  Crown  and  C  C  ^10  and  ^25. 

Cape  of  Good  Hope.  "  Half-penny  "  on 
3d.,  wmk.  Crown  and  C  C. 

Niger  Coast.  A  unique  set  containing 
stamps  not  known  in  any  other  collection, 
such  as  "  One  Shilling,"  in  black.,  on  2d., 
with  diagonal  surcharge,  "20/-"  on  i/-,  in 
red.,  and  another  in  black,  and  "20/-"  on  i/-, 
in  violet,  with  surcharge  inverted. 

Dominica.  "One  Penny"  on  6d.,  green, 
unicsed. 

Georg  Hefter. — Bronze  Medal. 

(2)  More  than  fifty  stamps  under  ^£25  each. 

C.  J.  Daun. — Silver  Medal. — A  very 
pretty  little  lot  of  stamps  in  matchless 
condition. 

Mrs.  M.  Berenbak. — Bro?ise  Medal. — 
A  small  collection,  but  with  a  few  good  things. 

Class  56.     For  Dealers. 

P.  KOSACK. — Silver  Medal. — A  lot  of 
good  stamps,  such  as  British  Guiana,  1856, 
4  c. ;  Canada,  i2d. ;  Hawaiian,  13c.;  Reunion, 
1 5  and  30  c. ;  and  Tuscany,  3  lire,  in  two 
shades. 

Dr.  Demcher,  bronze  medal  for  post- 
marks of  Holland. 

R.  Hesemann,  silver  medal  for  post- 
marks of  Hanover. 

S.  von  Scherr-Thoss,  gold  medal  for  sea- 
post  letters,  etc. 

Kallenberg,  bronze  medal  for  jubilee,  etc., 
stamps. 

D.  Schneider,  bronze  medal  for  Roman 
States  on  letters. 


M.  Schroder,  silver  medal  for  superb  essay 
collection. 

Dr.  F.  Kalckhoff,  bronze  medal  for  Prussian 
telegraphs,  etc. 

Gilbert  and  Kohler,  silver  medal  for 
Fiscals. 

C.  Walch,  bronze  medal  for  Alsace-Lor- 
raine. 

C.  Sternheim,  bronze  medal  for  German 
private  stamps. 

V.  Suppantsitsch,  silver  medal  for  Cata- 
logue of  his  library. 

H.  Krotzsch,  bronze  medal  for  the  D.  B.  Z. 

P.  Kohl,  silver  medal  for  his  Catalogue. 

P.  Kohl,  silver  medal  for  his  new  and 
much  improved  blank  album. 

H.  Krotzsch,  b^ronze  medal  for  his  blank 
album. 

C.  F.  Liicke,  silver  medal  for  his  albums. 

A  number  of  diplomas  were  given,  and 
there  were  many  smaller  exhibits  that  had 
no  award. 

Stamps  not  entered  for  Competition. 

Germany.  A  superb  lot  of  sheets  and 
blocks,  including  an  original  sheet  of  the 
Levant  i  pi.,  in  blue.,  on  20  pf.,  dark  blue. 

Richard  Senf.— A  fine  case  of  rarities 
from  his  private  collection. 

"  Mr.  William  Moser  being  on  the  Jury 
could  not  compete,  but  was  good  enough 
to  show  a  few  of  his  grand  things.  First 
amongst  these  was  his  superb  collection  of 
Buenos  Ayres,  U.S.  Postmaster  and  Local 
stamps,  amongst  these  being :  Annapolis, 
in  blue  on  cover,  the  only  known  copy  ; 
Millbury,  cut  square  on  letter  ;  St.  Louis, 
5  c,  unused,  and  a  10  c.  on  pebcre  paper, 
used.  In  the  New  York,  5  c,  large  head, 
there  is  one  signed  'R.H.M.',  the  rarest 
signature  on  these  stamps.  In  the  Carriers 
a  New  York  2  c,  used  on  letter,  and  a  unique 
set  of  the  Californian  '  Berford  &  Co.',  6  c, 
green,  on  letter  ;  10  c,  violet,  a  used  tete- 
beche  pair  on  letter  ;  and  in  the  early  Bloods 
several  unique  specimens  of  the  first  issues." 
-M.J. 


ihilatelic  ^ote. 


NUMBERS  PRINTED  OF  THE  EARLY  VICTORIAN  STAMPS. 
T  appears  that  the  well-known  collection  of  Australian  stamps  belonging 
aj  to  Mr.  A.  T.  Derrick  has  been  purchased  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Terry,  of  Birk- 
dale,  and  its  new  owner  found  therein  the  following  valuable  and  interesting 
list  of  the  printings  of  the  earlier  Victorian  stamps.  This  information  was 
sent  to  the  Philatelic  Record,  to  which  we  are  indebted  for  permission  to 
reproduce.  The  figures  were  doubtless  derived  from  official  sources,  and,  if 
so,  form  an  important  guide  to  the  relative  scarcity  of  the  various  values. 
The  "Too  Late"  stamp  and  the  3d.,  rnarone,  should  be,  according  to  this  list,  of 


OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 


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equal  rarity  with  the  6d.,  orange,  beaded  oval,  and  there  are  other  figures 
in  the  list  that  are  well  worth  further  consideration  and  digestion. 


1850,  id.,  rose,  Thomas  Ham  .       570,840 

T.  S.  Campbell  &  Co.  .       500,000 
"Campbell  &  Ferguson  4,000,000 

5,070,840 


1850,  2d.,  lilac,  coarse  bk.  gr.  and  bor- 
ders, Thomas  Ham.      604,560 

1850,  3d.,  blue,  Thomas  Ham  .      630,000 

J.  S.  Campbell  &  Co.       500,000 
Campbell  &  Ferguson  2,000,000 

3,130,000 

1852,  2d. ,  Queen  on  throne,  engraved, 

Thomas  Ham  .  .         .         500,000 

2d.,  litho.  Queen  on  throne,  J.   S. 

Campbell  .  .         .     2,000,000 

.   2d.,  litho,   Campbell   &  Ferguson 

(1,500,000  of  these  destroyed      .     3,000,000 

1854,  2s.,   green,    imp.    (654,000   of 

these  destroyed)      .  .         .      1,000,000 

1854,  IS.,  blue,  octag. ,  perf.  and 
roul.,  Campbell  &  Ferguson 
(500,000  of  these  destroyed)       .     3,000,000 

Too  Late,  S.  Calvert  (209,992  de- 
stroyed) .  .  .         .        250,000 

Registered,  S.  Calvert  (756,185  de- 
stroyed) .  ...      1,000,000 

Oct.,  1856,  id.,  green  .  .         .     1,000,080 

Jan.  26th,  1857,  4d.,  vermilion,  em- 
blems, wmk.  star,  imp.  and  roul., 
Calvert  Bros.  .  .         .     2,002,800 

Mar.,   1858,  id.,  green,  emblems,  no 

wmk.,  imp.,  S.  Calvert      .         .     2,483,754 

May,   1857,  2d.,  lilac,  emblems,  no 

wmk.,  imp.,  Calvert  Bros.  .     1,002,080 

Mar.,   1858,  4d.,  rose,  emblems,  no 

wmk.,  imp.  and  roul.,  S.  Calvert        503,400 

Dec,  1858,  id.,  green,  emblems,  no 

wmk.,  perf.  12,  F.  W.  Robinson     1,479,960 

Feb.,   1859,  4d.,   rose,  emblems,  no 

wmk.,  perf.  12,  F.  W.  Robinson     1,000,080 

June,  1858,  4d.,  rose,  emblems,  laid 
vert. ,  imp.  and  roul,  F.  W. 
Robinson  .  .         .     2,097,410 


July,   1858,  2d.,  lilac,  laid  vert,  and 

horiz.jF.  W.  Robinson       .         .     2,500,080 

June,  1859.  id.,  green,  laid,  perf.   12     1,171,880 

June,  1859,  4d.,  rose     .  .         .     2,172,000 

Jan..  i860,  4d.,  rose,  wove  and  laid.     1,938,000 

id.,  green,  emblems,  wmk.  words, 

perf.  12  .  .  .         .     3,660,000 

2d.,  lilac,  wmk.  single-lined  figure 

2,  perf  12  .  .         .     1,260,000 

2d.,  lilac,  wmk.  words,  perf  12     .      1,440,000 
2d.,  lilac,  wmk.  three  pence,  perf. 

12  .  ...         360,000 

Jan.    31st,   i860,   3d.,  blue   on   laid, 

perf.  12   .  .  .         .         120,000 

Jan.    31st,    1861,    3d.,    blue    wove, 

wmk.  words  .  .  .         600,000 

Feb.,  1866,  3d.,  marone  .         .  60,000 

July,  i860,  4d.,  perf.  12,  wmk.  words     7,740,000 
Oct.,  1862, 4d.,  perf  12,  wmk.  words, 

single-lined  figure  4  .         .     3,360,000 

Sept.,  1862,  4d.,  perf  12,  wmk.  five 

shillings  .  ...         360,000 

April  20th,   i860,  4d.,  perf.    12,  no 

wmk.        .  ...         900,000 

Jan.,  1863,   id.,  green,  wmk.  single- 
lined  figure  I  .  .         .     3,720,000 
Dec,  1863,  id,  green,  wmk.  double- 
lined  figure  I           .  .         .      1,140,000 
Sept.,  1861,  id.,  green,  wmk.  words     4,140,000 
Sept.   loth,   1854,  6d. ,  orange,  imp. 

(Gibbons'  Type  3)  .  .  .      3,250,000 

Aug.,  1857,  6d.,  orange,  roul.,  etc.     . 
November,    1858,    6d.,    blue,    roul., 
Queen    on    throne   (48,000   de- 
stroyed Dec,  1861)  .         .     2,500,080 
Oct.,  i860,  6d.,  orange,  beaded  oval, 

perf,  wmk.  words  .  .  .  60,000 

June  19th,  1861,  6d.,  black  (Gibbons' 

Type  3),  perf  12    .  .  .         150,000 

Aug.,  1861,  6d.,  black,  beaded  oval, 

perf,  wmk.  words.  .  .         720,000 

April,  1862,  6d.,  black  (Gibbons' Type 

8),  wmk.  words      .  .         .      1,200,000 

June,  1863,  6d. ,  black  (Gibbons' Type 

8),  wmk.  6  ...      1,950,000 


LONDON  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY.  CHANGE  OF  ADDRESS. 
JE  are  desired  to  give  notice  to  members  of  the  London  Philatelic 
Society,  that  on  and  after  September  2gth  inst.  the  meetings  of  the 
Society  will  be  held  at  4,  Southampton  Rozu,  in  the  Committee  Room  of  the 
New  Buildings,  which  will  be  found  at  the  Holborn  end  of  Southampton  Row. 
The  British  Museum  Station  on  the  tube  railway  is  quite  close,  and  there 
is  communication  by  omnibus  from  all  parts  of  London. 

The  secretarial  work  of  the  London  Society,  as  also  the  publication  of  the 
London  Philatelist,  will  be  carried  on  at  10,  Cracechurch  Street,  l'..C.,  where 
all  communications  with  rcgaril  to  the  London  Society  and  the  London 
Philatelist  should  be  addressed. 


I  S3* 


228  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

LONDON  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY. 
SEASON  1904-5.  THE  ANNUAL  DINNER. 
E  again  remind  the  members  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society  that  the 
first  meeting  for  the  ensuing  season  will  be  held  on  Friday,  October 
14th.  It  has  also  been  decided  to  hold  the  Annual  Dinner  at  the  Imperial 
Restaurant,  60  and  62,  Regent  Street,  W.,  on  the  day  preceding,  Thursday 
the  13th,  and  it  is  hoped  that  country  members  will  thus  be  enabled  to  attend 
both  functions.  The  Vice-President  of  the  Society,  the  Earl  of  Crawford,  K.T., 
will  take  the  chair,  and  a  large  attendance  of  members  is  anticipated.  The 
Dinner  Committee  will  therefore  be  glad  if  members  will  make  the  earliest 
possible  application  for  tickets,  in  order  that  the  necessary  arrangements  for 
the  dinner  can  be  satisfactorily  carried  out. 

THE   OPENING   MEETING. 
This  will  be  held  at  the  residence  of  the  Vice-President,  when  his  mag- 
nificent collections  of  Great  Britain  and  other  countries  will  be  on  view  to 
members  of  the  Society,  and  will  assuredly  provide  a  philatelic  entertain- 
ment of  the  highest  order.  ^ 

THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 

1904  PROGRAMME  OF  THE   SEASON    1904-5. 

Oct.    14.     The  Earl  of  Crawford,  k.t.,     A  Display  of  the  Stamps  of  Great  Britain. 

( Vice-President). 
Oct.    28.     Mr.    M.    P.    Castle    {Hon.     Notes  on  the  Sydney  Views,  with  Display. 

Vice-Preside7it). 
Nov.  II.     Mr.  R.  B.  Yardley      .         .     Notes  on  the  Stamps  of  the  Transvaal  (First 

British  Occupation). 
Nov.  25.     Mr.  Franz  Reichenheim      .     A   Paper   on   the   Newspaper  and   Unpaid 

Letter  Stamps  of  France. 
Dec.     9.     Messrs.  H.  R.  Oldfield  and     Paper  and  Display  of  Bosnia. 

L.  W.  Fulcher. 


Dec.  30. 

Mr.  J.  C.  Sidebotham 

.     Display. 

1905 

Jan.    13. 

Mr.  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg 

.     Display  of  India. 

Jan.    27. 

Mr.  W.  W.  Mann 

.     Display. 

Feb.    10. 

Mr.  H.  J.  Duveen 

.     Display  of  Queensland. 

Feb.    24. 

Mar.  10. 

Mr.  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg 

.     Display  of  Western  Australia. 

Mar.  24. 

Mr.  B.  D.  Knox 

.     Notes  on  the  Stamps  of  Malta. 

April    7. 

Mr.  T.  W.  Hall  . 

.     Display  of  Zanzibar. 

April  28. 

Mr.  R,  Ehrenbach      . 

.     A  Paper. 

May  12. 

Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon 

.     Paper  on  the  Stamps  of  the  Pacific  Steam 
Navigation  Company. 

May  26. 

Annual  General  Meeting. 

THE  EXPERT  COMMITTEE   OF  THE  LONDON  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY. 
E  are  desired  to  inform  our  readers  that  the  Expert  Committee  will 
meet  again  on  October  14th. 


The  Expert  Committee  has  made  the  following  regulations  and  scale  of 
charges  with  regard  to  specimens  submitted  for  examination  by  persons  who 
are  not  members  of  the  Philatelic  Society,  London. 


OCCASIONAL  NOTES.  229 

For  specimens  pronounced  genuine,  or  actually  to  be  what  they  appear 
to  be,  5  s. 

For  specimens  quoted  in  any  current  catalogue  at  ;^20  or  upwards 
(500  fcs.  or  400  marks),  los. 

For  specimens  quoted  at  £^0  or  upwards  (1,250  fcs.  or  1,000  marks),  20s. 

Where  there  is  no  catalogue  quotation  an  auction  record  may  be  referred 
to,  but  in  cases  where  no  quotation  can  be  given,  the  charge  will  be  on  the 
highest  scale. 

In  all  cases  where  the  specimens  are  pronounced  not  to  be  genuine,  or 
actually  to  be  what  they  appear  to  be,  the  charge  will  be  2s.  6d. 

The  charges  made  to  members  will  remain  the  same  as  heretofore,  namely, 
3s.  and  IS.  6d. 

In  all  cases  where  the  applicant  for  a  certificate — whether  a  member  or 
not — requires  an  answer  to  a  particular  question,  and  the  Committee  is 
unable  to  give  a  definite  opinion,  a  fee  of  is.  only — i  f.  25  c.  or  i  m. — will  be 
charged  to  cover  postages  and  expenses. 

The  fees  must  always  be  sent  with  the  stamps. 


EXHIBITION  BY  THE  JUNIOR  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON. 
BOUT  October  the  Exhibition  and  Publication  Committee  of  the  Junior 
Philatelic  Society  purpose  repeating  in  a  more  central  hall  the  success- 


ful Exhibition  of  the  Stamps  of  Great  Britain  held  in  Clapham  Hall,  Novem- 
ber, 1901.  An  elementary  handbook  on  the  Stamps  of  Great  Britain  will  be 
published  about  the  same  time.  This  will  be  in  pocket  size,  about  sixty-four 
pages  of  letterpress  on  stout  paper,  and  eight  plates  of  fine  half-tone  repro- 
ductions of  unused  stamps,  bound  in  art  paper  cover,  to  sell  at  the  popular 
price  of  one  shilling  net.  An  edition  of  2,000  copies  will  be  printed,  a  large 
number  of  which  are  being  taken  up  in  advance.  The  book  has  been  written 
by  Mr.  Fred  J.  Melville,  the  President  of  the  Junior  Philatelic  Society.  As 
is  the  case  with  all  the  work  of  the  Junior  Philatelic  Society,  this  book  will 
aim  at  supplying  the  requirements  of  the  young  collector  and  beginner.  All 
information  will  be  afforded  by  Messrs.  H.  F.  Johnson  and  P.  Clare,  Hon. 
Sees,  to  the  Committee,  ii,  Trigon  Road,  Clapham,  S.VV. 


THE  BERLIN  NATIONAL  PHILATELIC  COLLECTION. 
ROM  an  article  in  the  Deutsche  Briefmarken  Zeitung  we  learn  that 
this  national  collection  has  made  surprising  strides  of  late  years,  and, 
indeed,  already  possesses  almost  all  the  great  rarities.  Both  the  "Post  Office" 
Mauritius  are  there,  the  complete  set  of  Hawaii,  and  all  the  British  Guianas 
except  the  2  c,  rose.  We  heartily  congratulate  our  cousins  German  upon  the 
clever  and  successful  manner  in  which,  at  relatively  little  expense,  they  have 
built  up  this  fine  national  collection.  It  is  an  example  that  might  well  be 
imitated  in  other  countries.  » — _ 

MR.   PAUL  KOHL'S  NEIV  CATALOGUE. 
V.  have  received  a  copy  of  this  Catalogue  for  1904  and  1 905,  but  must 
defer  our  notice  thereof  until  the  October  number. 


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NOTES   OF   NK^W,    AND   VARIATIONS  OF   CURRENT,    ISSUES. 

(Varieties  of  Obsolete  Stamps,  and  Bisooveries,  will  be  found  under  "Philatelic  Notes.") 

IVe  do  not  profess  to  chronicle  everything,  but,  with  the  kind  help  of  correspondents,  are  desirous  that 
all  the  important  novelties  may  be  included.  Speculative  stamps — i.e.  those  not  really  required  for 
postal  pt(rposes — will  be  considered  on  their  merits,  and  Jubilee  issues  will  not  be  chronicled. 

Members  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society,  and  other  readers  generally,  are  invited  to  co-operate  with  us 
in  tnaking  the  cobimns  as  interesting  as  possible.  Our  foreign  readers  can  especially  help  us  in 
this  directioft,  by  sending  copies  of  any  official  dociaiients  relative  to  chatiges  in  the  cu7-rent  issues, 
or  early  intimation  of  any  new  issue,  accompanied,  when  possible,  by  a  speci7)ien  ;  such  information 
will  be  duly  credited  to  the  con-espondent,  and,  if  desired,  the  specimen  promptly  retur^ied. 
Address:  Mr.  A.  Churchill  Emerson,  io,  Gracechurch  Street,  London,  E.C. 


BRITISH    EMPIRE. 

British  East  Africa  and  Uganda. — 
Another  value,  the  i  anna,  of  the  King's 
Head  set,  has  appeared  with  the  new 
multiple  watermark,  and  the  M.  C.  notes 
some  new  post  cards. 

Adhesive. 

I  anna,  carmine  ;  with  new  watermark. 

Post  Cai'ds. 

I  anna,  carmine  on  cream  (P.U.) 

^  "r  I      )>  !(  )j  )J 

Ceylon. — Another  value  has  been  added 
to  the  Service  set,  and  a  new  King's  Head 
post  card  has  appeared. 

Official. 

25  c,  light  brown  ;  overprinted  o       .      „  in  black. 

Post  Card. 

6  c,  carmine  on  rose. 

Cyprus.— Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co. 
inform  us  that  they  have  received  the  45 
piastres,  King's  Head,  stamp  with  the  mul- 
tiple watermark. 

Messrs.  P.  L.  Pemberton  and  Co.  write  us 
as  follows  : — ■ 

"  In  the  August  number  of  the  F/i.  J.  of 
G.  B.  we  published  the  numbers  that  were 
printed  of  the  Cyprus,  King's  Head,  9,  18, 
and  45  pi.,  single  watermark. 

"  Our  printer  unfortunately  magnified  these 
figures  to  a  serious  extent.  They  should 
read  : — 

9  piastres,  2,400  (not  24,000). 
18  „  3,600  (  „  36,000). 
45        »        2,400  (  „    24,000). 

"  We  hasten  to  inform  you  of  this,  in  case 
you  should  be  referring  to  this  matter  in 
your  journal." 

Adhesive. 

45  piastres,  purple  and  blue ;  King's  Head,  with 

new  watermark. 


Falkland  Islands. — We  have  received 
specimens  of  the  new  ^d.  and  3s.,  King's 
Head,  stamps,  chronicled  on  page  loi,  from 
Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co.,  and  find 
both  to  be  on  the  new  multiple  watermarked 
C  A  paper,  perf.  14. 

Fiji. — We  have  received  the  id.  stamp 
with  the  multiple  watermark. — M.J. 

Ewen's  Weekly  informs  us  that  the  ^d. 
value  is  also  in  use. 

Adhesive. 
Jd. ,  green  ;  new  wmk. 
id.,  purple  and  black  on  red  ;  new  wmk. 

Gambia. — The  id..  King's  Head,  has  been 
seen,  states  Ewetis  Weekly,  printed  on  the 
new  paper. 
Adhesive,     id.,  carmine  ;  C  A  multiple  wmk. 

Gold  Coast. — Eiveiis  Weekly  chronicles 
some  new  stationery. 
Envelope,     id.,  carmine,  on  white  laid  paper. 

Registration  Envelope. 
2d. +  id.,    lilac-brown    on   white.      (Square 
stamp,    King's   Head,   inscribed   at   sides 
"Registration — Twopence,"   and    at  foot 
"  Postage  One  Penny".) 

India. — Gwalior. — A  curious  error  in  the 
small  J  anna  envelopes  of  Gwalior,  appar- 
ently in  one  of  the  latest  issues,  is  noted  by 
the  P.J.  of  I.  The  Hindi  letters  have  got 
mixed  in  their  arrangement,  and  a'"t"  has 
been  used"  instead  of  an  "  1,"  with  the  extra- 
ordinary result  that  the  name  of  the  State 
reads  "  Gwayitor "  instead  of  "  Gwalior." 
The  M.  J.  hears  of  another  specimen  of 
this  envelope,  with  the  overprint  reading 
"Gwailor,"  and  that  the  \  anna,  pea-green, 
adhesive,  with  the  small  "g"  in  the  name,  is 
known. 


NEIV  ISSUES. 


231 


Jaipur. — This  important  State  has  lately 
issued  a  set  of  three  stamps,  and  the  M.  J. 
describes  them  as  follows  : — 

"  In  the  centre  of  the  stamps  is  a  device 
representing",  we  are  told,  the  Chariot  of  the 
Sun,  who  is  depicted  sitting  cross-legged  on 
a  cart,  and  furnished  with  four  arms  holding 
flags  ;  this  is  enclosed  in  a  plain  rectangular 
frame,  with  the  name  'JAIPUR  state'  at 
top,  the  same,  we  presume,  in  Devanagari  at 
foot,  and  the  value  in  words  at  sides,  English 
at  right,  Devanagari  at  left.  These  stamps 
appear  to  be  lithographed,  and  we  gather 
that  there  are  varieties  of  type,  probably  as 
many  as  there  are  stamps  on  the  sheet.  They 
are  on  greyish  wove  paper,  and  badly  per- 
forated about  14." 

J  a.,  light  blue. 

1  a.,  dull  red. 

2  a.,  light  green, 

Eweyi's  Weekly  gwes  the  number  of  stamps 
in  each  sheet  as  twelve. 

Putliala. — We  read  in  the  M.J.  that  the 
I  rupee,  carmine  and  green.,  Queen's  Head, 
stamp,  with  the  Service  overprint,  must  now 
be  included  in  the  Catalogue,  as  twenty  sheets 
were  duly  issued  in  May,  1903. 
OJicial. 

I  rupee,  carmine  and  green  ;  Queen's  Head. 

Mauritius.— An  error  in  the  new  18  c. 
Foreign  Express  Delivery  stamps  is  described 
by  the  P.  J.  of  G.  B. 

In  the  place  of  "i"  in  "  Foreign"  a  note 
of  exclamation  (!)  is  used.  It  is  believed  to 
be  the  fifth  stamp  on  the  sheet  that  bears 
this  overprint. 

Information  reaches  Ewetis  Weekly  that 
the  stock  now  in  the  island  of  6  c,  red,  is 
on  the  new  multiple  C  A  wmk.  paper. 

New  Zealand.— Mr.  Charles  E.  Napier 
has  kindly  sent  for  our  inspection  a  speci- 
men of  the  new  penny-in-the-slot  machine- 
franked  envelopes. 

The  machine  stamp  is  in  black,  and  con- 
sists of  two  ovals,  one  within  the  other. 
Hetween  the  two  ovals  is  the  inscription,  at 
top,  "  N  Z"  ;  at  each  side,  id. ;  and  at  foot, 

"one  I'ENNV." 

We  do  not  think  this  mode  of  prepaying 
postage  is  likely  to  be  a  success. 

Niue.— The  Colonial  Stamp  Market  has 
shown  us  an  interesting  block  of  twelve  of 
the  scarce  first  issue  ;  eight  stamps  have  the 
overprint  in  violet  and  the  other  four  in 
green  as  usual,  thus  : — 

V  V      C, 

V  V      Ci 

V  V      (J 

V  V    c; 

'53-- 


Adhesive.     Overprinted  "niue,"  in  violet 

instead  of  green. 

id.,  carmine;  Universal. 

Are  we  to  suppose  that  the  authorities 
started  to  overprint  the  stamps  in  violet,  but 
finding  the  surcharge  did  not  show  up  very 
clearly,  completed  the  remainder  of  the 
1,200  stamps  in  green  ?  From  the  fact  that 
the  violet  variety  has  only  just  been  dis- 
covered (or  at  any  rate  made  known),  al- 
though some  hundreds  of  the  first  issue 
have  come  on  the  market,  it  would  seem 
not  at  all  unlikely  that  only  part  of  the  first 
sheet  of  sixty  was  overprinted  in  violet. — 
Ewen^s  Weekly. 

St.  Lucia. — Some  King's  Head  stationery 
is  noted  in  the  M.  C,  and  the  ^d.  adhesive 
with  the  new  wmk.  has  been  seen. 

Adhesive. 
id.,  lilac  and  green  ;  new  wmk. 

Wrappers. 
\A.,  green  on  buff. 
id.,  carmine     ,, 

Sierra  Leone. — It  is  reported  that  the 
id.  stamp  with  the  new  multiple  C  A  water- 
mark has  reached  this  colony,  and  a  speci- 
men or  specimens  havebeen  seen  at  Norwood. 

Adhesive. 
id.,  purple  and  rosine  ;  with  new  watermark. 

South  Australia.— It  is  stated  in  the 
Australian  Philatelist  that  the  new  5s. 
stamps  chronicled  by  us  on  page  208  have 
had  the  colour  changed  from  pale  rose  to 
carmine.  Our  contemporary  also  lists  a  new 
id.  post  card,  bearing  the  additional  inscrip- 
tion in  two  lines  underneath  the  ornamental 
design,  reading  as  follows  :  ".Available  only 
for  the  Commonwealth,  British  New  Guinea, 
New  Zealand,  and  Fiji  ;  if  used  for  any 
other  place,  a  half-penny  stamp  must  be 
affi.\ed." 

We    see   from   Ewen's   Weekly   that    the 

9d.    and    2s.  6d.    long    postals    with    large 

"POSTAGE"  have  appeared. 

Adlusives. 
gd., brown-lake;  na||typeof  "Postage";  perf.  12. 
2s.  6d.,  violet  (?)         ,,  „  „ 

Southern  Nk;erl\.— The  2d.  value  has 

appeared  with  the  new  C  .\  watermark. 

Adliesi^'e. 
2d.,  brown  and  iilack  ;  multiple  wmk.  ;  perf.  14, 

Straits  SKTTLEiMENT.s. — The  3  cents, 
lilac,  on  tiie  multiple  watermark  paper,  is 
chronicled  by  Ewen's  Weekly. 

Adhesivt. 
3  c. ,  lilac  ;  new  wulL-rmarked  paper. 


232 


NEW  ISSUES. 


Trinidad. — A  id.,  King's  Head,  wrapper 
is  listed  by  the  M.  C. 

Wrapper,      id.,  carmine  on  buff. 

Western  Australia. — The  current  id. 
stamp  has  appeared,  it  is  reported,  perf.  ii. 

Adhesive. 
id.,  carmine  ;  wmk.  V  and  Crown  ;  perf.  ll. 

EUROPE. 

Austria. — A  correspondent  at  Vienna 
sends  us  some  particulars  as  to  alterations 
about  to  be  made  in  the  designs  of  the  current 
stamps.  We  gather  that  the  values  frorn  i 
to  6  heller  are  to  have  the  numerals  in  the 
corners  in  the  colours  of  the  stamps  upon  a 
white  ground  ;  those  from  lo  to  30  heller  are 
to  have  the  figures  in  black.,  but  also  upon  a 
plain  white  ground ;  and  those  from  35  to 
60  heller  are  to  have  white  figures  upon  a 
coloured  ground.  Changes  are  also  to  be 
made  in  the  colouis  of  some  of  the  stamps, 
and  it  is  probable  that  a  72  heller  value  will 
be  added,  in  light  rose. — M.J. 

France. — The  reply  card  now  appears  in 
the  Semeuse  type. — M.  C. 
Post  Card.     10+  10  centimes,  rose  on  bluish. 

AMERICA. 

Argentine  Republic. — The  Metropoli- 
tan Philatelist,  on  the  authority  of  a  Con- 
tinental journal,  chronicles  a  provisional  5  c. 
on  4  c,  orange.      Adhesive. 

5  centavos  on  4  c,  orange  ;  black  sssrcharge. 

Chili. — We  are  shown  a  used  copy  of  the 
"5"  on  30  c,  No.  53,  with  the  surcharge 
double,  both  inverted.  This  seems  to  com- 
plete the  possibilities  in  the  way  of  upright 
surcharges,  but  we  may  yet  find  them  side- 
ways. 

A  correspondent  at  Santiago  tells  us  that 
the  agent  of  the  American  Bank  Note  Co., 
of  New  York,  has  protested  against  the  issue 
of  the  surcharged  Telegraph  stamps  described 
last  month,  on  the  grounds  that  his  company 
holds  a  contract  for  the  supply  of  Chilian 
postage  stamps  for  the  next  five  years,  and 
that  the  Government  is  bound  not  to  obtain 
such  stamps  from  any  other  source.  He 
added  that  these  stamps  were  contrary  to 
the  laws  of  the  country,  according  to  which 
the  stamps  of  Chili  must  bear  the  portrait  of 
Columbus.  It  seems  that  this  latter  state- 
ment is  correct,  for  our  correspondent  says 
that  the  Decree  ordering  the  new  stamps, 


with  portraits  of  various  celebrities,  has  al- 
ready been  withdrawn,  and  a  new  Decree 
published,  under  which  the  new  stamps  are 
to  be  adorned  with  various  representations 
of  the  discoverer  of  the  New  World. — M.J. 

Colombian  Republic. — Antioquia. — A 
curious  variety  in  the  10  c.  of  the  current 
issue  has  been  shown  to  the  Metropolitan 
Philatelist. 

It  would  appear  that  there  are  three  dif- 
ferent-sized sheets  of  this  stamp,  and  on  one 
of  the  sheets  one  stamp  is  found  with  the 
portrait  very  much  smaller  than  on  the 
others  ;  apparently  the  portrait  was  defective 
on  the  stone,  and  was  redrawn. 
Adhesive.     10  centavos,  rose-lilac  ;  small  head. 

Bolivar. — The  value  of  the  Registration 
stamp  chronicled  on  page  209  is  5  centavos. 

Dominican  Republic. — Mekeel's  Weekly 
lists  some  provisional  2  c,  5  c,  and  10  c. 
stamps,  and  gives  the  quantities  of  each 
A'alue,  10,000,  30,000,  and  10,000  respectively. 
We  understand  there  is  a  fairly  liberal 
supply  of  varieties. 

Provisionals. 
2  con  50c.,  grey-blk.  and  violet ;  black  surcharge. 
2 c.  on  I  peso,  brown  ,,  ,, 

5c.  on soc,  grey-blk.         ,,  ,, 

IOC.  on  50c.  ,,  ,,  ,, 

Nicaragua. — To  the  set  with  portrait  of 
President  Zelaya  must  be  added  the  15  c, 
20  c,  and  50  c,  and  Messrs.  Whitfield  King 
and  Co.  have  kindly  submitted  specimens. 

Ewen's  Weekly  includes  the  i  peso  in 
its  list.  Adhesive}. 

15  c,  lake  and  black  ;  perf.  12. 
20  c. ,  violet        ,,  ,, 

50  c. ,  ochre-brown  and  black  ;  perf.  12. 
I  peso,  red-brown  and  black. 

Panama. — We  have  received  specimens 
of  the  new  permanent  "Too  Late"  and 
"AR"  stamps  from  Messrs.  Whitfield  King 
and  Co.     Both  bear  the  inscriptions  "COR- 

REOS,"  "REPUBLICA  DE  PANAMA,"  and  "3 
DE  NOVIEMBRE  DE   1903." 

We  gather  that  these  beautifully  engraved 
stamps  were  manufactured  in  New  York. 

Ewe7is  Weekly  lists  a  new  Registration 
label.  «  Too  Late"  Stamp. 

2j  c,  lake;  white  wove;  no  wmk.;  perf.  12. 

"■'  A  R"  Stamp. 

5  c  ,  deep  blue;  white  wove;  no  wmk  ;  perf.  12. 

Registration. 

IOC,  green  ;  white  wove  ;  no  wmk. ;  perf.  12. 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'   MEETINGS. 


233 


Venezuela. — Ewetis  Weekly  describes 
a  new  set  of  Officials  as  follows  : — "  Arms 
in  centre  with  'oficial'  above,  in  a  circle 
round  which  is  inscribed  'VENEZUELA'  at 
top  and  'union  POSTAL  universal'  below. 
Value  at  foot  and  sides  ;  perf.  12." 

As  in  the  public  issue,  listed  on  page  210, 
the  50  c.  and  i  bol.  are  printed  in  the  same 
colours.  Officials. 

S  c,  green  ;  arms  black. 
ID  c  ,  rose-red  ,, 

25  c. ,  blue  ,, 

50  c.  lilac-red         ,, 
I  bol.     ,, 

OTHER  COUNTRIES. 

Znv^K.  — French  Post  Offices.  — The  15 
and  50  centimes  Indo-China  stamps,  over- 
printed with  "Chine"  and  Chinese  characters 
below  the  word,  have  appeared,  according  to 
the  M.  C.  chronicle. 

Adkesives. 
15  centiities,  brown  on  blue  ("Grasset"). 
50        ,,  brown  on  bluish  ("group''). 


Indo-China.  —  We  hear  from  Messrs. 
Whitfield  King  and  Co.  that  to  the  list  of 
values  of  the  new  ugly  type  given  on  pages 
188  and  210  must  be  added  the  30  c.,  40  c, 
2  fcs,,  and  10  fcs. 

Some  new  stationery  is  chronicled  by 
Eiveii's  Weekly. 

Adkesives. 
30  c,  brown  on  cream. 
40  c,  black  on  azure. 
2  fcs.,  brown  on  orange. 
10  fcs. ,  red  on  pale  green. 

Envelope, 
5  c. ,  green  on  white  laid. 

Post   Card. 
10  c. ,  lilac-red  on  green. 

Russian  PostOffices  in  China. — Some 
stationery  is  listed  by  several  of  our  con- 
temporaries.       2:«//er  Cards. 

7  kopecs,  blue  on  buff;  carmine  surcharge. 
10       .'  ,.  grey  ,, 

Post  Cards. 

3  kopecs,  rose  on  buff ;  black  surcharge. 

4  .1  ,,  ,.  » 


lljilattlir  Snnetics'  H^t^tiitgs, 


l^ris  f  IjilatHic  ^omtg. 


Honorary  President — H.  Jennings- White. 

lIonorM-y  Vice-President — Herbert  R.  Uldfield. 

Vice-Presidents — 

W.  B.  Averj-,  M.  V.  Casilr,  j.p.,  Robert  Ehrenbach, 

Gordon  Snuih,  ht.a. 

Comfitltt-ee — 

Louis  E.  Bradbury,  W.  G.  Cool,  K.  Frenlzel,  T.  H.  Harvey, 

Franz  Reichenlieiin,  \V.  Schwabaclier,  J.  C.  SideboUoin, 

W.  Simpson. 

Hon.  Sec.  atui  Treasurer — 

H.  A.  Slade,  In«lesid(.-,  St.  Albans. 

Hcadqnaiters  for  Momliiy  Meetings— Andcrton's  Hotel, 

Klcet  Street,  London,  E.C. 


1904. 

Oci. 


Nov. 

Dec. 

1905, 
Jan. 

I'-ct), 
Mar. 

April 

May 
May 


PROGRAMME   l-OR    1904-5. 

18.  Display  with  Notes:  United  States 
Selected  Lssues,  showing  Prtxjfs  and 
Essays.  The  Earl  of  Crawford  and 
liiUcarres,  K.'i', 

15.  Display  wiih  Notes:  The  Stamps  of 

France,  1849-1900.  E.  keiclu-iihciiii. 

20.  Display   with    Notes :    New   /,ealan<l. 

M.  P.  Castle,  J.  P. 
Display:  New/ealand.  II.  I-.  Ilayman. 

17.  Display     with     Notes:     Sicily.'      E. 

Wickhani  Jones. 

21.  General  Display  by  the  Menihers. 

21.  Display  with  Notes:  Uruguay  (Early 
Issues).     Thomas  W.  Hall. 

18.  Display  with  Notes:  Bahamas.     Ko- 

Iterl  Elirenhach. 
9.     Annual  Dinner. 

16.  Annual  .Meeting, 


Ifunt  anb  ^ussc^  IHjilat^Ut 

President — 
Capt.  Geokge  L.  CouKTHOi'E,  J.P.,  Hawkhurst. 
Vice-Presidents — 
Mks.  B.  H.  Collins,  Tunbridge  Wells. 
W.  W.  Blest,  Esq.,  Wateringbury. 
M.  P.  Castle,  Esq.,  J. P.,  Brighton. 
Majok  E.  B.  Evans,  R.A.,  Sydenham. 
The  Rev.  John  Highwood,  M.A.,  D.C.L.,  StapIehursU 
E.  J.  Nankivell,  Esq.,  Tunbridge  Wells. 
Vkunon  Roberts,  Esq.,  Crowborough. 
The  Right  Hon.  Eakl  Sondes,  Faversham. 

Ho}ioraiy  Vicc-Presidcn  ts — 
Majou  A.  S.  T.  Gkifkith  Uoscawen,  M.P.,  J.P.,  SpeUl- 

burst. 
Edmund  Eaton,  Esq.,  Ticehurst. 
J.  Hennikek  Heaton,  Esq.,  M.P.,  Canterbury. 
A.  Pagei'  Hedges,  Esq.,  Lci..;h. 
Thh  RiiiHT  Hon.  Sin  Fhhuekick  Milnhk,  Bart.,  M.P., 

P.C,  Eridge. 
The  Rev.  C.  C.  Tanciick,  D.I).,  Tonliridge. 
Coiniiiittie — 
Miss  A.  L.  Nix.  Clakunce  Haktkbe,  Esq. 

H.  W.  Waknkk,  Esq.        Clakb  Fokuiiam  Hakki  s,  Esq. 
Hon.  'J'reasuivr — 
Cai'T.  G.  L,  CouKTiioi'U,  J.I'.,  Hawkhurst. 
J /oh.  Sec  re  til  >y — 
EitEUKlilCK  Wicks,  The  Lodge,  near  TiKlcluy,  Tonbridt;e. 


234 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'  MEETINGS. 


iltanrlj^stic  ^Kjtlat^Uc  ^^txti-^. 


Established  i8qi. 


President — W.  Dorning  Beckton. 

Vice-Presidents — J.  H.  Abbott,  W.  Grunewald. 

Hon.  Treasurer — C.  H.  Coote,  Holmefieldj  Sale. 

Hon.  Librarian — G.  L.  CampbelLj  Jun. 

Hon.  Secretary — G.  Fred  H.  Gibson,  Fairfield,  Crumpsall, 
Manchester. 

Assistant  Hon.  Secretary — J.  S.  Gee, 
Comptroller — W.  Grunewald. 

Committee — 
G.  B.  Duerst,  W.  W.  Munn,  Rev.  L.  F.  Ward. 

The  Meetings  are  held  at  the  Grand  Hotel,  Manchester, 
every  Friday  Evening,  at  seven  o'clock. 


1904. 

Sept.  23. 


„      30- 
Oct.      7. 

14- 


J» 

21. 

J> 

28. 

Nov. 

4- 

" 

II. 

?> 

18. 

" 

25- 

Dec. 

2. 

>» 

9- 

16. 

1905- 

Jan. 

6. 

>> 

13- 

.. 

20. 

.. 

27. 

Feb. 

I. 

" 

10. 

>' 

17- 

•>•> 

24. 

Mar. 

3- 

Syllabus — Session  1904-5. 

Opening  Meeting.  Display  of  Stamps 
catalogued  (S.  G.  and  Co.)  at  ^i  or 
under  £2.,  limited  to  12  by  each 
member. 

Discussion  :  ' '  G  reat  Britain. "  Opened 
by  R.  F.  Chance  and  J.  S.  Gee. 

Display  with  Notes  :  Pictorial  Issues 
of  New  Zealand.     W.  W.  Munn. 

Discussion:  "Great  Britain"  (con- 
tinued). Opened  by  R.  F.  Chance 
and  J.  S.  Gee. 

Paper  :  "  Local  and  General  Post- 
marks (1660-1854)."    N.  Hey  wood. 

Discussion:  "Great  Britain"  (con- 
tinued). Opened  by  R.  F.  Chance 
and  J.  S.  Gee. 

Display  with  Notes  :  Victoria.  W.  H. 
Terry. 

Discussion;  "Great  Britain"  (con- 
tinued). Opened  by  R.  F.  Chance 
and  J.  S.  Gee. 

Paper:  "The  Collection  of  Entires." 
G.  F.  H.  Gibson. 

Discussion:  "Great  Britain"  (con- 
tinued). Opened  by  R.  F.  Chance 
and  J.  S.  Gee. 

Display  with  Notes  :  Norway.  W.  D. 
Beckton. 

Discussion:  "Great  Britain"  (con- 
tinued). Opened  by  R.  F.  Chance 
and  J.  S.  Gee. 

Display  with  Notes :  Costa  Rica. 
R.   Albrecht. 

Display  of  Stamps  of  any  one  Country. 
Limited  to  12  by  each  member. 

Discussion:  "France."  Opened  by 
Mr.  Grunewald. 

Paper:  "What  we  see  on  Stamps." 
G.  W.  Duerst. 

Discussion  :  "  New  Brunswick." 
Opened  by  J.   H.   Abbott. 

(  Wednesday)  Annual  Dinner,  6. 30. 

Discussion:  "Roman  States."  Opened 
by  C.  H.  Coote. 

Paper:  "Peru  (1874-1895)."  G.  L. 
Campbell,  jun. 

Discussion:  "  Niger  Coast."  Opened 
by  W.  W.  Munn. 

Display  with  Notes:  Gambia.  F.  J. 
Beazley. 


Mar.  10.     Discussion:    "Seychelles."     Opened 

by  R.  F.   Martin. 
,,        17.     Paper:   "British  Bechuanaland."     J. 

H.  Abbott. 
„       24.     Discussion:  "Denmark."     Opened  by 

J.  H.  Stagg. 
,,       31.     Display  with   Notes  :    Malta.     J.  C. 

North. 
April     7.      Discussion:   "Bulgaria."    Opened  by 

G.  L.  Campbell,  jun. 
,,        14.     Paper:   "Italy."     W.  D.  Beckton. 

Members  are  particularly  requested  to  bring 
their  stamps  of  the  country  in  question  on  the 
eveninas  of  the  discussions. 


loKjanmsbtirg  pljxlat^lic  ^ori^l^. 

The  usual  fortnightly  meeting  of  the  Johan- 
nesburg Philatelic  Society  was  held  on  the 
1 6th  of  August  at  the  Masonic  Hotel.  Mr. 
Neuburger  took  the  chair  a  few  minutes  after 
8  p.m.,  when  there  were  present  thirteen 
members  and  five  visitors.  The  minutes  of 
the  last  meeting  were  read  and  confirmed. 

The  Secretary  intimated  that  the  proofs  of 
the  new  rules  had  been  received,  and  it  was 
agreed  to  leave  the  final  arrangements  to  the 
Committee. 

It  was  intimated  that  the  next  meeting,  to 
be  held  on  the  6th  September,  would  chiefly 
be  devoted  to  the  second  quarterly  auction, 
when  it  was  hoped  most  members  would  be 
present. 

The  Secretary  intimated  with  regret  that  he 
would  be  compelled  to  give  up  the  duties  of 
Hon.  Secretary,  as,  owing  to  the  probability 
of  his  being  away  from  Johannesburg  often 
in  the  future  through  business  causes,  he  felt 
he  could  not  give  the  requisite  attention  to 
the  post. 

This  terminated  the  general  business,  when 
the  Chairman  declared  the  exhibition  of  the 
stamps  of  British  East  and  Central  Africa, 
and  the  British  South  Africa  Company,  as 
commenced.  Some  very  fine  displays  of 
these  countries  were  exhibited,  notably  those 
by  Messrs.  C.  R.  Schuler,  Ansell,  W.  P. 
Cohen,  and  E.  Harford. 


pijilatelir  ^oriijt^  of  ^trt0ria. 


The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  above  Society 
was  held  at  the  rooms.  Equitable  Biiildings, 
on  July  2 1st,  1904.  Mr.  Welsh,  the  Presi- 
dent, occupied  the  chair,  and  there  were  ten 
members  and  the  Secretary  present.  The 
minutes  of  last  annual  meeting  were  read 
and  confirmed. 

The  annual  report  and  balance  sheet 
(see  below)  having  been  read,  the  President, 
in  moving  their  adoption,  addressed  the 
meeting  as  follows  ; — 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'  MEETINGS. 


235 


"  Fellow  Members, — Before  vacating  the 
chair  I  have  to  thank  you  all  for  the  assist- 
ance accorded  me  in  carrying  out  the  duties 
of  President  during  the  year.  It  is  gratify- 
ing to  find  that  the  Society  is  maintaining  its 
position,  and  that  numerically  and  financially 
everything  is  satisfactory.  Regarding  the 
prospects  of  a  Federal  issue  common  to  all 
the  States,  a  consummation  devoutly  wished 
for,  they  are  not  altogether  assuring,  the 
book-keeping  bogey  being  held  responsible 
for  the  delay,  and  the  advertised  intention 
of  the  present  Postmaster-General,  though 
credited  with  an  earnest  desire  for  a  Federal 
set,  to  issue  sets  uniform  in  design,  but 
bearing  the  name  of  the  State  in  which  they 
are  current,  will  only  add  to  the  already  long 
list  of  stamps  of  doubtful  necessity,  and  try 
the  patience  and  purses  of  those  of  us  who 
endeavour  to  keep  pace  with  them.  It  is  to 
be  hoped,  therefore,  that  pending  the  issue 
of  a  Federal  set,  the  authorities  will  be 
content  with  the  existing  ones.  With  re- 
spect to  our  monthly  meetings,  at  which 
the  attendances  were  satisfactory,  during 
the  year  it  has  occurred  to  me  that  added 
interest  would  be  imparted  if  during  the 
ensuing  year  subjects  for  discussion  were 
announced,  and  the  more  advanced  would 
enlighten  novices  in  the  technicalities  of 
our  fascinating  pursuit.  The  formation  of 
a  kindred  Society  at  Ballarat  has  been 
noted,  and  no  doubt  in  due  course  corre- 
spondence will  be  opened  up  with  them. 
The  exchange  books  have  maintained  their 
usual  excellence,  and  it  is  a  gratifying  feature 
of  the  system  that  it  is  so  free  of  mis- 
takes, taking  into  account  the  great  volume 
of  work,  now  added  to  by  the  institution  of 
inter-state  exchanges.  This  reflects  the 
very  highest  credit  on  the  Secretary,  whose 
ability  is  most  marked,  and  it  behoves 
members  to  lighten  his  labour  as  much  as 
possible.  His  request  for  the  use  of  rubber 
stamps  should  be  complied  with  by  every- 
one, as  it  facilitates  checking  and  the  tabula- 
tion of  debits,  in  itself  no  light  work,  and 
will  tend  to  remove  any  doubt  which  may 
arise  as  to  the  identity  of  a  purchaser  who 
by  oversight  omits  to  include  in  his  debit 
all  stamps  taken.  During  the  year  two 
cases  at  least  of  substitution  occurred,  and 
it  is  desirable,  in  the  Society's  interest,  that 
this  be  stamped  out,  as  it  not  only  makes  it 
uncomfortal:)lc  for  all  concerned,  but  must 
eventually  affect  the  quality  of  sheets  sub- 
mitted, a  regrettable  contingency,  as  mem- 
bers naturally  will  not  care  to  risk  loss  by 
fraud.  Members  are  to  be  congratulated 
on  the  success  of  the  recent  exhil)ition,  due 
largely  to  the  untiring  efforts  and  good 
management  of  the  Secretary,  ably  seconded 
by  the  Committee.  Considerable  public 
interest  was  aroused,  as  shown  by  the  ex- 
cellent attendance  l)oth  afternoon  and  even- 
ing, and  (!oul)ticss  the  Society  will  benelil  by 
increased  membership.  In  conclusion,  I 
thank  you  again,  and  trust  my  successor 
will  receive  equal  consideration." 


The  adoption  of  report  and  balance  sheet 
having  been  seconded  by  Mr.  Whelen,  they 
were  unanimously  adopted. 

The  election  of  office  bearers  for  the  en- 
suing year  resulted  as  follows  :  President, 
Mr.  W.  T.  Littlewood  ;  Vice-President,  Mr. 
W.  R.  Rundell  ;  Hon.  Secretary,  Treasurer, 
and  Exchange  Superintendent,  Mr.  W.  Brett- 
schneider ;  Librarian,  Mr.  A.  J.  Derrick  ;  Com- 
mittee, Messrs.  J.  Welsh,  Whelen,  J.  Davis, 
A.  F.  Jackson,  and  L.  A.  Chester. 

The  retiring  President  then,  in  vacating 
the  chair,  introduced  the  newly  elected 
President,  who  returned  thanks,  and  the 
meeting  closed. 

W.  Brettschneider,  Hon.  Sec. 


Your  Committee  has  much  pleasure  in  sub- 
mitting to  you  the  twelfth  annual  report  and 
balance  sheet : — 

The  numberof  members  on  the  roll  is, forty- 
four  ordinary,  twenty-two  corresponding,  and 
one  honorary,  thus  showing  a  slight  increase 
from  last  year.  The  balance  at  the  Society's 
credit  is  ^36  is.  6d.  The  Committee  are  ex- 
tremely pleased  to  record  that  the  third  ex- 
hibition of  stamps  was  held  by  the  Society  on 
June  25th,  1904,  and  proved  a  great  success, 
as  far  as  attendance  and  exhibits  were  con- 
cerned, thougnh  financially  a  loss  of  ^3  8s.  6d. 
has  been  incurred  by  the  Society.  The  thanks 
of  the  Society  are  due  to  the  Hon.  the  Post- 
master-General, the  Government  Printer, 
and  the  Librarian  of  the  Public  Library  for 
exhibits  sent  to  the  exhibition,  which  proved 
very  attractive  to  the  general  public.  Lieut- 
Col.  Outrim  has  again,  as  in  former  years, 
earned  the  special  thanks  of  your  Society 
for  allowing  new  issues  to  be  exhibited  at 
each  meeting.  Your  Committee  has  to  re- 
port the  continuation  of  exchanging  books 
with  inter-state  societies.  One  book  was 
exchanged  with  Bathurst,  one  with  Sydney, 
and  one  with  Adelaide  ;  the  latter  is  still  in 
circulation.  In  each  case  the  Victorian 
members  were  the  largest  buyers.  Twelve  of 
our  own  exchange  books,  containing  stamps 
to  the  value  of  /,'i,i7o  os.  lod.,  were  sent  out 
during  the  last  year,  and  twelve  books,  con- 
taining stamps  to  the  value  of  j{^ 1, 202  los.  8d., 
were  returned,  of  which  £'^20  were  sold, 
averaging  at  the  rate  of  about  ^27  per  book. 
The  thanks  of  the  Society  arc  due  to  Messrs. 
Hagen  and  Smyth,  of  Sydney;  Stanley  Gib- 
bons and  rcmbcrton  and  Co.,  of  London  ; 
and  others  for  contributions  to  the  library. 

During  the  year  eight  committee  meet- 
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was  as  follows  :  Mr.  J.  Welsh,  President,  8  ; 
Messrs.  J.  Davis,  6  ;  1).  S.  Abraham, 3  ;  Little- 
wood,  5  ;  Whelen,  4  ;  llambly,  4  ;  Jackson, 
4  ;  Derrick,  2  ;  Hreltschneidcr,  8.  In  con- 
clusion, your  Connnillco  desires  to  imjiress 
upon  members  the  necessity  of  promiit  selllc- 
mcnts  of  debits  on  the  exchange  books. 

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The  one  hundred  and  eighth  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Governors  was  held  at  the  Club 
House  on  Monday  evening,  July  nth,  1904. 
Present:  Messrs.  Dewing,  Lufif,  Rich,  Scott, 
and  Perrin.  In  the  absence  of  both  the 
President  and  Vice-President,  the  meeting 
was  called  to  order  at  8.10  p.m.,  with  Mr. 
Luff  in  the  chair.  The  resignation  of  Mr. 
Hamlin  Russell,  to  take  effect  October  ist 
next,  was  read  and  accepted  with  regret.  The 
Treasurer's  report,  showing  a  cash  balance 
in  bank  of  $973-77,  was  approved  as  read. 
The  Literary  Committee  acknowledged  the 
receipt  of  a  donation  of  philatelic  literature 
from  Mr.  R.  S.  Nelson. 


THE 


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THE    MONTHLY    JOURNAL    OF 

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Vol.   XIII. 


OCTOBER,    1904. 


No.    154. 


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msons  Jnaugxtration  bg  tlic 
(Kad  af  Cratofori). 


will  be  seen  by  the  account  of  the  opening  proceedings  of 
the  London  Philatelic  Society,  the  season  of  1904-5  has 
been  very  auspiciously  inaugurated.  The  dinner  of  the 
Society  preceded  the  opening  meeting,  and  the  latter  was  held 
at  the  residence  of  the  Earl  of  Crawford,  the  Vice-President 
of  the  Society.  The  very  large  attendance  of  members  at  his 
lordship's  house  in  Cavendish  Square  fully  testified  to  their 
appreciation  of  the  philatelic  fare  to  be  provided  ;  nor  were 
the  most  sanguine  anticipations  of  a  veritable  feast  of  stamps 
disappointed.  We  have,  on  a  previous  occasion,*  descanted 
upon  the  truly  marvellous  way  in  which  the  Earl  of  Crawford 
has  amplified  and  dignified  the  cult  of  the  collection  of  postage 
stamps,  which,  under  his  historical  system  of  arrangement,  may  now  be 
truthfully  said  to  have  developed  into  a  science.  The  collection — or  rather 
collections — of  the  stamps  of  the  United  States,  which  on  a  former  occasion 
elicited  the  admiration  and  astonishment  of  all  beholders,  have  now  found 
a  fitting  compeer  in  the  formation  of  a  collection  of  the  stamps  of  our  own 
country,  which  in  magnitude,  arrangement,  and  condition  far  surpasses  any 
collection  of  the  stamps  of  Great  Britain  ever  yet  got  together.  The  feature  that 
dominates  Lord  Crawford's  collections  is  the  historical  survey  of  each  stamp 
from  the  time  when  the  first  essay  was  proposed  until  the  last  day  when  the 
stamp  was  in  existence.  Essays,  proofs  of  viise  en  train,  plate  proofs,  entire 
sheets,  records  of  plate  numbers  and  impressions,  and  every  essential  factor 
in  the  life  of  a  stamp  are  faithfully  recorded  or  presented  in  Lord  Crawford's 
volumes,  with  the  result  that  the  collections  have  an  historical  interest  and  a 

"  Sec  "The  Eiirl  of  Ci;uvford's  Collcclioii  of  U.S.A.  Stamps,"  vol.  \ii.,  1905,  p.  2(14. 


238     THE  SEASON'S  INAUGURATION  BY  THE  EARL  OF  CRAWFORD. 

philatelic  fulness  that  is  as  novel  as  it  is  marvellous  to  the  ordinary  philatelist. 
In  the  case  of  Great  Britain,  the  word  "display  "  may  well  be  used,  as  no  more 
fitting  term  could  be  devised  for  an  exhibition  that  embraced  almost  every 
known  stamp  of  this  country,  including  all  the  great  rarities,  whether  postal 
or  telegraph,  very  many  of  them  being  shown  in  large  blocks,  numerous 
examples,  or  even  entire  sheets,  and  in  superlative  condition.  The  unanimous 
opinion  of  all  who  have  seen  the  Earl  of  Crawford's  stamps  is  that  he  has 
raised  the  collection  of  postage  stamps  to  a  higher  pinnacle  than  it  had  ever 
before  attained.  It  is  therefore  of  the  happiest  augury  that  the  Vice-President 
of  the  London  Philatelic  Society  should  have  given  so  auspicious  a  com- 
mencement to  the  philatelic  season  for  1904-5,  and  it  must  be  the  earnest 
hope  of  every  true  well-wisher  of  Philately  that  his 'lordship  may  be  spared 
for  many  years  to  adorn  the  position  in  the  Society  that  he  occupies,  and  to 
extend  his  areas  of  collection,  until  other  and  equally  interesting  countries 
are  duly  marshalled  under  his  scientific  and  superlative  sway. 

During  the  holding  of  the  meeting  the  Vice-President  sent  the  following 
telegram  to  the  President,  H.R.H.  the  Prince  of  Wales : — 

H.R.H.  the  Prince  of  Wales,  Ruff  or d  Abbey,  Ollerton. 
The  members  of  the  Philatelic  Society  of  London,  holding 
the  first  meeting  of  the  session  here,  present  their  duty  to  your 
Royal  Highness,  and  their  expression  of  esteem  and  affection 
to  their  President.  CRAWFORD. 

In  response  to  the  Earl  of  Crawford's  message,  the  following  gracious 
reply  was  received  from  the  President ;  which,  as  further  evidence  of  the  great 
interest  displayed  in  the  London  Philatelic  Society  by  His  Royal  Highness 
the  Prince  of  Wales  will  be  gratefully  appreciated  by  all  the  members : — 

York  Cottage,  Sandringham,  Norfolk, 
\^th  October,  1904. 

Mv  DEAR  Crawford, — I  am  desired  by  the  Prince  of  Wales  to  ask 
you  to  accept  yourself,  and  to  convey  to  the  members  of  the  Philatelic 
Society  of  London,  his  best  thanks  for  the  telegram  of  good  wishes,  which 
you  were  good  enough  to  send  to  His  Royal  Highness  during  your  first 
meeting  of  the  season,  last  evening,  and  also  his  appreciation  of  the  kind 
thoughts  of  the  members,  which  prompted  them  to  send  it.  The  Prince 
regrets  that,  as  the  telegraph  office  at  Ollerton  was  closed,  he  was  unable 
to  send  you  a  telegraphic  reply  last  night. 

Believe  me, 

Yours  very  sincerely, 

Derek  Keppel, 

The  Earl  of  Crawford  and  Balcarres,  K.T.,  Equerry-in-Waiiing. 

Vice-President,  Philatelic  Society  of  Lottdon, 


[      239      ] 

§.oUb  on  the  (Stamps  of  the  Jfirst  ^^pubtic  cf 

the  ^ranstaal, 

WITH   A  VIEW  TO  A  REFERENCE   LIST. 
By  R.  B.  yard  ley. 

A  Paper  read  before  the  Philatelic  Society,  London,  on  February  iqth,  1904. 


ff  N  writing  a  reference  list  of  the  stamps  of  the  First  Republic  of 
the  Transvaal,  we  have  the  case  of  a  great  number  of  separate 
printings  from  two  sets  of  plates  by  different  printers,  who, 
from  time  to  time,  used  different  papers,  different  pigments, 
and  different  gums.  As  might  be  expected,  the  stamps  of  the 
period  (1869  to  April,  1877),  although  of  only  four  separate 
values,  present  great  difference  of  style,  tints  and  shades,  gum,  and  almost 
every  other  possible  attribute  of  a  stamp.  In  such  cases  as  the  group  under 
consideration,  it  is  always  a  difficult  question  on  what  principle  one  should 
base  one's  system  of  classification.  From  the  earliest  times,  one  clear  line  of 
division  has  always  been  adopted,  viz.  a  division  into  two  classes,  being 
respectively  (i)  the  stamps  printed  by  Adolph  Otto,  of  Gustrow,  who  prepared 
and  supplied  the  plates,  (2)  stamps  printed  in  the  Transvaal,  from  the  same 
or  similar  plates, 

Down  to  the  publication  of  the  invaluable  series  of  articles  by  Mr.  Emil 
Tamsen  in  the  fourth  and  fifth  volumes  of  the  Monthly  Journal,  but  little  was 
known,  or  at  any  rate  published,  as  to  the  local  printings,  and  in  looking 
through  old  magazines  and  catalogues,  one  sees  how  hopeless  it  was,  without 
the  information  supplied  by  Mr.  Tamsen,  to  draw  up  anything  like  a  scientific 
list  of  these  stamps.  Anyone  who  wishes  to  see  how  far  classification  had 
gone  during  the  pre-Tamsen  era,  has  only  to  refer  to  Major  Evans's  list  in  the 
Catalogue  for  Collector's  (Messrs.  Pemberton,  Wilson,  and  Co.,  1882).  I  may 
also  refer  to  a  reference  list  of  this  Society  which  is  published  in  the  second 
volume  of  the  Philatelic  Record,  page  36  (April,  1880),  and  to  an  elaborate  list  of 
the  stamps  of  the  First  British  Occupation  in  the  fourth  volume,  at  page  i8r. 
These  lists  identify  such  well-known  varieties  as  the  id.  and  6d.,  perforated  12^, 
and  the  6d.  of  the  improved  eagle  type,  and  although,  no  doubt,  one  can  trace 
or  identify  in  them  other  well-known  varieties,  I  feel  convinced  that  these 
lists  would  now  be  of  but  little  use  to  the  beginner  or,  in  fact,  to  any  person, 
whether  collector  or  dealer. 

It  may  be  convenient  to  mention  here  for  reference  some  of  the  other 
early  lists  of  these  stamps,  (i)  The  Philatelist,  vol.  v.  pp.  60-1,  May,  1871  ; 
(2)  The  Stamp  Collector's  Journal  and  Philatelic  Opinion,  six  numbers  only 
published,  March  to  June,  1872;  (3)/-^  Tivibre-Postc,  September,  1871  (p.  67). 
With  the  publication  of  Mr.  Tamsen's  invaluable  articles  in  the  Monthly 
Journal,  the  study  of  tlicse  early  issues  could  be  and  was  pursued  in  a  very 
different  manner,  and  their  classification  has  been  to  a  great  extent  worked 
out  by  two  well-known  members  of  the  Society,  Mr.  E.  J.  Nankivell  and 
Mr.  R.  Pearcc,  who  have  respectively  published  the  results  of  their  investigations 
and  study,  tlie  fijrmcr  in  a  series  of  articles  in  ihi-  t\vent)'-secon(l  volume  of  the 


240  NOTES    ON   THE   STAMPS   OF 

Philatelic  Record {i()O0),  and  the  latter  in  two  papers  printed  in  the  fifth  volume 
of  the  London  Philatelist  (pages  30  and  Sy).  I  have  great  pleasure  in  acknow- 
ledging my  indebtedness  to  Mr.  Nankivell  for  advice  and  information  most 
kindly  imparted  to  me  by  him  personally,  and  also  for  kindly  allowing  me 
to  inspect  and  describe  in  this  paper  some  important  and  interesting  stamps 
now  belonging  to  him.  Still,  there  are  questions  which  both  these  gentlemen 
admittedly  left  for  others  to  elaborate,  and  in  preparing  a  reference  list,  which 
I  submit  to  you  this  evening,  I  have  dealt  with  certain  points  which,  in  my 
opinion,  required  further  investigation,  and  this  brings  me  to  the  first  question 
which  I  have  had  to  consider,  which  is  this :  Ought  one,  or  ought  one  not,  to 
add  to  the  already  formidable  list  of  these  stamps,  having  regard  to  the  fact 
that  the  differences  are  not  in  design  or  types,  but  sipiply  in  the  paper,  shades, 
wording,  printing,  gums,  etc  ?  It  is,  I  feel,  a  very  serious  question  ;  from  one 
point  of  view  it  might  be  said  that  to  lengthen  the  list  would  make  the 
collection  of  these  stamps  distasteful  to  the  general  collector  ;  on  the  other 
hand,  the  existing  lists  are  unsatisfactory  in  one  respect,  namely,  that  while 
with  one  exception  they  purport  to  give  an  exact  and  detailed  description 
and  position  of  each  known  variety,  yet  there  are  many  distinct  and  well- 
known  varieties  which  certainly  do  not  come  within  the  descriptions  given  in 
Mr.  Nankivell's  reference  list  above  referred  to,  or  the  latest  editions  of 
Messrs.  Stanley  Gibbons'  Catalogues.  The  exception  to  which  I  have  referred 
is  the  elastic  space  provided  in  all  modern  lists  and  catalogues  for  the 
6d.  stamps  "  printed  by  Borrius  or  the  Stamp  Commission." 

I  have  affixed  to  the  sheet  which  I  now  send  round  for  your  inspection  a 
few  stamps  having  marked  characteristics,  which  are  either  not  provided  for 
in  the  existing  lists,  or,  in  my  opinion,  not  placed  in  their  proper  positions. 
Now  it  is  surely  unsatisfactory  that  there  should  be  so  many  of  these  stamps 
either  unrecorded  or  improperly  classed,  and  I  think  you  will  agree  with  me 
that  if  we  adopt  the  principle  of  the  existing  lists  we  ought  to  be  consistent 
and  describe  each  well-marked  variety  known  to  us,  and  place  it  so  far  as 
possible  in  its  proper  place.  The  only  logical  alternative  is  to  cut  down  our 
description  and  return  to  the  vague  and  indefinite  classification  of  the  pre- 
Tamsen  days,  or  the  Catalogue  of  Messrs.  Stanley  Gibbons  of  1897.  To  be 
scientific,  you  must  do  one  or  the  other,  and  the  question  is — Which  principle 
is  your  Society  to  adopt?  I  cannot  think  that  you  will  ignore  the  research, 
investigation,  and  study  of  my  predecessors  in  this  subject  and  return  to  the 
old  list  of  Messrs.  Pemberton  and  Wilson's  Catalogue  of  1882  merely  for 
the  sake  of  shortening  this  reference  list.  This  research  is  true  Philately ; 
it  is  analogous  to  what  you  find  in  the  stamps  of  other  countries,  e.g. 
New  Zealand,  Greece,  etc.,  and  I  have  therefore  come  to  the  conclusion 
that  the  only  course  before  me  was  to  endeavour  to  prepare  a  reference  list 
on  the  lines  laid  down  by  Mr.  Nankivell  and  Mr.  Pearce,  with  additions  and 
amendments,  so  as  to  bring  it  up  to  date,  in  accordance  with  the  present 
knowledge  and  my  own  investigations.  I  have  for  some  time  taken  a  great 
interest  in  these  stamps,  and  have  felt  that  there  were  many  points  which 
required  clearing  up,  and  that  there  was  room  for  separating  the  printings  of 
Borrius  and  the  Stamp  Commissioners.  As  no  further  important  official 
information  is  likely  to  be  forthcoming,  the  only  way  open  to  me  was  to 


THE  FIRST  REPUBLIC  OF  THE   TRANSVAAL.  241 

acquire  or  inspect  as  many  dated  specimens  as  possible,  and  to  consult  all 
the  available  contemporary  evidence  of  magazines  ;  and  when  you  did  me  the 
honour  of  asking  me  to  prepare  the  reference  list  for  your  Society,  I  natur- 
ally had  to  concentrate  my  energy  on  these  and  other  points. 

In  this  study  I  have  great  pleasure  in  acknowledging  the  great  assistance 
I  have  received  from  many  collectors  and  dealers,  who  have  allowed  me  to 
inspect  their  collections  and  stocks,  particularly  Mr.  W.  Lincoln,  Messrs. 
Stanley  Gibbons,  Mr.  D.  Field,  M.  Arthur  Maury,  and  Herr  Paul  Kohl. 

Mr.  C.  J.  Phillips,  we  know,  takes  a  great  interest  in  these  stamps, 
and  you  are  aware  that  he  has  recently  made  an  interesting  discovery, 
published  in  the  thirteenth  volume  of  the  Monthly  Journal,  page  161,  viz. 
that  it  is  possible  to  identify  the  positions  of  the  separate  impressions  of  the 
two  plates  of  the  id.  value  by  means  of  the  small  scratches  and  other 
injuries  to  the  plates.  This  has  an  important  bearing  on  certain  questions, 
such  as  whether  both  plates  were  used  for  a  particular  printing,  and,  in  the 
case  of  the  surcharged  stamps  of  the  First  British  Occupation,  as  to  the 
arrangement  of  the  settings  of  the  surcharges.  Of  course,  this  method  would 
be  equally  applicable  to  the  plates  of  the  other  values  if  entire  sheets  or 
panes,  or  even  large  blocks,  could  be  obtained.  Fortunately,  in  the  case  of 
the  6d.,  two  panes  of  the  surcharged  stamps,  both  printed  from  the  plate 
containing  the  tete-biche  variety,  are  in  existence,  and  Mr.  David  Field  has 
kindly  obtained  for  me  the  loan  of  these  panes  from  a  client  of  his :  they 
were  recently  on  view  at  Mr.  Field's  exhibition  of  stamps  in  Albemarle  Street. 
With  the  assistance  of  Mr.  C.  J.  Phillips,  who  has  kindly  furnished  me  with 
numerous  photographs  of  blocks  and  strips  of  6d.  stamps,  I  have  succeeded 
in  plating  the  varieties  of  the  other  plate,  and  I  give  short  particulars  of 
the  more  pronounced  varieties  in  a  later  part  of  this  paper. 

In  writing  this  paper,  I  have  taken  as  read  all  the  official  information 
contained  in  Mr.  Tamsen's  articles,  most  of  which  is  embodied  in  Mr. 
Pearce's  paper  of  the  24th  January,   1896. 

I  am  of  opinion  that  the  reference  list  should  include  and  commence 
with  the  German-printed  stamps,  notwithstanding  the  opinion  of  Mr.  Pearce 
to  the  contrary,  expressed  in  his  paper  in  the  fifth  volume  of  the  London 
Philatelist.  Although  Mr.  F.  Jeppe  may  have  stated  to  Mr.  Tamsen  that 
the  whole  of  the  two  consignments  of  stamps  of  the  values  of  id.,  6d., 
and  IS.  sent  from  Mecklenburg  were  sold  by  him  to  dealers  in  Europe 
before  ist  May,  1870  (the  date  of  the  first  public  issue  of  the  Transvaal 
stamps),  and  no  doubt  the  greater  part  of  them  were  so  disposed  of,  yet  I 
think  his  recollection  was  inaccurate  to  this  extent,  that  some  specimens 
must  have  remained  in  his  hands  or  in  the  hands  of  persons  in  the 
Transvaal,  and  been  distributed  to  the  public  together  with  the  locally 
printed  stamps.  Thus  I  show  an  undoubted  6d.  German-printed,  bearing  a 
postmark  4th  May,  1870,  also  other  postally  obliterated  specimens  of  the 
6d.  and  is.,  and  Mr.  Lincoln  possesses  a  specimen  of  the  6d.,  fine  roulcttcd, 
dated  in  1870,  while  Mr.  Nankivell  owns  a  i.s.  of  Otto  in  the  well-known 
emcrald-grccn,  roulcttcd  16,  and  bearing  a  postmark  dated  the  9th  Jul)',  1871  ; 
and  Mr.  C.  J.  Phillips  tells  me  (jf  a  G(\.  in  pale  blue,  with  very  wide  margins 
on  all  four  sides  showing  no  trace  of  rouletting,  obliterated  with  a  [)ost- 
mark  "  N.W.  .STROOM.  Z.a.k.  mk  20.  70."  Again,  I  possess  a  specimen  of  the 
id.  orange-red,  roulettcd  16,  obliterated  with  the  postmark  of  four  concentric 


242  NOTES   ON   THE  STAMPS   OF 

rings  in  black  ink,  and  I  have  seen  a  specimen  of  the  is.  in  yellow-green, 
fine  rouletted,  dated  30th  May,  1870.*  It  is  unlikely  that  these  early- 
dated  specimens  could  have  been  sold  to  European  dealers  and  sent  back  to 
the  Transvaal  to  be  postmarked.  I  am  not  quite  sure  that  I  understand 
Mr.  Tamsen's  argument  set  out  in  pp.  52  and  53  of  the  fourth  volume  of  the 
Monthly  Journal,  that  no  German-printed  stamps  were  ever  "used"  [postally?], 
because  the  extract  from  the  Official  Record  there  cited  (as  I  interpret  it), 
and  the  fact  there  stated,  that  the  post  offices  of  Rustenburg,  Pretoria,  and 
Potchefstroom  were,  on  the  27th  of  April,  1870,  supplied  with  400,  800,  and 
500  of  the  IS.  respectively,  do  not  seem  to  me  to  prove  that  none  of  these 
stamps  were  of  German  origin.  The  first  local  printing  of  the  is.  (8,560) 
having  been  received  from  the  Treasurer-General  only  the  previous  day,  I 
should  have  thought  it  likely  that  if  these  400,  800,  and  500  were  part  of  the 
local  printing  of  8,560,  a  larger  distribution  would  have  been  made  to  these 
three  most  important  post  offices.  But  apart  from  this,  and  assuming  for 
sake  of  argument  that  all  the  German-printed  stamps  were  sold  to  dealers  in 
Europe  before  May,  1870,  I  can  see  no  reason  why  they  should  not  be 
regarded  as  issued  stamps.  They  were  lawfully  sold  by  Mr.  Jeppe  as 
postage  stamps  ;  at  any  rate,  there  is  not  the  least  evidence  to  show  that  they 
were  not  available  for  the  purpose  of  prepaying  postage.  Of  course  it  is 
open  to  anyone  to  say  what  he  regards  as  a  postage  stamp  and  to  exclude 
everything  else.  Personally,  I  should  be  prepared  to  admit  any  label  which 
a  government,  knowing  its  true  origin  and  history,  would  recognise  as  a 
postage  stamp,  and  on  that  principle  I  provisionally  include  in  my  list,  not 
only  the  German-printed  6d.  and  i  s.,  early-dated  used  copies  of  which  I  have 
above  described,  but  also  the  id.,  although  I  have  not  seen  a  dated  copy; 
further,  I  have  made  a  special  list  of  the  3d.  stamps  printed  by  Herr  A.  Otto 
and  sold  by  him  to  dealers  and  others  by  the  instructions  and  with  the  assent 
of  the  Transvaal  Government,  more  particularly  dealt  with  below. 

The   next  question  is,  What  were  the  stamps  prepared  by  Otto? 

It  is  clear  from  the  invoice  of  ist  October,  1869,  delivered  by  Dr.  Julius 
Jeppe  to  his  brother,  the  Postmaster-General,  Mr.  F.  Jeppe,  quoted  by 
Mr.  Tamsen  in  the  Moitthfy  Journal,  vol.  iv.  p.  51,  that  two  lots  of  stamps 
of  the  id.,  IS.,  and  6d,,  Type  I.,  were  forwarded  from  Germany  to  the 
Transvaal,  one  consignment  having  been  despatched  via  England  on  the 
25th  of  June,  1869,  ^^d  another  having  been  forwarded  in  October,  1869. 
The  first  consignment  reached  Potchefstroom  in  August,  1869,  and  the 
second  on  the  23rd  February,  1 870.  It  may  be  as  well  to  record  here 
that  Le  Timbre-Poste  of  June,  1869  (vol.  vii.  p.  45),  gives  an  account  of  the  then 
expected  issue,  adding  a  description  of  the  stamps  which  does  not  corre- 
spond, either  in  colours  or  design,  with  the  stamps  actually  issued,,  while 
in  the  August  number  of  the  same  year,  at  p.  58,  it  gives  an  illustra- 
tion of  the  6d.  stamp  which  is  substantially  correct,  although  somewhat 
rough.     This  may  have  been  taken  from  a  proof,  or  from  stamps  furnished 

*  Mr.  Nankivell  has  recently  shown  me  a  is.  stamp  on  piece  of  original  in  the  full  yellow-green, 
which  by  its  execution  has  the  appearance  of  Otto's  work :  it  bears  a  postmark  dated  2nd  February> 
1873.  It  certainly  is  not  one  of  Viljoen's  stamps,  and  the  only  alternative  is  that  it  is  a  first  printing 
of  Borrius  (4,040),  25th  December,  1872,  but  from  its  strong  resemblance  to  the  is.,  dated  the  30th  May, 
1870,  above  referred  to,  I  think  that  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  it  is  one  of  Otto's  productions. 


THE  FIRST  REPUBLIC   OF   THE    TRANSVAAL.  243 

by  Mr.  Otto.  The  first  records  of  the  stamps  received  by  dealers  in 
Europe  are  in  the  Timbrophile  (30th  November,  1869,  p.  486),  in  the 
December  numbers  of  the  Timbre-Poste,  the  Stamp  Collector  s  Magazine, 
and  the  Philatelist  o{  1869.  M.  Mah^'s  reference  in  the  Tinibtvphile  is  as 
follows : — 

"  Transvaal :  Notre  envoi  regu  des  timbres  de  ce  pays,  nous  a  fait 
constater  de  grandes  differences  de  nuance  dans  chaque  valuer ; 

I   penny  vermilion, 

I  penny  vermilion  fonc6, 

I  penny  rouge-brun. 

6  pence  outremer-fonce. 

6  pence  outremer-pale. 

IS.  vert-jaune. 

IS.  vert-fonce." 

Unfortunately  there  is  no  mention  of  the  perforation.  (The  italics  are  my 
own.)  The  references  in  the  Tiinbre-Poste  and  the  Philatelist  are  respectively 
as  follows  : — 

Le  Timbre-Paste,  December,  1869  (vol.  vii.  p.  91)  : — "  Nous  avons  regu  " 

•  I  penny,  vermilion  (4  nuances). 
6  penny  bleu-ciel  (3  nuances). 
I   shilling  vert  (3  nuances). 

"Ces  timbres  sont  perces  en   ligne  et   imprimes  sur  papier  blanc." 

The  Philatelist  of  December,  1869  (vol.  iii.  p.  139),  after  stating  that 
the  stamps  were  before  the  editors  iit  propria  persojid  and  describing  the 
design,  states  that  "  they  are  impressed  in  colour  on  plain  white  unwater- 
marked  paper,  roulette  perforated.  The  \s.  value,  in  sheets  containing  sixty, 
are  green ;  the  6d.,  thirty  in  each  sheet,  are  azure,  varying  very  slightly  in 
tint;  but  the  \d.  ones,  sixteen  only  in  each  sheet,  present  several  varieties  both 
of  colour  and  engraving.  Some  sheets  of  impressions  are  very  clear  and 
distinct ;  others  appear  to  have  had  the  type  overcharged  with  colour.  Of 
the  latter,  are  an  intense  scarlet  vermilion,  and  the  same  of  a  brighter  shade. 
Of  the  former,  are  found  pure  vermilion,  the  same  more  of  a  brick  hue,  and 
some  of  a  colour  known  in  paint-boxes  by  the  misnomer  of  light  red."  (The 
italics  are  my  own.) 

The  reference  in  the  Stamp  Collector's  Magazine  (vol.  vii.  p.  183),  so  far 
as  material,  is  as  follows  :  "  We  have  just  received  copies  of  the  three 
values  for  this  State.  .  ,  .  The  stamps  have  by  no  means  a  bad  appearance, 
allowance  being  made  for  the  deficiencies  in  the  engraving  ....  the  colours 
employed  are  bright  and  decided." 

"  The   following  is  the  correct  list  of  the  series  : — 
I  (een)  penny,  rose. 
6  (zcs)  pence,  blue  (ultramarine). 
I  (een)  shilling,  chromc-grccn. 

"  The  paper  employed  is  thin,  and  the  stamps  are  divided  by  lines  o<" 
dents." 

The  Stamp  Collector's  Magazine  of  ist  February,  1S70,  in  reporting 
(vol.  viii.  p.  25)  a  meeting  of  the  Committee  of  the  I'hilatelic  Society, 
held  on  the  22nd  of  January,  stated  as  follows  : — 

"Dr.   Vincr  showed  examples  of  the  South   African    Republic  aillicsivcs 


244  NOTES   ON    THE   STAMPS   OF 

in  different  shades  to  those  previously  known,  the  id.  being  of  a  much 
browner  hue ;  the  6d.  a  very  pale  blue ;  and  the  shilling  a  very  deep  green. 
All  were  gummed,  but  imperforate.  After  some  discussion,  the  meeting 
inclined  to  the  belief  that  they  were  proofs,  and  not  stamps  that  had 
escaped  the  perforation."     (The  italics  are  my  own.) 

There  are  three  important  references  in  the  Timbrophile,  one  of  the  30th 
January,  1870  (p.  504),  as  follows  : — 

"  Republique  Transvaal. — Le  timbre  de  3  pence  au  type  connu  a 
ete  emis.  II  est  imprime  tantot  dans  I'ordre  naturel,  tantot  tete-a  tete,  c'est 
a-dire  tete-beche,  couleur  sur  blanc  mais  non  perfore. 

"  3  pence  violet  vif." 

The  second,  of  the  30th  June,  1870  (p.  541)  : —  • 

"  Transvaal  (Republ.). — Nous  avons  recu  le  3  pence  violet  vif,  perce 
en  lignes." 

Under  date  December,  1870  (pp.  568,  569),  Monsieur  Mahe  gives  a  long 
list,  detailing  all  varieties  which  had  then  arrived,  including  the  3d.  in  fancy 
colours,  blue,  rose,  violet,  etc.,  also  the  3d.  violet,  tete-beche  non  dentele,  and 
adding  that  "  ces  timbres  ont  ete  regus  pour  nous  de  Potchefstroom  par  le 
Docteur  W.,  notre  agent,  et  qnc  jamais  nous  n'avons  regu  par  son  entremise 
un  seul  timbre  douteux." 

I  now  set  out  a  translation  of  the  material  portions  of  an  interesting 
letter,  dated  the  30th  March,  1870,  addressed  by  Mr.  Fred  Jeppe  to  Herr 
Adolph  Otto,  of  Gustrow,  Mecklenburg-Schwerin,  the  original  of  which  I 
recently  acquired  from  Herr  David  Cohn,  of  Berlin. 

"  General  Post  Office, 

"  Potchefstroom, 
"  Herr  Adolph  Otto,  "  South   African  Republic. 

"Court  Engraver,  '■'■  ■i^'^th  March^  1870. 

"  Gustrow,  Mecklenburg-Schwerin. 
"Dear  Sir, —  In  reply  to  your  favour  of  the  22nd  January,  which  reached 
me  on  the  i6th  March,  I  much  regret  that  you  did  not  send  the  two  date- 
stamps,  seals,  etc.,  as  I  am  very  much  in  need  of  them.  The  payment  of  the 
amount  for  them  and  also  the  balance — 55.36  thalers — would  have  been  quite 
safe.  If  my  brother  had  not  mentioned  in  his  letter  sent  by  the  same  mail 
as  your  letter,  the  total  amount  of  what  I  owed  you,  I  should  not  have  known 
it  at  all.  .  .  .    My  brother  makes  out  your  bill  as  follows  : — 

Balance  of  old  account  due  on  bills  .  .  Th.  55-36 

For  the  3d.  plate  and  original  die      .  .  .                  13 

For  stamps  (date-stamps)                    .  .  .                 20 

9  seals  at  4  th.                  .                     .  .  .                 36 

9  paper  stamps  with  punching  presses,  etc.  .  .                  S'4 

178.36 
Cases  and  packing  .  .  .  .  6.12 

185 
"  To  cover  this  amount  I  have  made  the  following  arrangements.     Please 
print  of  the  3d.  plate  a  quantity  of  sheets  like  the  one  you  sent  me  in  violet, 
gummed  and  rouletted,  and  forward  for  £^^  viz.  ten  sheets  of  forty  stamps 
each  to  the  following  addresses : — 


THE   FIRST  REPUBLIC   OF   THE    TRANSVAAL.  245 

^5  worth  to  Messrs.  Stafford  Smith  and  Co.,  Brighton,  England. 
;^5         „         E.  S.  Gibbons,  Esq.,  Plymouth,  England. 
i^5         „         Messrs.  Alfred  Smith  and  Co.,  Bath,  England. 
£^         „        W.  Dudley  Atlee,  Esq.,  Birmingham,  England. 
£^         „         Dr.  C.  W.  Viner,  34,  Denbigh  Street,  Pimlico,  London,  England. 
"  Letters  to  be  franked  and  postage  debited  to  me. 

"  It  is  very  likely  that  several  of  the  above  firms  will  require  more  than 
;^5  worth  of  3d.  stamps,  and  I  have  written  to  them  with  this  post  to 
communicate  with  you  for  any  excess  required.  ...  I  have  a  lot  more  work 
for  you,  and  am  going  to  start  on  it  at  once.  .  .  .  Then  I  want  twelve  seals  for 
sealing-wax  for  the  twelve  different  post  offices  of  the  country,  the  size  to  be 
about  as  large  as  an  English  shilling-piece,  and  a  posthorn  in  the  middle 
instead  of  coat-of-arms.     Inscription  : — 

Post  Kantoor.     Potchefstroom  Z.A.  R. 

,,                Pretoria  „ 

„               Rustenburg  „ 

„                Heidelberg  „ 

M.  W,  Stroom 

„               Utrecht  „ 

„               Marico  „ 

„               Bloemhof  „ 

„                Nylstroom  „ 

P.  P.  Rust 
„  Lydenberg 

„                 Rotsabelo  „ 

"...  As  soon  as  you  have  printed  the  stamps  for  the  English  firms  and 
sent  them  off,  please  print  for  me  £100  (200  sheets  of  forty,  rouletted  and 
ready  for  use),  and  send  them  direct  to  me  by  mail  steamer,  via  England,  to 
my  address — Fred  Jeppe,  Postmaster-General,  Potchefstroom,  S.A.  Republic, 
South  Africa,  vi'd  Cape  Town.  The  two  plates  with  the  seals  and  stamps 
please  have  well  packed  in  a  case  addressed  to  me  as  above,  and  forwarded 
by  mail  steamer,  vm  England  and  Cape  Town,  to  Natal.  Address — J.  Deut- 
zelmann,  Prussian  Consul  in  Durban  Port,  Natal.  Forward  as  quickly  as 
possible.  .  .  .  Send  me  with  the  3d.  plates  a  fair  quantity  of  paper  for  the 
various  postage  stamps,  four  or  six  times  as  much  as  already  sent.  The 
paper  or  the  sheets  must,  however,  be  large  enough  to  take  two  plates  at  the 
same  time  on  an  ordinary  printing-press,  and  must  not  be  gummed.  The 
paper  already  sent  out  was  not  nearly  enough,  the  sheets  were  too  small,  and 
the  printing  very  difficult  because  the  paper  was  gummed  on  one  side  !  The 
press  should  have  been  large  enough  to  take  two  plates  at  the  same  time 
The  printing  of  a  single  plate  is  terribly  slow  and  tedious,  especially  as  the 
paper  was  not  large  enough.  The  outer  space  of  the  paper  must  be  at  least 
a  good  inch  wide.  I  also  desire  a  stock  of  the  four  colours  :  red,  blue,  green, 
and  lilac.     The  quantities  sent  were  not  sufficient. 

"  I  hope  you  will  have  understood  my  various  wishes.  ...  I  trust  that  you 
will  execute  all  these  orders  as  well  as  possible,  and  ship  without  delay,  .  .  . 

"  Hoping  to  hear  from  you  soon, 

"  I  am,  yours  faithfull)', 

"  IMsKD  JinTli." 
( To  be  continued. ) 


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Jinner  oi  the  f  hiktelic  (Soctetg,  ^oniion. 


COMMENDABLE  change  has  been  made  in  the  holding 
of  this  function  in  causing  it  to  immediately  precede  the 
opening  meeting  of  the  Society,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  this 
precedent  will  be  followed  in  the  future,  as  the  advantages  are 
obvious  in  the  case  of  members  residing  away  from  the 
metropolis.  The  dual  attraction  of  the  dinner,  followed  the 
next  evening  by  the  inspection  of  the  Vice-President's  superb  collections  of 
Great  Britain,  doubtless  induced  many  country  members  to  be  present,  and 
the  number  who  sat  down  to  dinner,  under  the  chairmanship  of  the  Earl 
of  Crawford,  was  well  in  excess  of  the  usual  attendances.  The  Hon.  Sec, 
Mr.  J.  A.  Tilleard,  Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon,  and  several  other  members,  were 
unavoidably  absent,  but  among  those  present  were  the  following : — 

The  Earl  of  Crawford  (Vice-President),  M.  P.  Castle  (Hon.  Vice-Presi- 
dent), Franz  Reichenheim,  Rudolph  Meyer,  E.  Stanley  Gibbons,  T.  W.  Hall, 
L.  W.  Fulcher,  E.  J.  Nankivell,  W.  T.  Wilson,  C.  J.  Daun,  C.  E.  McNaughtan, 
J.  C.  Sidebotham,  C.  J.  Tyas,  W.  Schwabacher,  W.  Doming  Beckton, 
W.  Martello  Gray,  Wm.  Pimm,  A.  H.  Stamford,  R.  Frentzel,  H.  Quare, 
G.  Churcher,  R.  B.  Yardley,  G.  F.  Napier,  H.  R.  Oldfield,  R.  Ehrenbach, 
C.  Neville  Biggs,  Thos.  Maycock,  T.  Wickham  Jones,  E.  H.  Hitchens, 
H.  A.  Slade,  H.  Caiman,  S.  Wood,  F.  E.  Wilson,  W.  F.  Shields,  I.  Chapman, 
V.  E.  G.  Churcher,  W.  R.  M.  Churcher,  S.  J.  Anderson,  P.  L.  Pemberton, 
W.  Stiebel,  W.  H.  Peckitt,  C.  J.  Phillips,  W.  Ferris  Biggs,  C.  E.  Allison, 
E.  P.  Airlie  Dry,  I.  B.  Smith,  E.  Gamman,  H.  T.  Moore,  C.  F.  Frood. 

The  dinner  was  held,  as  last  year,  at  the  Imperial  Restaurant,  60  and 
62,  Regent  Street,  and,  both  as  regards  the  /oca/e  and  the  fare  provided,  left 
nothing  to  be  desired.  Especial  praise  should  be  accorded  to  the  gentlemen 
who  provided  the  entertainment  portion  of  the  programme,  Messrs.  C.  F. 
Frood  and  W.  Graham,  whose  musical  abilities  very  materially  contributed 
to  the  enjoyment  of  those  present.  The  Dinner  Committee,  consisting  of 
Messrs.  H.  R.  Oldfield,  C.  Neville  Biggs,  T.  Wickham  Jones,  and  R.  Ehren- 
bach, all  deserve  the  thanks  of  members  for  their  excellent  arrange- 
ments. 

The  Earl  of  Crawford,  the  Vice-President  of  the  Society,  who  occupied 
the  chair,  in  proposing  the  health  of  His  Majesty  the  King,  felicitously 
alluded  to  the  great  services  rendered  by  King  Edward  VH.  in  the  cause 
of  peace  and  amity  among  nations,  and  quoted  Sir  William  Broadbent's 
recent  happy  definition  of  His  Majesty  as  being  the  lightning  conductor 
of  Europe.  The  Vice-President,  in  proposing  the  health  of  H.R.H.  the 
Prince  of  Wales,  the  President  of  the  Society,  called  attention  to  the 
important  services  rendered  to  Philately  by  the  Prince,  notably  in 
the  preparation  and  reading  before  the  Philatelic  Society  last  season  of 
a  remarkably  able  and  interesting  paper  on  the  stamps  of  King  Edward  VH., 
and  he  congratulated  the  Society  upon  the   rare   honour   conferred   upon 


DINNER   OF  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,   LONDON.  247 

it  by  the  reading  at  one  of  its  meetings  of  a  highly  scientific  article  con- 
tributed and  delivered  personally  by  the  heir  to  the  throne  of  this  country. 

In  response  to  the  toast  of  the  health  of  the  chairman,  very  ably  proposed 
by  Mr.  L.  W.  Fulcher,  who  called  attention  to  the  new  school  of  scientific 
and  historical  Philately  created  by  Lord  Crawford  in  the  formation  of  his 
marvellous  collections,  the  Vice-President  made  a  highly  interesting  speech, 
passing  in  review  the  most  prominent  philatelic  events  of  the  past  season. 
His  lordship  especially  referred  to  the  publication  of  The  Stamps  of  Sicily, 
and  warmly  complimented  alike  the  author.  Dr.  E.  Diena,  and  the  translator, 
Major  E.  B.  Evans,  upon  the  excellence  of  their  work ;  the  Catalogue  for 
Collectors,  published  by  the  French  Society,  in  which  no  less  than  sixty 
philatelic  workers  collaborated,  also  was  highly  commended  as  a  very  valuable 
book  ;  and  due  praise  was  accorded  to  the  recent  works  on  the  issues  of  the 
Philippines  and  the  College  Stamps  of  Great  Britain. 

Lord  Crawford  also  alluded  to  some  of  the  remarkably  fine  stamps  that 
had  recently  made  their  appearance,  and  warmly  congratulated  his  fellow- 
members  upon  the  fact  that  the  very  finest,  such  as  the  "Post  Office"  2d. 
Mauritius,  and  the  Western  Australian  4d.,  inverted  Swan,  had  become  the 
property  of  members  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society.  The  Vice-President 
also  alluded  to  forthcoming  books  of  interest  to  collectors,  such  as  the 
announced  Catalogue  and  fournal  for  Young  Collectors,  to  be  published  by 
Messrs.  Stanley  Gibbons,  Limited  ;  the  work  on  the  stamps  of  India,  by  a 
member  of  the  London  Society ;  and  the  third  portion  of  the  South  African 
publication  of  the  Society,  explaining  that  the  delay  in  the  issue  of  the  latter 
had  been  caused  by  the  great  difficulty  of  preparing  anything  like  inclusive 
or  final  lists  of  such  countries  as  Transvaal,  Orange  River  Colony,  and 
Zanzibar.  Lord  Crawford  also  eulogised  the  Berlin  Philatelic  Exhibition, 
and  expressed  his  great  regret  that  he  was  unable  to  visit  it.  The  time  was 
rapidly  approaching,  added  his  lordship,  when  a  similar  exhibition  might  be 
held,  with  advantage  to  all  concerned,  in  London,  when  he  trusted  that  the 
active  co-operation  of  the  German  and  French  collectors  would  in  their  turn 
be  forthcoming,  the  chairman's  remarks  hereon  being  warmly  endorsed  by 
the  meeting. 

Mr.  M.  P.  Castle  (Hon.  Vice-President)  proposed  "The  Society  and  its 
Officers,"  and  in  doing  so  paid  a  feeling  tribute  to  the  memory  of  the  late 
Sir  Daniel  Cooper,  the  first  President  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society,  who 
had  recently  passed  away.  Mr.  Castle  said  that  it  should  always  be  recognised 
that  to  the  pioneers  of  the  pursuit,  such  as  the  late  Sir  Daniel  Cooper,  Judge 
Philbrick,  and  others,  the  credit  was  due  of  having  first  raised  stamp  collecting 
to  the  dignity  of  a  scientific  pursuit,  and  that  to  their  efforts  was  it  mainly  owing 
that  a  Society  had  been  created — now  the  longest  established  in  the  world — 
which  had  justly  acquired  a  great  reputation  in  this  country,  and  occupied 
a  position  analogous  to  the  Jockey  Club  or  the  M.C.C. — that  of  acknowledged 
head  of  the  pursuit.  Mr.  Castle  congratulated  the  Society  upon  its  present 
very  excellent  list  of  officers,  notably  on  the  fact  that  the  Heir-Apparent  was 
its  President  and  the  noble  Earl  in  the  chair  its  Vice-President,  both  of  whom 
had  amply  justified  their  election  by  the  display  of  philatelic  talents  of  the 
highest  order.  Mr.  Castle,  however,  strongly  impressed  upon  the  younger 
members  of  the  Society  that  it  was  incumbent  upon  them  to  step  in  and  fill 


248  "■THE  DISGRACE  OF  NEW  ZEALAND.'' 

up  the  places  of  the  seniors,  which  inevitably  gradually  became  vacated  by 
the  rude  hand  of  Time.  Mr.  Castle  further  alluded  to  the  forthcoming  pub- 
lication of  the  Society  on  the  stamps  of  Oceania,  written  by  Mr.  A.  F. 
Basset  Hull,  and  expressed  the  regret  of  the  Committee  of  Revision  of  the 
Society  that  some  delay  had  been  occasioned  by  the  extreme  difficulty  of 
preparing  plates  of  all  the  separately  engraved  stamps  in  unused  or  prac- 
tically unused  condition.  Mr.  F.  Reichenheim  suitably  responded  to  the 
toast,  and  Mr.  T.  Wickham  Jones  proposed,  and  Mr.  H.  F.  Moore  responded 
to,  the  toast  of  "  The  Visitors,"  both  speeches  abounding  in  those  witty  and 
humorous  remarks  that  are  so  suitable  to  post-prandial  oratory.  On  all 
hands  it  was  conceded  that  a  very  enjoyable  evening  had  been  spent,  and,  as 
we  said  at  the  commencement  of  these  remarks,  we  are  convinced  that  the 
repetition  of  this  dinner  each  year  as  the  initial  evdnt  of  the  season  will  be 
fraught  with  the  best  consequence  to  the  prosperity  of  the  London  Philatelic 
Society. 


By    a.    T.    bate. 


continuation  of  my  letter  of  2nd  instant,*  I  now  desire  to  set 
forth  as  briefly  as  I  can  my  reasons  for  disputing  the  correctness 
of  the  charges  made  against  the  Postal  Administration  of  this 
colony  in  the  article  with  the  above  heading  which  appeared  in 
your  issue  of  September  last. 

I  do  not  propose  to  deal  with  the  question  of  what  are 
unnecessary  issues,  further  than  to  express  my  surprise  that  New  Zealand 
should  have  been  singled  out  for  a  somewhat  bitter  attack,  when  countries 
such  as,  let  us  say,  the  United  States,  with  its  multiplicity  of  designs  during 
the  last  ten  years,  have,  so  far  as  I  am  aware,  not  even  been  criticised.  I 
would  only  remind  your  readers  that  New  Zealand  has  never  reprinted,  nor, 

*  Mr.  Bate  has  also  sent  the  following  covering  letter  explaining  the  causes  of  the  delay  in  his 

reply. — Ed. 

24,  Lambton  Quay,  Wellington, 

3ij'^  August,  1904, 
To  the  Editor,  ^^  London  Philatelist^'  London. 

Dear  Sir, — I  owe  your  readers  an  explanation  of  the  apparent  non-fulfilment  of  my  promise  to 
reply  at  length  to  the  article  which  appeared  in  your  columns  a  year  ago  headed  "The  Disgrace  of  New 
Zealand. " 

I  prepared  my  reply  for  despatch  by  the  following  mail,  and  anticipated  that  it  would  have  reached 
you  in  due  course.  Objection  was,  however,  taken  to  the  proposed  publication  of  a  certain  document, 
and  correspondence  ensued,  as  a  result  of  which  I  am  only  now  able  to  forward  you  a  copy  of  my 
original  reply,  although  in  a  somewhat  emasculated  form. 

I  regret  this,  as  the  document  referred  to  was  an  important  one  from  my  standpoint,  and  very 
materially  strengthened  my  case. 

So  long  a  time  having  elapsed  since  the  publication  of  your  article,  you  may  be  perhaps  unwilling 
to  give  the  necessary  space  for  the  reply.  Should  this  be  the  case — and  I  sincerely  hope  it  will  not — 
I  trust  you  will  be  kind  enough  to  make  it  clear  that  I  did  not  intentionally  break  my  promise. 

Thanking  you  in  anticipation, 

I  remain,  dear  Sir, 

Yours  faithfully, 

Arthur  T.  Bate. 


'•■THE  DISGRACE   OF  NEW  ZEALAND!'  249 

with  the  exceptions  of  a  letter  card  and  an  envelope,  and  apart  from  the 
Island  issues,  surcharged  its  stamps.     Surely  a  clean  record. 

Starting  with  the  issue  of  1898,  I  will  call  your  attention  to  the  Lortdon 
Philatelist  of  April,  1898,  which  says,  under  the  heading  of  New  Zealand  : 
"  We  are  now  enabled  to  illustrate  the  very  handsome  set  of  stamps  engraved 
by  Messrs.  Waterlow  and  Son  for  this  colony.  The  series  will  commend 
itself  to  all  philatelists  as  one  of  the  most  perfect  sets  of  stamps  at  present  in 
use  throughout  the  British  Empire,  while  the  legitimate  and  permanent  nature 
of  the  issue  seems  beyond  question." 

We  are  now  told  "they  were  created,  apparently,  to  advertise  the  beauties 
of  New  Zealand  and  the  modesty  of  its  Postal  Administration,"  whatever  that 
may  mean. 

As  regards  the  error  in  the  2|-d.  "Wakitipu,"  I  may  say  that  I  was 
probably  the  first  to  discover  this,  as  on  the  proof  being  shown  to  me  I 
noticed  the  error  in  spelling,  and,  the  attention  of  the  Postal  Department 
being  called  to  it,  the  Agent-General  was  at  once  cabled  to  have  it  rectified. 
Of  the  supply  ordered,  some  350,000  of  the  2'^d.  had,  however,  been  already 
printed,  and  a  new  die  had  to  be  prepared. 

It  might  be  argued  that  the  supply  should  have  been  destroyed.  As 
against  this,  it  must  be  urged  that  the  Government  was  anxious  to  bring  the 
entire  new  issue  into  circulation  as  quickly  as  possible,  and  some  time  must 
necessarily  have  elapsed  before  the  corrected  stamps  could  be  prepared  and 
received  in  the  colony.  The  question  of  the  destruction  of  the  "  errors " 
was  considered,  and  eventually  it  was  decided  to  issue  them,  but  in  such 
a  manner  as  to  prevent,  as  far  as  possible,  any  attempt  at  "  cornering." 
Instructions  were  therefore  given  that  no  one  applicant  should  be  supplied 
with  more  than  sixty  stamps. 

It  may  interest  your  readers  to  know  that  originally  it  was  not  intended 
that  any  of  the  1898  issue  should  be  printed  in  London,  as  the  regulations 
required  the  printing  to  be  done  in  the  colony.  Owing,  however,  to  a  series 
of  delays  which  could  not  be  foreseen,  and  the  impossibility  of  getting  the 
necessary  machinery  delivered  in  the  colony  in  time  for  the  issue  of  the 
stamps  on  the  desired  date,  it  was  found  necessary  to  have  a  supply  of 
the  several  denominations  printed  in  London. 

Instructions  had  been  given  that  watermarked  paper  should  be  used,  but 
Messrs.  Waterlow  and  Son  raised  an  objection  to  this  on  the  ground  that  the 
process  of  recess  printing  would  render  the  watermark  almost,  if  not  quite, 
invisible.  Another  difficulty  was  that  the  engravers  had  unfortunately  en- 
graved the  dies  for  the  respective  values  of  various  sizes  instead  of  preserving 
uniformity ;  a  mistake  which  has  since  caused  considerable  trouble,  and  has 
necessitated  the  re-engraving  of  the  dies  for  the  lower  values,  so  as  to  permit 
of  tliese  being  printed  on  sheets  of  watermarked  paper  of  one  size.  It 
was  therefore  decided  to  accept  the  initial  supply  of  stamps  on  plain  paper, 
and  a  further  supply  of  precisely  similar  paper  was  ordcrecl  from  Messrs. 
Waterlow  and  Son  for  use  in  printing  the  stamps  in  the  colony.  This  the 
firm  in  question  failed  to  carry  out,  the  paper  being,  as  you  know,  thicker, 
softer,  and  more  absorbent,  and  the  "gum  trouble"  arose.  Kvcntuallj-,  tlie 
question  of  paper  was  handed  over  !))■  the  Agcnt-Geiicral  to  an  c.xpLMl. 
>S4* 


250  ''THE  DISGRACE   OF  NEW  ZEALAND^' 

This  expert  first  had  recourse  to  the  Basted  Mills,  and  the  paper  would 
have  been  satisfactory,  but  it  was  found  to  shrink  too  much ;  and  a  supply- 
was  then  ordered  from  Messrs.  Cowan  and  Co.  As  paper  was  very  urgently 
wanted,  a  provisional  supply  of  unwatermarked  paper  was  first  sent,  and 
followed  up,  as  soon  as  the  dandy  rolls  were  prepared,  by  the  watermarked 
paper  now  in  use. 

The  official  files  clearly  show  that  the  Postal  Department  wrote  again  and 
again  to  the  Government  printer,  earnestly  requesting  him  to  attain  to  some- 
thing like  uniformity  in  paper  and  printing,  but  the  latter  official  appears 
to  have  been  in  considerable  trouble,  supplies  of  paper  coming  forward  so 
slowly  that  he  ran  short  on  more  than  one  occasion,  and  had  to  use  paper 
from  his  own  stock  other  than  that  specially  ordered  for  stamp  printing. 
Thus  we  get  the  ribbed  paper  used  for  the  2s.,  the  Lisbon  superfine,  and  other 
less  pronounced  varieties. 

We  now  come  to  the  perforation  question.  When  the  first  printing 
of  the  pictorial  issue  was  made  in  the  colony  the  Government  printer  had 
only  the  old  perforating  machines  gauging  ii,  which  were  by  this  time  nearly 
worn  out.  He  obtained  authority  to  import  two  new  ones,  and  he  was  asked 
by  the  Postal  Department  to  endeavour  to  procure  them  of  the  same  gauge 
as  that  used  by  Waterlow  and  Son,  so  as  to  avoid  as  far  as  possible  un- 
necessary varieties  in  perforation.  Owing,  however,  to  the  best  perforating 
machines  being  proprietary  ones,  he  found  he  was  unable  to  obtain  what  was 
required  ;  and  so  he  purchased  rotary  machines  from  England,  which  have 
certainly  been  a  disappointment,  and  have  not  performed  the  work  expected 
of  them.  Owing  to  the  ever-increasing  demand  for  stamps,  these  new 
machines  had  to  be  devoted  almost  entirely  to  the  lower  values,  i.e.  the 
^d.,  id.,  2d.,  and,  later  on,  the  4d.  At  times,  when  a  specially  urgent  requisi- 
tion has  been  received,  the  Government  printer  has  had  to  call  into  use 
the  older  machines  to  overtake  the  work,  and  so  we  have  the  unconscious 
varieties  of  perforation  with  which  your  article  deals  so  severely.  I  say 
unconscious,  because  I  know  that  the  Government  printer  has  no  knowledge 
of  Philately,  and  is  actuated  simply  by  the  needs  of  his  department.  If  he 
finds  it  necessary  to  utilise  the  older  machines  in  conjunction  with  the  newer 
ones  so  as  to  expedite  the  delivery  of  an  order,  he  is  certainly  not  the  man  to 
refrain  from  so  doing  merely  to  please  a  few  stamp  collectors,  and  I  am  equally 
certain  he  is  the  last  man  to  wilfully  create  varieties  in  order  to  please  a  {q^m 
others  of  a  different  taste.  In  fact,  he  was  a  much-surprised  and  puzzled 
man  when  he  learned  how  so  small  a  matter  had  evoked  such  a  storm. 

A  novice  would,  no  doubt,  gather  from  your  article  that  compound 
perforations  were  very  reprehensible  indeed  and  confined  almost  entirely  to 
this  colony,  instead  of  being  of  exceedingly  common  occurrence.  It  looks 
very  much  like  a  case  of  "  any  stick  being  good  enough  to  beat  a  dog."  Even 
the  economical  practice  of  pasting  a  strip  of  paper  over  a  faulty  perforation 
and  then  reperforating  it  with  one  of  the  old  hand  -  machines  instead 
of  destroying  the  sheet — a  practice  not  confined  to  New  Zealand — is  dragged 
in  as  an  instance  of  creating  varieties  for  the  purpose  of  adding  to  the  revenue. 

Other  counts  in  the  indictment,  such  as  the  varieties  of  unpaid  letter 
stamps,  which  are  printed  from  electros  struck  from  type-set  matrices,  and  in 


''THE  DISGRACE   OF  NEW  ZEALAND:'  251 

preparing  which  the  compositors,  no  doubt,  never  troubled  their  heads  as  to 
whether  the  numbers  of  dots  were  exactly  the  same  so  long  as  the  circle  was 
complete,  or  whether  the  letters  N.Z.,  although  picked  from  the  same  font  of 
type,  were  of  exactly  the  same  size ;  or  the  transposed  designs  of  the  id.  and 
4d.,  which  was  simply  a  correction  of  the  mistake  made  in  London,  the 
original  instructions  being  that  the  4d.  was  to  be  the  bicoloured  stamp,  and 
not  the  id.  as  printed  ;  or  the  change  in  the  colour  of  the  6d.,  which  merely 
carried  out  the  scheme  of  colour  originated  by  the  Postal  Union  Conference 
at  Washington,  would,  I  am  afraid,  trespass  too  much  on  your  space  if 
answered  fully,  having  in  view  the  fact  that  I  have  still  to  reply  to  the 
strictures  on  the  Island  stamps.  This,  I  think,  can  best  be  done  by  publish- 
ing memoranda  which  I  have  received  from  the  Secretary  to  the  Postal 
Department,  to  the  following  effect : — 

[Copy.]  General  Post  Office,  Wellington, 

P.O.  03-3191.  \2.th  December,  1903. 

Sir, — In  reply  to  your  further  inquiry  about  Niue,  Penrhyn  Island,  and 
Aitutaki  stamps,  I  beg  to  inform  you  that,  as  already  explained  orally,  this 
Department  has  only  a  nominal  control  over  the  finances  of  the  post  offices 
of  New  Zealand  Islands  in  the  Pacific.  Under  the  Acts  relating  to  the 
administration  of  the  Islands,  the  whole  of  the  revenue  from  all  sources  is 
credited  to  the  Islands,  and  the  postage  and  revenue  stamps  considered 
necessary  are  created  on  the  order  of  Government,  when  a  recommendation 
to  that  effect  by  the  Resident  Commissioner  is  approved. 

It  is  true  that  we  sell  the  stamps  at  the  Auckland  Post  Office,  but  this  is 
done  as  a  matter  of  courtesy  to  the  Department  controlling  the  Islands. 

No  charge  is  made  by  the  New  Zealand  Post  Office  for  its  services  in 
printing  and  issuing  the  stamps,  and  all  the  revenue  derived  is  handed  over 
to  the  Islands'  account  without  deduction. 

As  to  the  actual  utility  of  the  stamps,  I  have  already  mentioned  that 
they  are  fiscal,  as  well  as  postage,  stamps,  as  is  the  case  with  our  own  issue. 
As  you  are  aware,  the  combined  stamp  is  used  in  New  Zealand  for  the 
general  revenue  purposes  represented  by  stamp  duties,  court  processes, 
duties  on  legal  documents,  patent  fees,  and  many  other  purposes.  I  am  not 
clear  at  the  moment,  but  will  inquire  and  let  you  know  later,  how  far  the 
system  of  using  stamps  for  revenue  purposes  extends  or  is  proposed  to  be 
extended  in  the  Islands.  But  if  the  system  is  modelled  on  that  of  New 
Zealand,  as  no  doubt  is  the  intention,  there  should  in  time  be  a  considerable 
use  of  the  stamps  for  other  than  postal  purposes. 

As  regards  Niue,  there  can  be  no  question  as  to  the  legitimacy  of  the 
issue  of  the  stamps  for  postage  and  revenue  purposes.  The  Island  is  a  long  way 
from  Rarotonga,  and  quite  independent  of  the  administration  of  the  Resident 
Commissioner  at  Rarotonga,  and  although,  no  doubt,  the  accounts  of  the 
Island  could  be  kept  without  stamps,  as  they  were  kept  in  New  Zealand  and 
other  countries  before  the  invention  of  the  adhesive  label,  the  cost  of  doing 
so  would  absorb  a  considerable  percentage  of  the  revenue,  instead  of  enabling 
it  to  be  collected  [jractically  without  cost.  The  same  reason  would  appear 
to  hold   good   for   I'cnriiyn    Island,  and    also  for   Aitutaki.      llorc  again   the 


252  "-THE  DISGRACE   OF  NEW  ZEALAND^' 

whole  of  the  revenue  is  credited  to  each  Island.  [Aitutaki  is  really  a  group 
of  islands.]  The  stamps  which  have  been  in  use  in  the  Cook  Islands  for 
many  years  might  have  been  overprinted,  instead  of  the  New  Zealand  issue, 
for  Aitutaki,  but  for  the  purposes  of  the  Postal  Union,  and  in  view  of  bring- 
ing Rarotonga  (Cook  Islands)  stamps  into  line  in  the  near  future,  it  was 
decided  not  to  create  a  variety  which  might  have  to  be  altered  later  on.  In 
the  meantime,  no  change  has  been  made  in  the  Cook  Islands  stamps,  but 
Postal  Union  requirements  will  probably  necessitate  the  use  of  New  Zealand 
stamps  with  an  overprint.  At  present,  by  courtesy  of  the  Postal  Union, 
the  Cook  Islands  stamps  are  recognised  as  if  they  were  those  of  this 
colony. 

It  seems  to  me  that  the  editor  of  the  Philatelist  has  been  altogether  too 
hasty  in  assuming :  first,  that  the  issues  were  superfluous ;  and  second,  that 
the  New  Zealand  Post  Office  receives  revenue  from  the  sale  of  the  Island 
stamps.  As  to  the  superfluity  of  the  issues,  I  must  be  pardoned  for  pointing 
out  that  the  particular  process  by  which  an  account  of  the  Pacific  Islands' 
revenue  is  to  be  kept  is  surely  a  matter  more  for  the  judgment  of  the 
Government  of  this  colony  and  the  Resident  Commissioner  than  for 
philatelists.  At  any  rate,  the  Post  and  Telegraph  Department  of  New 
Zealand  does  not  consider  that  it  is  its  duty  to  interfere.  That  Government, 
on  the  advice  of  the  Resident  Commissioner,  have  chosen  the  simpler  method 
of  accounting  by  stamps,  is  surely  a  matter  for  themselves. 

As  I  have  already  stated,  the  New  Zealand  Post  Office  does  not  benefit 
to  the  extent  of  one  penny  piece  by  the  sale  of  the  Island  stamps.  The 
policy  of  the  New  Zealand  Government  is,  while  the  administration  of  the 
Islands  is  being  organised,  to  require  Government  Departments  on  the  main- 
land to  assist  the  Island  administration  as  far  as  possible  without  making 
any  charge  for  services  rendered.  Yours  obediently, 

W.  Gray,  Secretary. 

[Copy.]  General  Post  Office,  Wellington, 

P.O.  03-3191,  2'^rd  December,  1903. 

Sir, — Further  to  my  letter  of  12th  instant  about  Niue,  Penrhyn  Island, 
and  Aitutaki  stamps  :  As  promised,  inquiry  has  been  made  as  to  the  use  of 
these  stamps  for  fiscal  purposes,  and  I  am  informed  by  the  Minister  in 
charge  of  Cook  and  other  Islands  that  it  is  the  intention  of  the  Island 
Administration  to  follow  the  New  Zealand  practice  in  the  use  of  stamps  for 
fiscal  purposes.  Yours  obediently, 

A.  T.  Bate,  Esq.,  Wellington.  W.  GRAY,  Secretary. 

In  conclusion,  I  desire  to  draw  special  attention  to  the  last  two  para- 
graphs in  the  article  on  "  The  Disgrace  of  New  Zealand,"  which  read :  "  No 
unprejudiced  person  can  pass  any  judgment  on  the  foregoing  statements 
except  that  the  vast  majority  of  the  recent  issues  of  New  Zealand  are 
entirely  speculative  and  unnecessary.  Their  issue  is  prompted  by  the 
unworthy  desire  of  the  postal  authorities  to  increase  their  revenue  by  the 
sale  of  worthless  rubbish  to  the  unwary  collector,  and  doubtless  by  speculators 


OCCASIONAL  NOTES.  253 

outside  (or  perhaps   inside)  the    Post   Office,  who   are   desirous  of  making 

money  by  the  buying  up  and  retaiHng  of  these  varieties. 

"  In  our  humble  opinion  the  action  of  the  New  Zealand  Post  Office  casts 

a  grave  shadow  upon   the  reputation   of  colonial    administration.      It  has 

descended  lower  in  the  scale  than  the  most  venal  of  the  South  American 

States,  and  richly  deserves  the  contempt  that  is  so  freely  bestowed  upon  it 

in  this  country." 

I  trust,  sir,  I  have  made  it  plain  to  your  readers  that : — 

(i)  The  varieties  of  paper  sent  to  the  colony  arose  from  an  honest  attempt 

to  secure  a  permanent  supply  of  paper  of  a  satisfactory  quality. 

(2)  That  the  varieties  of  perforation  were  forced  on  the  Government 
printer  through  the  inadequacy  of  his  rotary  machines  to  cope  with  the  work 
they  had  to  do. 

(3)  That  there  is  absolutely  no  ground  whatever  for  accusing  the  Postal 
Administration  of  creating  these  varieties  for  revenue  purposes,  inasmuch  as 
the  Post  Office  had  no  control  over  the  paper  ordered,  the  printing  or  per- 
forating the  stamps. 

(4)  That  the  Postal  Administration  of  New  Zealand  derives  no  pecuniary 
benefit  from  the  sale  of  the  Island  stamps,  and  can  hardly  in  fairness  be  held 
responsible  for  them. 

(5)  And  lastly,  that  these  much-maligned  issues  of  New  Zealand  stamps 
were  prompted  by  speculators,  either  outside  or  inside  the  Post  Office,  is  a 
statement  that  never  should  have  been  made  unless  supported  by  absolute 
proof  Without  this  proof — and  I  claim  there  is  not  a  shadow  of  it — it 
becomes  a  gratuitous  insult,  for  which  I  trust  and  believe  the  writer  of  the 
article  was  ashamed  when  it  appeared  in  bald  print. 

There  are  other  points  in  the  article  with  which  I  have  not  dealt.  To 
have  replied  fully  to  every  charge  would  have  necessitated  a  very  much 
longer  letter  than  this,  and  I  feel  that  I  have  already  trespassed  too  much  as 
it  is  on  your  valuable  space.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  I  have  abundant  material 
for  future  letters  should  they  be  called  for.  If  I  have  failed  to  make  the  best 
of  my  case,  it  is  not  from  want  of  sufficient  proof,  but  because  my  own  powers 
of  writing  convincingly  and  clearly  are  limited. 


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A   NEW  ALBUM  FOR  LESS  ADVANCED  COLLECTORS. 

KSSKS.  Whitfield  King  &  Co.  announce  the  first  edition  of  the 
Standard  Postage  Stamp  Album.  This  work  is  "specially  introduced 
to  meet  the  wishes  of  collectors  who  desire  a  high-class  illustrated  album 
which  provides  spaces  for  standard  varieties  only,  excluding  perforation 
measurements  and  minor  varieties,  and  with  every  space  numbered  to  corre- 
S[)ond  with  our  catalogue."  The  first  volume,  comprising  the  stamps  of  (Jlreat 
Britain  and  Colonies,  will  be  ready  in  November,  1904,  and  the  second  and 
third  volumes,  to  contain  the  stamps  of  the  rest  of  the  world,  will  follow  in  a 
few  months. 


254  OCCASIONAL   NOTES. 

The  method  of  ilkistration  is  a  new  one.  In  the  pubHshers'  words,  "the 
pictures  of  stamps  in  an  album  are  intended  not  so  much  for  embelHshments 
as  to  serve  the  purpose  of  a  useful  guide  to  where  the  stamps  ought  to  be 
placed.  The  system  of  using  illustrations  of  the  same  size  as  the  stamps  is 
confusing,  for  a  page  when  half  full  displays  some  stamps  and  a  number  of 
pictures  which,  being  similar  in  size,  may  often  be  mistaken  for  actual 
specimens.  Another  objection  to  full-size  pictures  is  that  it  is  impossible  to 
place  the  stamps  in  position  to  completely  cover  the  illustrations,  and  thus 
one  gets  the  black  picture  protruding  from  beneath  the  stamp,  which  detracts 
from  the  pleasant  appearance  of  the  page." 


AN  INTERNATIONAL  STAMP. 

|ne  of  the  latest  ideas  to  be  propounded,  and  which  will  be  brought  for- 
ward at  a  future  International  Postal  Congress,  is  a  suggestion  for  an 
international  stamp.  There  is  no  doubt  that  such  a  label  would  be  a  very 
great  convenience,  for  merchants  and  travellers  often  feel  the  want  of  a  stamp 
which  will  serve  equally  well  in  all  countries.  When  writing  to  a  distant 
country  it  is  very  difficult  to  obtain  stamps  to  forward  in  case  a  reply  is 
needed,  and  as  a  means  of  paying  small  sums.  An  international  stamp 
would  exactly  meet  the  case,  but  even  before  the  idea  has  been  properly 
brought  forward  difficulties  seem  to  have  cropped  up.  A  French  heraldic 
artist  has  designed  a  label  which  has  on  its  face  the  armorial  bearings  of  the 
countries  of  the  Postal  Union  ranged  in  a  circle  in  alphabetical  order.  So 
far  so  good ;  but  the  inscriptions  are  in  the  French  language,  which  has 
offended  some  susceptible  persons.  Moreover,  the  arms  are  so  small  that  it 
is  almost  impossible  to  make  them  out,  and  there  is  no  room  to  add  any 
more,  should  other  nations  desire  to  join  the  Union.  But  if  the  stamp  is  to 
be  introduced  all  occasions  of  quarrel  must  be  avoided,  and  it  will  probably 
be  found  best  to  have  the  inscription  in  Latin,  which  can  offend  nobody,  with 
the  classical  figure  of  Europa  on  the  bull  instead  of  the  mass  of  armorial 
bearings." 

The  foregoing  is  from  the  Globe  of  October  14th,  and  must  be  accepted 
with  considerable  reserve.  There  is,  however,  much  to  be  said  in  favour  of 
an  international  stamp,  but  the  difficulties  in  the  way  are  many  and  palpable. 


A   LETTER-WRITING  COMMUNITY! 


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E  gather  from  Ewen's  Weekly  Stamp  News  that  they  have  learnt  "  on 
good  authority  that  the  total  sale  of  Niue  postage  stamps  during  1902 
and  1903,  both  at  Auckland  and  in  the  Island,  amounted  to  about  ;^8oo  face 
value." 

As  the  population  consists  of  about  fifteen  whites,  and  the  possibility  of 
any  issue  having  taken  place  except  for  public  requirements  having  been 
denied,  it  would  appear  that  each  inhabitant  must  have  written  over  12,000 
letters  during  the  past  two  years.  This  would  not  leave  over-much  time  for 
the  other  occupations  of  the  brave  islanders ! 


REVIEWS.  255 

THE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  STAMPS  ISSUED. 
IW|essrs.  Whitfield  King  &  Co.  send  us  the  following  interesting 
|BafflJ||  statistics,  compiled  from  the  catalogue.  The  figures  comprise  only- 
standard  varieties  of  postage  stamps,  and  do  not  include  post  cards,  letter 
cards,  stamped  envelopes  or  wrappers.  The  total  number  of  all  known 
varieties  of  postage  stamps  issued  by  all  the  governments  of  the  world  up 
to  the  present  time  is  19,242  ;  of  this  number  205  have  been  issued  in  Great 
Britain,  and  5,711  in  the  various  British  Colonies  and  Protectorates,  leaving 
13,326  for  the  rest  of  the  world.  Dividing  the  totals  among  the  continents, 
Europe  issued  4,089,  Asia  3,628,  Africa  4,005,  America,  including  the  West 
Indies,  6,095,  ^rid  Oceania  1,425.  A  comparison  of  these  figures  with  those 
published  in  March,  1903,  will  show  that  1,860  new  varieties  of  stamps  have 
been  issued  throughout  the  world  in  the  space  of  eighteen  months.  The 
Republic  of  Salvador  has  issued  more  varieties  of  postage  stamps  than  any- 
other  country,  the  number  being  450.  Poland  and  Wadhwan  have  each 
found  a  solitary  specimen  suffice  for  their  postal  needs. 


^ebktt)0. 


MR.   P.   KOHL'S   CATALOGUE.* 

/RULY  may  it  be  said  of  catalogues  that  there  is  no  end,  and 
the  reviewer's  pen  is  hardly  ever  laid  by.  The  task  is  one 
\  also  that — not  only  by  the  frequency  of  their  appearances, 
but  by  the  ever-increasing  excellence  of  the  modern  cata- 
logues— is  apt  to  become  both  monotonous  and  difficult. 
The  present  Catalogue  is  an  instance  of  this.  It  is  but  a  few 
months  since  we  exhausted  our  vocabulary  of  encomiums  on  Herr  Kohl's 
Catalogue,  and  now  it  again  appears  in  a  more  florid  and  vigorous  existence 
than  before.  Excellent  as  it  was,  there  can  be  no  doubt  but  that  considerable 
improvements  have  been  effected  in  the  1904-5  edition.  For  instance,  many 
of  the  countries  have  been  entirely  rewritten  and  rearranged,  notably 
Austria  and  its  component  States,  the  perforations  having  been  so  classified, 
tabulated,  and  divided  as  to  suit  all  collectors  and  purses.  The  lists  of 
several  of  our  important  colonies,  as  New  South  Wales  and  New  Zealand, 
have  also  been  materially  improved  and  copiously  annotated,  and  in  many 
cases  the  lists  may  be  said  to  have  been  so  greatly  improved  that  it  is  evident 
that  an  enormous  amount  of  labour  has  been  devoted  to  the  revision  of  the 
Catalogue.  The  total  contents  of  the  book  have  been  increased  by  nearly 
150  pages,  and  there  arc  in  all  1,100  pages  of  contents  in  double  columns. 
Veritably  has  the  twentieth-century  collector  a  wide  choice  to  make  and  a 
far-off  goal  in  completeness! 

llerr  Kohl's  Catalogue,  as  we  have  already  stated  on  previous  occasions, 
is  "one  of  the  best,"  and  the  present  edition  only  strengthens  its  claim  to 
that   position.     It  is  in  every  respect  a  truly  excellent  work.     It  rcllocts 

"   J'aul  h'ohl's  P0slaf;<Slam/>  Catalogue,  1904-5.      I'luil  Kolil,  Chciimit/,  ('loini.iii). 


2S6  REVIEWS. 

infinite  credit  upon  its  enterprising  publisher  and  author,  and  we  extend  to  it 
a  hearty  welcome,  coupled  with  the  best  wishes  for  a  circulation  in  accord- 
ance with  its  merits. 

BARTELS'  CATALOGUE  OF  U.S.  ENVELOPES.* 

In  the  August  number  of  the  London  Philatelist,  pp.  202-3,  will  be  found 
a  notice  on  the  general  scope  and  intention  of  this  work,  a  copy  of  which  has 
now  reached  us.  The  prospect  held  out  in  the  preliminary  announcement 
may  be  said  to  have  been  fulfilled,  as  the  book  treats  of  the  United  States 
envelopes  in  a  masterly  manner,  reflecting  the  highest  credit  upon  its  editor, 
Mr.  V.  M.  Berthold,  evidently  a  conscientious  and  laborious  philatelist, 
although  hitherto  comparatively  unknown  in  the  £tamp  world.  The  most 
novel  and  interesting  feature  is  a  series  of  diagrams  for  all  the  earlier  issues, 
in  which,  by  straight  lines  measuring  10  mm.  each,  the  relative  positions 
of  the  various  portions  of  the  dies  are  shown,  and  the  several  varieties  of  the 
design  are  plainly  designated.  In  some  instances  this  has  never  before  been 
attempted,  and  it  is  clear  that  Mr.  Berthold  has  made  a  great  advance  in  one 
of  the  most  difficult  problems. 

The  United  States  envelopes  had  formerly  a  good  few  students  in  this 
country,  and  in  fact  all  the  older  collectors  were  keenly  interested  in  them. 
Nor  could  anything  be  of  greater  philatelic  interest  and  value  than  the 
differences  in  the  dies  of  the  early  issues.  The  multiplication  in  the  later 
issues  of  non-philatelic  varieties,  such  as  knives,  sizes,  and  multicoloured 
papers,  ultimately  drove  us  all  out  of  the  field  ;  and  to-day,  according  to 
Mr.  Berthold's  Catalogue,  there  cannot  be  less  than  2,000  varieties  to  collect! 
Among  the  latest  collectors  in  this  country  was  that  earnest  and  able 
philatelist,  the  late  Mr.  Wm.  Harrison,  of  Hull,  and  a  well-known  member  of 
the  London  Philatelic  Society,  who  truly  found  his  pleasure  in  collecting 
those  countries  that  were  too  difficult  for  the  ordinary  collector :  e.g. 
Portuguese  Indies,  Afghan,  Cashmere,  or  United  States  envelopes.  Mr, 
Harrison's  American  envelopes  were  extremely  fine,  and  he  had  expended 
much  time  and  labour  in  the  classification  of  the  dies.  It  is,  therefore,  pleasing 
to  note  that  Mr.  Berthold  in  his  preliminary  notice  duly  acknowledges 
Mr.  Harrison's  claim  to  lasting  fame  in  connection  with  this  branch  of 
Philately. 

"  I  freely  admit  that  at  first  sight  the  dies  of  the  three  cents,  rose,  of  1864 
are  extremely  troublesome  and  discouraging.  That  many  die  varieties  exist 
has  long  been  known  to  collectors,  but  with  the  exception  of  Harrison 
I  cannot  recall  the  name  of  any  person  who  has  had  sufficient  courage 
to  undertake  the  systematic  classification  of  the  varieties.  That  gentleman, 
being  a  fine  scholar  and  a  sublime  enthusiast,  collected  many  thousand 
specimens  of  these  envelopes,  and,  with  a  wonderful  degree  of  patience 
and  perseverance,  attempted  to  bring  order  out  of  a  well-nigh  hopeless 
confusion.  Great  credit  is  due  him,  and  if  there  had  been  other  collectors 
like  him  our  knowledge  of  this  die  would  not  have  remained  a  matter  of 
speculation  up  to  the  present  moment. 

*  Bartels'  Catalogue  and  Reference  List  of  the  United  States  Stamped  Envelopes,  Wrappers,  Letter 
Sheets,  and  Postal  Cards,  also  those  of  the  Philippines,  Porto  Rico,  and  Cuba.  Third  edition.  Edited  by 
V.  M.  Berthold.     J.  M.  Bartels  Co.,  Boston,  U.S.A. 


REVIEWS.  25  7 

"  Instead  of  ranking  as  minor  varieties  which  are  thought  not  worthy 
of  special  mention  in  any  of  the  standard  catalogues,  the  collectors  of  United 
States  envelopes  and  philatelists  at  large  should  prize  the  three  cents,  rose, 
as  one  of  the  most  interesting  dies  issued  by  the  United  States  Post  Office. 
In  my  humble  opinion  it  deserves  a  special  chapter  in  the  annals  of  United 
States  Philately." 

Mr.  Berthold  has  carried  on  Mr.  Harrison's  work  still  further,  and  to  those 
who  favour  the  collecting  of  United  States  envelopes  we  can  cordially  re- 
commend this  Catalogue  as  a  valuable  guide.  The  classification  is  remarkably 
clear  and  concise,  every  possibly  needful  illustration  is  given,  moreover,  and 
all  prices,  both  unused  and  used,  are  quoted  ;  hence  the  would-be  collector 
of  these  envelopes  has  a  ready-made  guide  and  mentor  which  cannot  fail 
to  keep  him  in  the  straight  path.  It  is  only  to  be  regretted  that  Mr.  Berthold 
cannot  find  an  imitator  as  regards  the  envelopes  of  Great  Britain. 

MESSRS.  WHITFIELD  KING  AND  CO.'S  CATALOGUE*. 

The  fifth  edition  of  this  Catalogue,  which  lists  only  the  leading  stamps 
and  excludes  all  minor  varieties,  is  before  us,  and  it  may  be  taken  for  granted 
that  these  editions  would  not  have  followed  so  quickly  on  each  other  had  not 
the  work  attained  great  success.  There  is  no  doubt  but  that  collecting  on 
the  simple  lines  indicated  by  the  "  Standard  "  has  found  and  will  find  many 
followers,  and  the  Catalogue  and  its  accompanying  albums  are  fulfilling  a 
very  useful  mission — the  inducement  to  beginners  to  join  the  ranks  of 
stamp  collecting.  Whether  these  new  recruits  are  not  frequently,  at  a  later 
stage  of  their  existence,  prone  to  join  the  more  advanced  sections,  is  another 
matter,  but  in  any  case  it  is  of  the  greatest  consequence  that  new  collectors 
should  be  brought  into  the  fold,  and  catalogues  of  this  class  are  highly  to  be 
commended  for  this  purpose.  The  simplicity  of  stamp  collecting  may 
attract  the  many,  but  the  difficulties  only  the  few. 

We  note  that  Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co.  have  in  the  present 
edition  omitted  "private  locals,"  including  such  old-established  favourites 
as  Pacific  Steam  Navigation  Co.  and  the  Lady  McLeod.  With  regard  to 
watermarks,  the  new  multiple  C  A  is  also  ignored,  which  is,  according  to  the 
scope  of  the  work,  logically  right.  There  is,  however,  very  much  pruning  that 
could  be  done  in  the  true  interests  of  the  young  collector — by  this  expression 
we  mean  the  advice  to  him  as  to  what  is  worth  collecting.  In  this  Catalogue, 
for  instance,  there  are  listed  143  varieties  of  Nicaraguan  official  and  unpaid 
letter  stamps.  Is  the  acquisition  of  all  these  of  equal  interest  to  one  Pacific 
Steam  Navigation  Co.?  If  these  "Standard"  Catalogues  are  to  be  a  con- 
tinued success  the  pruning  knife  will  have  to  be  applied  in  other  directions, 
and  with  very  beneficial  effect  to  all  those  who  live  by  shaking  down  the 
golden  fruit  of  the  philatelic  tree! 

Messrs.  Whitfield  King's  Catalogue  is  very  clearly  printed  and  well 
illustrated,  and  is  to  be  highly  recommended  as  a  guide  to  all  those  who  ilo 
not  want  to  bother  their  existence  over  the  "minor  worries"  of  philatelic 
life. 

*  The  Universal  Standard  Catalogue  oj  the  Postage  Sta/n/'s  oj  the    World,     VVhilliclil   Kinj^  luul 
Co.,  Ipswich. 


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'§dxf  Issites, 


NOTKS    OF   NEW^,    AND   VARIATIONS  OF   CURRENT,    ISSUES. 

(Varieties  of  Obsolete  Stamps,  and  Discoveries,  will  be  found  under  "Philatelic  Notes.") 
IVe  do  not  profess  lo  chronicle  everything,  but,  with  the  kind  help  of  correspondents,  are  desirous  that 
all  the  important  novelties  may  be  included.  Speculative  stamps — i.e.  those  not  really  required  for 
postal  purposes — ivill  be  considered  on  their  mei'its,  aftd  Jubilee  issues  will  not  be  chrotiicled. 
Members  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society,  and  other  readers  generally,  are  invited  to  co-operate  with  us 
in  making  the  cohunns  as  interesting  as  possible.  Our  foreign  readers  can  especially  help  us  in 
this  direction,  by  sending  copies  of  any  official  documents  relative  to  changes  in  the  current  issues, 
or  early  intimation  of  any  new  issue,  accovipanied,  when  possible,  by  a  specitnen  ;  such  inforfuation 
will  be  duly  credited  to  the  correspondent,  and,  if  desired,  the  specimen  promptly  returned. 
Address:  Mr.  A.  Churchill  Emerson,  io,  Gracechurci^  Street,  London,  E.G. 


BRITISH    EMPIRE. 

British  East  Africa  and  Uganda.— 
The  8  annas,  King's  Head,  stamp  on  the  new 
multiple  watermark  and  paper  has  arrived. — 
Ewen's  Weekly. 

Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co.  have  also 
received  the  4  annas. 

Adhesives. 
4  a, ,  black  and  grey-green  ;  new  wmk. 
8  a.,  light  blue  and  grey-black     ,, 

l-i^DW.— Jaipur.— The  M.  J.  states  that 
the  \  anna  exists  in  an  ultramarine  as  well  as 
a  light  blue  shade,  in  sheets  of  12  varieties, 
and  the  latter  also  in  sheets  of  24  varieties, 
or  36  varieties  in  all,  of  type  of  this  denomi- 
nation. 

The  I  and  2  annas  are  each  in  sheets  of 
twelve  varieties  of  type  and  shade. 

No  prominent  varieties  or  errors  in  the 
English  inscriptions  have  been  found  except 
a  few  letters  "a"  without  crossbars,  but  the 
\  a.  stamps  in  the  sheet  of  twelve  show 
"  HALFANNA "  as  one  word  without  any 
space  in  the  centre  ;  all  the  stamps  in  the 
sheet  of  twenty-four  have  a  space  between 
the  words. 

Mauritius.— The  first  Mauritius  stamp, 
the  6  c,  printed  on  the  new  paper  is  chronicled 
by  Ewen's  Weekly. 

Adhesive. 
6  c,  lilac  and  carmine  on  red  ;  new  wmk. 

Ewen's  Weekly  further  reports  a  new  15  c. 
of  current  design,  colour  black  on  blue,  value 
in  ultramarine,  on  the  old  C  A  paper,  and 
some  stationery. 

Adhesive. 
15  c. ,  black  on  blue  ;  value  in  ultramarine;  C  A 
single. 
Envelopes. 
6  c,  carmine,  King's  Head. 
15  c,  dark  blue         ,, 

Re,^  istration  Envelopes. 
8  c,  vermilion,  King's  Head. 
12  c,  blue  ,, 


MONTSERRAT. — Messrs.  Whitfield  King 
and  Co.  inform  us  that  they  have  the  ^d., 
2d.,  3d.,  and  6d.  values  with  the  multiple 
watermark. 

Adhesives. 
^d.,  green,  with  new  wmk. 
2d.,  brown  and  grey-black,  with  new  wmk. 
3d.,  mauve  and  yellow-brown     ,,  ,, 

6d. ,  olive  and  mauve  ,,  ,, 

New  Zealand. — It  is  reported  that  the 

8d.  value  is  now  coming  in  a  new  shade,  dull 

grey  or  greenish  blue,  perf.  1 1. 

Adhesive. 
8d.,  dull  grey  or  greenish  blue  ;  perf.  11. 

Queensland. — Our  publisher  has  shown 
us  a  block  of  the  One  Penny,  1895-6  issue 
(151^  in  Gibbons'  1904  Catalogue),  without 
watermark. 

The  texture  of  the  paper  and  perforation 
— namely  125 — is  the  same  as  the  issue  above 
mentioned.  The  closest  scrutiny  has  failed  to 
discover  any  trace  of  watermark.  The  block 
in  question  contains  fifteen  stamps — three 
rows  of  five — and  has  the  left  margin  of  the 
sheet  attached  to  it.  Being  aware  of  the 
carelessness  that  existed  in  the  Brisbane 
stamp-printing  office  for  many  years,  it  is 
quite  possible  that  our  unwatermarked  sheet 
got  mixed  up  with  the  watermarked.  Another 
vagary  of  that  office  that  has  come  into  the 
hands  of  our  publisher  is  part  of  a  sheet  of 
the  One  Penny,  figures  in  all  corners,  issue 
of  1899,  with  double  zigzag  roulette  in  black. 
We  doubt  if  there  is  another  country  that 
can  show  a  similar  number  of  vagaries  in 
the  printing  of  its  stamps  as  Queensland. — 
The  Australian  Philatelist. 

Somaliland  Protectorate. — We  have 
received  the  full  set  of  stamps  described  on 
page  20  from  Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and 
Co.,  and  find  the  colours  and  watermarks 
agree  as  chronicled. 


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259 


Southern  Nigeria.  —  From  several 
quarters  we  hear  that  the  is.,  black  and 
green,  has  appeared  with  the  new  water- 
mark. 

Adhesive. 
IS.,  black  and  green,  King's  Head,  with  new  wnik. 

Straits  Settlements. — Johore. — 
Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co.  send  us  a 
new  provisional.  It  is  the  "  10  cents,"  in 
capitals.,    on   4   c,    green    and    carmine,    of 

^     ^'  Provisional. 

"  10  cents"  on  4  c,  green  and  carmine. 

Transvaal,  —  The  following  has  now 
been   issued. — Eweiis  Weekly. 

Adhesive. 

6d.,  orange  and  black.  King's  Head,  with 

new  wmk. 

Trinidad. —  The  ^-d.  and  id.  with  the 
new  multiple  watermark  are  chronicled  by 
Eweiis  Weekly. 

\A.,  green,  plate  2,  with  new  wmk. 
id.,  black  on  red     ,,  ,,       ,, 

EUROPE. 

Russia.— According  to  the  A.J.  /".,  the 
50  k.  stamp  has  been  issued  on  the  verli- 

cally  laid  paper. 

Adhesive. 
50  k.,  violet  and  green,  on  vertically  laid  paper. 

Servia. — The  5  para  value  of  both  the 
ordinary  and  Postage  Due  series  now  current 
has  appeared  in  a  new  perforation,  \\\  in- 
stead of  \i\.—P.J.G.B. 

Some  new  stationery  is  listed  in  Eweiis 
Weekly.,  and  from  the  same  source  we  learn 
that  other  values  of  the  ordinary  stamps 
have  appeared  with  the  \\\  perf. 

Adhesives. 

5  paras,  pale  green  ;  Arms  ultramarine  ;  perf.  1 1  \. 

50      ,,     dull  grey  ,,     carmine-red  ,, 

I  dinar,  blue-green       ,,     in  black  ,, 

Postage  Due. 

5  paras,  magenta  on  white  ;  perf.    1 1  \. 

Post  Cards. 
S  paras,  green  and  black  on  white  card. 
10     ,,      red  ,,  ,,  ,, 

Letter  Cards. 
5  paras,  green  and  red  on  white  card. 
10      ,,       red  and  Ijlack       ,,  ,, 

(Design  as  the  I'ostals,  but  the  head  of  King 
Alexander  is  removed,  and  the  Arms  arc  en- 
graved on  the  stamp  on  colourless  Ijackground.) 

The  Coronation  stamps  have  now  arrived. 
In  shape  they  are  a  large  oblong.  There 
is  an  imprint  at  foot,  as  in  the  1870  design 
of  France,  but  below  tlie  design  and  with 
the  names  "  g.  jovanoviI^;"  at  left  and  "  li. 
MOUCHON  "  at  right.  In  the  top  corners,  in- 
scription at  left  "  KRALJEVINA,"  and  at  right 


"srbija"  (Servian  Kingdom);  m  lower 
corners  the  value  and  "POSHTA"(post).  In 
the  centre  a  circle  with  ornamentation  and 
"  1804"  at  left,  "  1904  "  at  right.  Under  the 
circle  are  the  Arms  (Eagle  with  outspread 
wings)  and  the  motto,  "spes  mihi  prima 

DEUS." 

Adhesives. 
(i.)  In  circle  heads  (in  profile  to  left)  of  Kara 
George  and  Peter  I.     Inscription  in  small  letters 
at   left  side  of  circle  "  kara-gjokgje"   (Black 
George),  and  at  right  side  "  petar  i."    Perf.  1 1^. 
5  paras,  green. 
10      ,,      bright  rose. 
15      ,,      mauve. 
25      ,,      blue. 
50      ,,      brown, 
(ii.)  In  circle  a  somewhat  detailed  picture  said 
to   represent    "the   present   King  seated  on  his 
throne  and  receiving  from  the  provincial  gover- 
nors the  keys  of  the  fortresses  captured  from  the 
Mussuhnans."      This   seems   to  be  hardly  quite 
correct,  as  there  is  an  inscription  (partially  illeg- 
ible)  immediately  below   which   ends   with   the 
date  "1804."     Perf.  11  J. 

I  dinar,  pale  yellow-brown. 
3  dinara,  emerald. 
5       ,,       dull  violet. 

It  is  stated  that  they  were  first  issued  on 
September  21st,  1904,  and  would  be  with- 
drawn on  September  30th,  1904,  but  the 
British  Vice-Consul  at  Belgrade  assures  us 
that  they  will  be  on  sale  till  at  least  the  end 
of  the  year. — Ewen's  Weekly. 

Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co.  send  us 
the  set  up  to  i  dinar. 

Spain. — In  giving  a  history  of  the  current 
5  c,  imperforate,  ten  sheets  of  which  (2,000 
stamps)  were,  we  are  told,  sent  to  Cadiz  and 
duly  sold  to  the  public,  Madrid  Filatelico 
adds  that  imperforate  sheets  of  the  15  c.  of 
the  current  type,  both  in  blue  and  in  lilac, 
were  also  regularly  issued— the  blue  at 
Talavera  de  la  Reina,  and  the  lilac  at 
Madrid.  At  what  dates  these  issues  took 
place,  and  whether  more  than  one  unfinished 
sheet  of  either  variety  got  into  circulation,  is 
not  stated.— J/. /. 

The  A.J.  P.  has  also  seen  imperf  blocks 
of  the  10  c,  red,  and  25  c,  blue,  cancelled  and 
bearing  dates  in  April  and  May  of  this  year. 

Switzerland.— .£'w^«'j  Weekly  chroni- 
cles a  new  40  c.  stamp.  It  is  somewhat 
similar  to  the  issue  of  1882,  Type  10  of 
Gibbons,  but  modified. 

The  chief  points  of  diflcrcnce  in  the  new 
design  are  as  follows  : — 

(a)  The  figures  of  value,  both  in  the  top 
corners  and  at  the  foot,  arc  much  smaller 
(i^  and  2i  mm.  high  respectively  instead  of 
\\  and  },\  mm.). 

(/')  Tiie  fij^urc  "4"  is  not  open  at  the  top 
like  the  French  figure. 

(c)  The  "  o  "  is  nearly  rectangular. 

{d)  The  oval  is  not  broken  at  foot  by  the 
value. 


26o 


NEW  ISSUES. 


ie)  The  lines  of  shading  on  the  dress  just  I 
over  "  40  "  are  removed. 

(/)  The  name  "Helvetia"  stands  out 
more  clearly. 

{g)  The  lines  of  shading  at  the  side  are 
much  finer. 

{h)  The  figure  of  Helvetia  is  on  a  back- 
ground of  horizontal  instead  of  crossed 
lines. 

Adhesive.     40  c,  pearl-grey  ;   perf.  X\\. 

AMERICA. 

Chili. — The  following  is  taken  from  the 
A.J.P.:- 

"  Mr.  J.  Miguel  Besoain,  of  Santiago, 
writes  us,  in  re  the  recent  surcharges  upon 
the  Telegraph  stamps:  'I  wish  to  call  your 
attention  especially  to  the  two  different 
types  of  the  2,  5,  and  10  c.  stamps,  which  are 
distinguished  by  the  fact  that  the  Huemul* 
has  a  tail  in  one  type  and  no  tail  in  the  other. 
This  is  explained  by  the  fact  that  some  of 
these  stamps  were  prepared  by  the  American 
Bank  Note  Co.,  of  New  York,  and  others  by 
Messrs.  Bradbury,  Wilkinson,  and  Co.,  of 
London. 

"  We  find,  also,  that  those  animals  which 
rejoice  in  the  possession  of  a  tail  are  also 
blessed  with  a  luxuriant  mane,  while  their 
tailless  brothers  are  completely  lacking  in 
this  respect. 

"  In  the  Head  type  there  are  distinct  differ- 
ences to  be  found  in  the  plates  and  rivets  of 
the  armour,  the  shading  of  the  face  and  ruff, 
and  minor  differences  in  other  portions  of 
the  design. 

"  So  far  we  have  not  been  able  to  ascertain 
which  type  was  printed  in  New  York  and 
which  in  London,  but  in  the  stamps  sub- 
mitted by  Mr.  Besoain  the  i  c.  on  20  c. 
value  is  assigned  to  the  tailless  series,  while 
the  other  series  includes  a  new  stamp,  which 
we  understand  is  an  error." 

MekeePs  Weekly  hears  that  new  enve- 
lopes have  been  issued  intended  for  regis- 
tration purposes.  The  stamps  are  circular  in 
form,  with  embossed  portrait  of  Columbus  ; 
"  REPUBLICA  DE  CHILE  "  at  the  top  and  value 
at  bottom. 

Envelopes.     15  c,  purple  on  white. 
20  c. ,  black  , , 

Colombian  Republic. — Fournewstamps 
have  appeared  here. 

The  illustrations  given  by  the  A.J.  P. 
show  the  design  of  the  three  postals  to  be  a 
large  figure  in  centre  in  a  circle,  with  the 
usual  inscription,  "  republica  DE  COLOM- 
BIA, CORREOS  NACIONALES." 

Adhesives.     i  c,  green;  perf.  12. 
2  c.,  rose  ,, 

5  c,  blue  ,, 

Registration.     10  c,  purple;  perf.  12. 

*  A  legendary,  or  at  least  extinct,  animal  which 
is  represented  on  the  left  of  the  shield  in  the 
Chilean  coat  of  arms. 


Sanlander. — We  have  received  copies  of 
a  fresh  printing  of  the  provisional  50  c.  (on  a 
fiscal  stamp)  which  we  chronicled  twelve 
months  ago.  The  stamps  are  lithographed 
in  blocks  of  ten,  two  vertical  rows  of  five  ; 
and  we  are  shown  a  sheet  of  twenty  in  which 
the  two  blocks  are  printed  tele-beche,  side  by 
side,  thus  giving  five  horizontal  tete-beche 
pairs.  The  overprint  is  the  right  way  up  on 
all,  but  there  is  a  new  error,  the  name  being 
spelt  "  Santender  "  on  the  second  stamp  in 
the  left-hand  vertical  row  of  each  block  of 
ten.  Our  publishers  tell  us  that  they  also 
received  a  strip  of  five  stamps,  all  with 
"  Corrcos,"  for  "  Correos,"  in  the  surcharge. 
The  copy  shown  us  is  in  rose. — M.J. 

Fiscal  Postal.  '  50  c,  red  ;   error  "  Santender." 
50  c,  rose       ,,       "Corrcos." 

Dominican  Republic — To  the  list  of 
provisionals  given  on  page  232  other  values 
have  to  be  added  on  the  authority  of  several 
of  our  contemporaries. 

Provisionals. 
5  c.  on  I  peso,  brown  and  violet ;  black  surcharge. 
10  c.  ,,   1     ,,         ,,  ,,  ,,  ,, 

The  A.  J.  P.  has  the  following  : — 
"  These  stamps,  we  are  told  by  a  corre- 
spondent, are  intended  for  foreign  postage, 
and  another  series,  intended  for  internal 
postage  only,  was  created  by  surcharging  the 
official  stamps  our  type  Ox,  '16  DE  AGOSTO 
— 1904'  in  two  lines  of  large  type,  the  month 
and  day  being  at  the  top  of  the  stamp 
and  the  '  1904'  at  bottom.  On  the  i  c.  on 
20  c.  a  large  figure  '  i '  is  surcharged  over  the 
numerals  of  value  in  the  lower  corners  of  the 
stamp." 

For  Inferior  Postage. 
Black  surcharge. 

1  c.  on  20  c. ,  yellow  and  black. 

2  c,  scarlet  ,, 
10  c  ,  yellow-green  ,, 


5c. 


Red  surcharge. 
dark  blue  and  black. 


Ecuador. — It  is  some  time  since  we  listed 
any  new  issues  for  Ecuador. 

We  gather  from  Ewen's  Weekly  that  a 
permanent  set  of  the  Portrait  type  has  been 
issued. 

The  sizes  of  the  i  c,  2  c,  10  c,  and  20  c. 
stamps  are  smaller  than  those  of  the  5  c.  and 
50  c. 

Adhesives.     Nowmk.,perf.  12. 
(i.)  Small  design,  21  x  30  mm. 

1  c,  vermilion.  |       10  c,  vermilion. 

2  c,  dark  blue.  |       20  c. ,  dark  blue. 

(ii, )  Large  design,  25^  x  31  mm. 
5  c,  orange.  |       50  c,  orange-gold. 

Nicaragua. — Another  provisional  for  this 
country  is  chronicled  by  MekeePs  Weekly. 

It  is  the  lithographed  10  c,  violet,  of  1902 
overprinted  "15  Centavos,"  in  bronze-blue. 
A  short  ornament,  consisting  of  three  wavy 
lines,  covers  part  of  the  word  "Centavos"  in 
bottom   line.     The   ink  of  the  overprint  is 


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261 


very  thick,  and  stands  up  from  the  paper  hke 
paint. 

Provisional.     15  c.  on  10  c,  violet. 

Panama. — It  is  reported  that  the  new  set 
for  ordinary  postage  has  appeared,  the  design 
being  that  of  the  issue  for  1892,  but  inscribed 
"republica  de  PANAMA"  in  place  of  "Co- 
lombia." 

The  M.   C.  notes  a  new  post  card  with 
stamp  of  the  type  of  the  new  adhesives. 
Adhesives.     i  c,  green. 

2  c,  carmine. 
5  c.,  blue. 
10  c,  orange. 
20  c.,  violet  (?). 
50  c,  bistre-brown  (?). 
I  p.,  lake  (?) 
Post  Card,     2  centavos,  rose  on  white. 

Uruguay.— Mr.  G.  E.  Petty  has  kindly 
sent  us  cuttings  from  the  Montevideo  Times 
of  August  17th  and  21st,  reading — 

"Postage  Stamps.— A  contract  is  being 
made  with  the  School  of  Arts  and  Trades 
for  the  printing  of  7,200,000  postage  stamps 
of  the  value  of  \^  i,  2,  10,  20,  and  25  c.  It 
is  to  be  hoped  that  they  will  turn  out  better 
than  the  locally  printed  5  c.  stamps  at 
present  in  circulation,  which  are  a  very 
poor  specimen  of  both  design  and  work- 
manship." 

"  Post  Cards. — A  new  series  of  3  c.  post 
cards,  for  foreign  postage,  will  be  put  into 
circulation  on  the  25th  instant." 

Venezuela.— A  set  of  "Instruccion" 
stamps  is  chronicled  by  the  A.J.  P. 

We  are  told  that  they  are  similar  in  ap- 
pearance to  the  set  for  general  use  listed  on 
page  210,  except  that  the  upper  label  is  in- 
scribed "instruccion"  instead  of  "COR- 
REOS  DE,"  and  the  lower  label  is  curved 
instead  of  straight.  Ewen's  gives  three 
higher  values. 


Adhesives.     5  c,  blue-green  ;  perf.  12. 

IOC,  grey  ,, 

25  c,  red  ,, 

50  c,  yellow  ,, 

I  b.,  claret  ,, 

3  b.,  pale  blue  ,, 

10  b.,  violet  ,, 

20  b.,  rose  ,, 

OTHER  COUNTRIES. 

China. — We  are  told  by  the  A.J.  P.  that 
some  changes  in  the  colours  of  the  current 
2  c,  5  c,  and  10  c.  have  been  made. 
Adhesives.     2c.,  dull  red. 

IOC,  deep  yellow-green. 

Indo-China. — A  provisional  Postage 
Due  stamp  has  been  made  by  surcharg- 
ing the  60  c,  brown  on  buff,  with  the  figure 
"  5,"  in  black. 

Postage  Due. 
"S,"  in  black,  on  60  c.,  brown  on  bufif;  imperf. 

Martinique.— We  hear  of  some  pro- 
visionals through  Ewen's    Weekly. 

Provisionals. 
IOC.  on  30  c,  brown  (20,000),  surcharged  10  c. 
IOC   „  sf.,  lilac       (10,000)  ,,  ,, 

20  c.  on  30  c,  brown  (10,000)  ,,  l^°t, 

IOC  ,,    40c.,  ver.      (10,000)  ,,  ,, 

IOC.,,    50c.,  rose     (10,000)  ,,  ,, 

10  c.  ,,    75  c,  violet  on 

orange  (l2,000)  ,,  ,, 

IOC.,,    I  f.,  olive       (10,000)  ,,  ,, 

IOC  ,,    5  f.,  lilac         (  2,000)  ,,  ,, 

Persia. — The  M.  J.  announces  that  two 
new  values  have  been  added  to  the  current 
series,  and  that  the  2  tomans  on  50  krans 
now  has  the  word  "  TOMANS  "  in  sans-serif 
capitals,  all  of  the  same  height,  and  the  new 
value  is  also  given  in  Persian  characters. 
Adhesives. 
2t.,  in  blue,  on  50  k.,  green  ;  new  surcharge. 

20  k.,  orange. 

30  k.,  green. 


%\\t  Jtavket. 


Messrs.  Plumridge  and  Co. 
Sale  of  September  20th  and  21st,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

(}reat  Britain,  1854,  Large  Crown, 

pcrf.   16,   id.,  red-brown,  hor.    £    s.    d. 


pair' 
Ditto, 


O.W. 


Official  Q"^^"'  5d-,  used    2  17    6 
Ditto,      Government      Parcels, 

1883-6,   6d.,   green*       .         .220 
Ditto,  ditto,   1 891,  IS.,  red  and 

green*.  .  .         .     i    12     o 

Ceylon,  8d.,  yellow-brown,  imperf.  5  5© 
Cape,  Mafeking,  set  of  nineteen  .  10  10  o 
Seychelles,  12  con  16  c,  inverted,* 

with  gum  .  .         .1100 

Transvaal,    1870,    id.,    black,    fine 

rouiellc*.  .  .         .240 

Dominica,    1887,     is.,     lilac-rose, 

C  A,*  mint  ,  .         .1120 


£  s.  ,t. 
Montserrat,  1884,  4d.,  blue,  C  A  .  in  o 
Nevis,  6d.,  grey,  litho,*  mint  .  312  6 
New  Brunswick,  Connell,  repaired  550 
Virgin  Islands,  perf  15,  6d.,  rose*  240 
British  Guiana,   1850,  8  c.,  green, 

torn  into  .  .         .7100 

Ditto,    1852,    4  c.,    deep    l^Iue,* 

short  tear  .  .         .500 

Ditto,    1856,  4  c.,  magenta,  cut 

corners  .  .         .    10     o     o 

Ditto,  ditto,  4  c.,  blue,  cut  cor- 
ners     .  .  .         .  86    o    o 
Ditto,  1862,  2  c,  crossed  ovals, 

full  roulettes,  short  tear  .500 

Ditto,  ditto,  4  c,  blue,  rosettes, 

full  roulettes  tiirce  sides.         -950 
Ditto,   ditto,    4  c,    hearts    and 
pearls,  full   roulettes   on   two 
sides     .  .  ..950 


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THE  MARKET. 


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lO 

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6 

6 

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5 

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15 

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Messrs.  Ventom,  Bull,  and  Cooper. 
Sale  of  September  22nd  and  23rd,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

GreatBritain,  1854-7, Small  Crown,  ^  j.  d. 
14,  2d.,  blue,*  mint  .  .  2  12  o 
Parma,  1854,  5  c,  yellow,*  gum  .2120 
Tuscany,  1853,  9  crazie,  lilac-grey  2  10  o 
Russia,  30 kop., watermarked  "3"*  330 
Spain,  1850, 10  r.,  blue-green,*  mint  330 
Ditto,  1851,  2  reales  .         .  12  15     o 

Ditto,  ditto,  5  reales,*  mint  .  212  o 
Ditto,  1852,  2  reales,*  thinned  .  7  10  o 
Ditto,  1853,  2  reales*  .  .5150 
Ditto,  Madrid,  3  c,  bronze*  .  14  o  o 
Ditto,  1854,2  c.,green  on  bluish,* 
part  gum  ... 

Ditto,  ditto,  I  r.,  light  blue,  post- 
marked 
Ditto,  1865,  perf.,  12  c.,  with  head 
inverted 
Philippine  Islands,  1855,  5  c,  red* 
Switzerland,  double  Geneva,  slight 
tear,  on  entire 
Ditto,  Vaud,  4  c.. 
Ditto,  Zurich,  4  r.,  hor.  lines 
Ditto,  ditto,  4  r.,  vert,  lines 
Ditto,   1850,  ■paste  locale,  2;^  r., 
cross  without  frame 
Lagos,  I  OS.,  lilac-brown,  penmarked 
United  States,  Providence,   1845, 
an  entire  sheet  of  eleven  of  the 
5  c,  black,  and  one  of  the  10  c, 
black,*  mint         .  ..50 

Ditto,  1862-66,  24  c,  slate,  block 

of  nine,*  mint 
Ditto,  State,  $5*     .  .         . 

Ditto,  ditto,  $20*    . 
Argentine  Republic,   1864,   15    c, 

blue,  imperf. 
Buenos  Ayres,  3  pesos,  green 
Ditto,  4  pesos,  scarlet 
Ditto,  5  pesos,  orange 
Bolivar,  187 1,  11  stars,  500  c.,  black* 
Brazil,  italic  figure,  300  r.*    . 

Ditto,  ditto,  600  r.  .  .         . 

Colombian  Republic,  1862, 20  c,  red 

Ditto,  Antioquia,  first  issue,  2^  c, 

blue      .  .  •        .     3  ID    o 

Ditto,  Bolivia,  first  issue,  10  c, 
green*  .  .        .     4  12    6 

Peru,  Pacific  Steam  Nav.  Co.,  1857, 
I   r.,  blue,  and  2  r.,  brown-red, 
both  on  blued  paper,*  mint        .360 
Peru,  1858,  \  peso,  rose-red,  error    600 
*  *  * 

Messrs.  Puttick  and  Simpson. 
Sale  of  September  27th  and  28th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Great    Britain,    ^5,    orange     on 

white,*  mint        .  .         .5126 

Ceylon,  4d.,  rose,  imperf       .         .600 

Ditto,  IS.  9d.,  green,  imperf.       .     2  12     6 

Ditto,  2S.,  blue,  imperf       .         .660 

Ditto,  1861,  4d.,  rose,  clean-cut 

perfs.,  shghtly  thinned  .  .220 
Ditto,  ditto,  8d.,  yellow-brown, 

rough  perfs.         .  .         .240 

Ditto,  ditto,  8d.,  brown,   rough 

perfs.,  small  nick  .         .     2  12     6 

Ditto,  2  r.  50  c,  lilac-rose,*  mint     330 


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II 

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6 

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2 

0 

2 

0 

5 

0 

6 

10 

3 

0 

3 

12 

4 

10 

2 

17 

Chamba,    the    error    "  Chmaba," 
1886-95,  ^  a.,  green* 
Ditto,  the  error  "Chmaba"  1886- 
95,  4  a.,  olive 
Lagos,   IDS.,   lilac-brown,   slightly 

rubbed 
Niger  Coast,  1894,  |d.,  in  vioiet,  on 

half  id.,  vermilion  £d,  los.  and  4 
Transvaal,     1887-90,    "2/I,"    in- 
verted* 
Zululand,  1888-92,  5s.,carm.,*mint 
Canada,  I2d.,  black,  used,  margins 

repaired 
Newfoundland,  is.,  orange-verm. 
Barbados,  id.  on  half  5s. 
Trinidad,    1896,    los.,   green    and 
blue,*  mint  .  .         .     i 

Ditto,  Lady  McLeod,  on  entire, 
but  torn  .  .         •     4 

British  Guiana,  1856,4  c., magenta*  17 
New  South  Wales,  Sydneys,  pair 
id.,  plate  I  .  .         . 

Ditto,  ditto,  vert,  pair  id.,  plate 
2,  lower  stamp  is  the  variety 
no  ti-ees  on  hill    . 
Ditto,  ditto,  another,  the  variety 

with  hill  unshaded 
Ditto,  ditto,  plate  2,  2d.,  blue     . 
Ditto,  ditto,  plate  3,  first  retouch, 

2d.,  blue,  on  laid,  pair    . 
Ditto,  ditto,  3d.,  green  on  bluish, 
pair     .  ... 

Ditto,  ditto,  3d.,  green  on  yellow 
Ditto,  laureated,  id.,  vermilion, 
on    laid,   no   leaves   right   of 
" SOUTH  "  .  .  . 

Ditto,  ditto,  2d.,  blue,  fine  back- 
ground, vert,  pair* 
Ditto,  ditto,  2d.,  blue,  stars  in 

corners,  "  waees  "  error 
Ditto,  ditto,  8d.,  orange-yellow, 
pair      .  ... 

Ditto,  diadem,  8d.,  yellow,  im- 
perf.     .  ... 
Ditto, ditto,  8d.,  orange,  perf.  1 2,* 

no  perfs.  at  top    . 
Ditto,  ditto,  2d.,  blue,  retouched 
background 
New  Zealand,  1855,  London  print, 
id.,  carmine 
Ditto,  ditto,  IS., green  onbleut^,* 

slightly  thinned  . 
Ditto,  1856,  blue  paper,  half  is. 

used  as  6d.,  on  entire      .         .     5 
Ditto,  1856,  IS.,  blue-green,  pin- 

perf.  on  two  sides  .         .     4 

Ditto,  1872,  2d.,  vermihon,  wmk. 
lozenges  .  .         .     4 

Queensland,   1864-5,  Small  Star, 

id.,  orange,  pair,  imperf.  vert*'    5 
Tasmania,  1850,  id.,  blue,  block  of 
three    .  .  .         .     7 

Ditto,  ditto,  4d.,  red-orange,  plate 

1,  vert,  strip  of  three*     .         .     5 
Ditto,  ditto,  a  single  copy,*  with 

gum      .  .  .        .     2 

Ditto,   ditto,   4d.,    dull    orange, 

plate  2,*  no  gum  .         .     2 

Ditto,  2|d.  on  gd.,  pale  blue,  vert, 
strip  of  three,  imperf.      .        .     4 


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THE 


THE    MONTHLY    JOURNAL    OF 

THE    PHILATELIC   SOCIETY.    LONDON. 


Vol.  XIII. 


NOVEMBER,    1904. 


No.    155- 


"^ht  pifScttltg  rf  General  Colkcting. 

— ♦ — 

HERE  have  recently  been  laudable  endeavours  made  to 
afford  some  guide  to  the  future  general  collector  as  to  what 
are  the  essential  factors  and  what  are  the  minor  features  in 
the  life  of  the  postage  stamp.  It  is  obvious  that  the  exact 
differentiation  of  these  two  classes  is  impossible ;  they  can 
only  be  divided  on  broad  lines,  no  general  rule  can  be  laid 
down,  and  each  country  must  be  judged  according  to  its  own 
postal  history,  and  the  relative  merits  or  importance  of  one 
issue  with  another.  The  most  notable  attempt  in  this 
country  to  classify  the  stamps  for  the  general  collector  alone 
has  been  that  made  by  Messrs.  Whitfield  King,  whose  new 
''  edition   of  their  catalogue  was    recently  reviewed   in   these 

columns,  and  of  which  it  may  be  said  that,  despite  occasional  difficult 
points  of  divergence,  it  has  admirably  succeeded.  We  have,  however,  had 
opinions  as  to  one  of  these  divergencies  from  one  or  two  correspondents, 
and  we  notice  in  Mekeel's  Weekly  Stamp  News  that  the  same  view  is  held. 
We  refer  to  the  new  watermark  for  the  British  Colonies,  now  being  rapidly 
introduced — C  A  and  Crown  multiple,  i.e.  repeated  a  number  of  times  all 
over  the  sheet,  so  that  each  stamp  receives  several  portions  of  the  inscription 
and  no  specimen  has  a  watermark  all  to  itself  The  opinion  of  our  friends 
is  that  this  constitutes  an  entire  and  fresh  departure,  which  marks  a  new 
epoch  in  the  life  of  the  stamp,  and  that  therefore  it  is  of  such  importance 
that  it  cannot  be  passed  over  even  by  the  general  collector.  The  case  in 
question  undoubtedly  involves  a  knotty  point,  but  we  hold  that  Messrs. 
Whitfield  King  have  wisely  and  correctly  decided  :  the  watermark  is  not 
a  new  one,  but  merely  a  shifting  of  position,  and  were  it  catalogued  for  the 
general  collector  it  would  be  practically  impossible  to  exclude  those  water- 
marks which  occasionally  occur  first  horizontally  and  then  vertically.  There 
are  others  of  our  correspondents  who  urge  that  in  a  general  catalogue  water- 
marks should  be  entirely  ignored,  but  we  think  that  this  is  going  too  far. 
In  the  cases  of  the  older  issues  of  our  Colonics  the  watermarks  are  frequently 


264  THE  DIFFICULTY  OF  GENERAL   COLLECTING. 

of  an  entirely  different  character,  as  swans,  stars,  numerals,  etc.,  and  the 
change  of  watermark  is  often  accompanied  by  a  variation  of  colour  or  shade 
that  entirely  alters  the  stamp  and  makes  it  one  that  the  most  general  of 
general  collectors  could  not  ignore.  As  specimens  of  such  we  would  merely 
mention  the  cases  of  Ceylon,  1861,  Star  watermark,  perforated,  and  1863-67, 
watermark  CC  and  Crown,  or  Tasmania,  1855  with  Star,  1856  without 
watermark,  and  1857  with  numerals  of  value.  A  completely  fresh  watermark 
can  no  more  be  ignored  than  a  change  from  imperforate  to  perforation,  but 
any  and  all  subsequent  changes  of  either  should  be  carefully  weighed  and  only 
inserted  if  of  marked  importance. 

In  another  branch  of  the  same  attempt  to  cater  for  the  general  collector 
we  note  that  a  determined  effort  has  been  made  td  maintain  the  collection  of 
cut  square  envelopes.  A  paper  was  read  in  September  last,  before  the  Boston 
Philatelic  Society,  by  the  President,  Mr.  C.  F.  Rothfuchs,  in  which  he  strongly 
advocated  the  collection  of  cut  square  envelopes,  maintaining  with  much 
force  and  cogency  that,  except  for  the  specialist,  the  "  cut  square  "  practically 
contained  all  that  was  of  philatelic  interest.  Mr.  Rothfuchs  thus  supports  his 
contentions  :— 

"  One  of  the  reasons  why  the  collector  of  cut  square  envelope  stamps 
does  not  collect  entires  is,  that  there  is  too  much  sameness  on  the  surface  of 
the  envelope. 

"  For  instance  :  Of  the  1874  Plimpton  issue,  3  cents,  green  on  white  paper, 
die  B,  there  are  more  than  thirty  varieties,  owing  to  the  difference  in  water- 
mark, knife,  size,  and  gum. 

"  For  a  collection  of  cut  squares,  one  of  those  varieties  is  all  that  is  needed. 

"  There  are  more  than  3,000  varieties  of  entire  United  States  stamped 
envelopes,  wrappers,  and  letter  sheets. 

"  The  total  number  of  cut  square  envelope  stamps,  wrappers,  and  letter 
sheets,  including  all  regular  numbers  and  minor  varieties  which  are  listed  in  the 
1904  edition  of  the  Standard  Catalogue,  is  492,  or  less  than  one-sixth  of  the 
number  of  entires." 

The  President  of  the  Boston  Society  further  mentioned  in  the  course  of 
his  paper,  as  an  example  of  the  difficulties  of  entire  envelope  collecting,  that 
the  late  Mr.  Gilbert  Harrison  spent  not  less  than  ;^4,500  on  his  United  States 
envelopes  for  the  issues  up  to  1890  only,  and  despite  this  lacked  some 
hundreds  of  varieties.  Such  facts  are  "  stone- wallers,"  and  it  is  patent  that 
for  the  general  collector  of  the  future  entire  envelopes  are  tabooed.  With 
these  will  go  post  cards,  which  cannot  in  effect  stand  mutilation  at  all.  Postage 
Dues,  official  stamps,  and  local  issues  will  inevitably  also  be  eliminated,  and 
there  will  still  be  ample  to  amuse  the  general  collector  of  the  twentieth 
century. 

We  are  fully  aware  that  this  question  does  not  apparently  immediately 
affect  the  vast  majority  of  our  readers,  but  it  is  one  of  the  utmost  importance 
to  the  well-being  of  Philately.  The  great  majority  of  present-day  scientific 
or  advanced  collectors  have  at  an  early  age  imbibed  the  taste  for  stamp 
collecting,  and  the  race  of  philatelists  will  surely  ultimately  die  out  unless 
there  are  continual  fresh  recruits  brought  into  the  general  army  of  stamp 
collectors. 


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^he  li).  on  2gii.  ^rotistonal  of  ^ransbaai. 


By    N.   YAAR. 


VERYONE  will  agree  with  me  that  the  subject  of  this  article 
is  not  so  interesting  as  some  papers  which  occasionally 
appear  in  the  philatelic  Press  on  the  stamps  of  the  Transvaal. 
I  think  it,  however,  of  sufficient  interest  to  draw  the  attention 
of  philatelists  to  this  provisional  on  account  of  the  investiga- 
^.    tion  which  at  present  is  easily  to  be  made,  but  may  prove  later 


on  not  to  be  the  case.  This  would  be  in  after  years  deeply  deplored,  as  in  the 
case  of  many  stamps  at  the  time  thought  common,  and  whose  interesting 
setting-up  has  been  allowed  to  escape,  but  which  would  nowadays  materially 
help  the  specialist  in  his  work. 

Moreover,  although  we  had,  up  to  1895-6,  some  very  good  papers  appear- 
ing in  several  philatelic  journals  on  the  stamps  and  later  provisionals  of  the 
Transvaal,  the  last  few  provisionals  seem  to  have  been  woefully  neglected. 
Is  it  that  philatelists  did  not  think  these  of  sufficient  interest  to  carefully 
examine  them,  or  is  the  neglect  to  be  found  in  the  fact  that  many  collectors 
regarded  these  provisionals  with  the  utmost  suspicion  ?  Personally  I  am  of 
the  same  opinion  with  regard  to  the  status  of  these  stamps,  and  although  I 
have  investigated  the  whole  business  as  far  as  it  was  in  my  power  to  do, 
I  have  not  yet  altered  my  opinion.     The  reason  of  this  will  appear  later. 

Whatever  the  status  of  these  provisionals  may  be,  speculative  or  not,  the 
fact  remains  that  these  stamps  exist ;  and  as  we  have  now  no  fear  that  in 
future  there  will  be  a  recurrence,  we  have  to  accept  them  as  they  are,  and 
they  must  be  nowadays  included  in  the  album.  As  it  is  now  nearly  twenty 
years  since  these  stamps  were  issued,  they  have  been  duly  catalogued  all  this 
time. 

To  prove  that  there  was  no  great  need  for  the  stamps  in  question,  I  will 
recall  some  facts  concerning  them.  The  postal  authorities  of  the  Transvaal 
said  at  the  time  that  owing  to  a  large  quantity  of  the  id.  stamps  being  used, 
and  the  stock  of  this  value  becoming  exhausted,  they  had  to  have  recourse  to 
surcharging  another  value.  For  this  purpose  they  utilised  the  2 id.  violet, 
of  1893,  and  they  ordered  the  id.  value  from  the  printers  in  Holland,  which 
not  arriving  in  time,  they  had  a  supply  of  900,000  overprinted  with  the  new 
value.  As  these  sheets  were  always  printed  in  panes  of  sixty  stamps,  six 
horizontal  rows  of  ten,  there  were  thus  printed  1^,000  sheets,  a  rather  large 
quantity  to  be  surcharged,  taking  into  consideration  that  the  stamps  ordered 
were  expected  daily.  As  I  proved  in  one  of  my  former  articles,*  at  the  com- 
mencement of  1895  1,322,000  of  the  id.  stamps  were  sent  out  from  Holland 
to  the  Transvaal  in  the  altered  type  (pole),  so  the  necessity  of  a  provisional 
was  not  very  apparent.  Moreover,  early  in  1896,  the  new  type  in  unifurm 
colours  with  those  of  Cape  Colony  were  received  in  Pretoria,  so  that  iiardly 

*  Sec  "  Notes  Concerning  Stamps  of  the  Second  Republic  of  the  Transvaal"  (/.oiiiio/i  /'/n7aU/is/, 
November,  1903). 


266  THE  Id.    ON  2\d.  PROVISIONAL   OF  TRANSVAAL. 

any  break  in  the  supply  was  felt.  The  provisional  was  issued  in  July,  1895, 
when  it  is  hardly  to  be  expected  that  1,322,000  were  exhausted  ;  and  these 
doubts  are  strengthened  by  the  fact  that  I  have  found  a  large  quantity  of 
these  sheets  stuck  on  foolscap  paper,  and  then  neatly  obliterated  to  order. 
This  last  is  beyond  the  shadow  of  a  doubt,  as  all  these  obliterations  are  very 
neatly  and  carefully  executed  and  found  on  the  centre  of  blocks,  i.e.,  where 
the  perforation  meets  in  a  cross.  A  stranger  fact  is,  that  all  the  sheets  I  met 
thus  (and  there  was  a  large  quantity)  were  supplied  with  the  obliteration  die 
of  Pretoria,  dated  6  Jan.  i8p6,  a  date  when  it  would  be  expected  that  the 
postal  authorities  were  too  exhausted  in  their  stock  to  furnish  collectors  with 
whole  sheets  ;  for  if  the  authorities  had  run  out  their  supply  of  over  a  million 
and  a  quarter  from  January  to  July,  it  is  beyond  ,any  doubt  that  they  would 
have  run  out  their  supply  of  provisionals,  being  only  900,000,  from  August  to 
January,  1896.  Hence  I  cannot  understand  this  seeming  waste  of  supplying 
collectors  with  whole  sheets  of  stamps  and  leaving  the  regular  postal 
system  without  any.  This  as  concerning  the  speculative  side  of  these 
provisionals. 

It  is,  however,  as  I  have  previously  said,  now  too  late  to  suppress  these 
stamps,  and  as  they  exist,  I  have  looked  over  a  quantity  and  have  found 
material  enough  to  give  quite  a  list  of  varieties,  either  not  yet  noticed  or 
chronicled.  It  is  the  aim  of  this  article  to  give  a  list  as  complete  as  possible, 
and  by  drawing  a  diagram,  illustrate  the  setting,  so  that  every  collector  may 
be  in  a  position  to  reconstruct  a  whole  sheet. 

The  surcharge  was  done  in  a  large  italic  figure  and  letter,  in  green  ink,  with 
a  thick  obliterating  bar  crossing  the  original  value.  The  figure  measures 
6  mm.,  and  has  a  horizontal  bar  at  top,  and  serif  at  bottom.  The  letter 
measures  ^\  mm.,  and  has  also  top  and  bottom  horizontal  serif. 

The  overprint,  which  is  generally  in  the  centre  of  the  stamp,  is  thus  : — 


U 


Of  the  distinct  varieties,  I  have  met  with  the  following  : — 

1.  Normal  surcharge  (as  above). 

2.  Inverted  surcharge. 

3.  Double  surcharge. 

4.  Sideways  surcharge. 

5.  Slanting  surcharge. 

6.  Omitted  surcharge. 

7.  Defective  surcharge. 

8.  Surcharge  on  back. 

It  is  hardly  necessary  to  add  that  2  was  occasioned  through  sheets  going 
through  the  press  inverted  ;  3  was  occasioned  by  accidentally  (?)  putting 
surcharged  sheets  a  second  time  in  the  press ;  4  and  5,  defective  feeding  of 
the  sheets  in  the  press  ;  6,  due  to  the  same  cause,  thus  occasioning  an  entire 
row  being  omitted  to  be  surcharged,  this  being  the  last  vertical  row  in  the 
sheet.  No  undoubted  surcharge  omitted  can  be  recognised  as  such,  except 
when   in   pairs  with  the  surcharged  ;    7  is  also  another  variety  caused   by 


THE  Id.   ON  2\d.   PROVISIONAL   OF  TRANSVAAL. 


267 


defective   printing,  the   surcharge   being   divided    across   two   stamps,   thus 
causing  the  letter  "  d  "  before  the  figure,  thus  :— 


d.l 


8.  This  has  been  caused  accidentally  (?),  by  putting  some  sheets  with  the 
gummed  side  upwards  in  the  press. 

This  as  concerns  the  distinct  varieties  of  which  whole  sheets  are  to  be  met 
with ;  and  I  will  now  proceed  to  enumerate  the  various  minor  varieties  to  be 
met  with  on  the  sheets. 

These  are  divided  into  : — 

1.  Normal  surcharge  with  round  stop  on  a  level  with  the  letter.     Size  of 

figure  "  I  "  6  mm.,  size  of  letter  "  d  "  4\  mm.,  distance  of  stop  from  letter 
J  mm. 

2.  Same  as  above,  but  distance  of  stop  from  letter  i  mm. 

3.  Same  as  i,  but  stop  above  the  line. 

4.  Same  as  i,  but  with  square  stop. 

5.  Same  as  4,  but  with  square  stop  above  the  line. 

6.  Bottom  serif  of  "  d  "  turned  upwards  to  a  point. 

7.  Normal  surcharge  as  2,  but  letter  "  d"  measuring  only  4^^  mm. 

8.  Very  thin  figure  and  letter. 

9.  Broken  serif  to  the  figure. 

10.  Curved  top  serif  to  figure. 

11.  Broken  bar. 

12.  Letter  and  figure  varying  in  distance  from  each  other. 

These  varieties  appear  on  all  sheets  in  the  same  places,  which  proves  that 
there  was  only  one  setting ;  and  as  all  these  varieties  have  different  positions 
— notably  so.  Variety  12 — it  is  of  interest  to  note  their  respective  positions 
on  the  sheet. 

Second,  third,  fourth,  fifth,  sixth,  seventh,  ninth, 

and  tenth  stamps. 
First  and  eighth  stamps. 
First  stamp. 
Second  stamp. 

First,  fifth,  and  ninth  stamps. 
Tenth  stamp. 

Third  and  seventh  stamps. 
P"ourth,  sixth,  and  eighth  stamps. 
Second  stamp. 
First  stamp. 


First  row.        Variety         I. 


Second  row.    Variety 


II. 
VII. 

I.: 

II.: 

III.; 

IV.: 

v.: 

VI.: 

VII.: 


Third  row.       Variety 


XI. :  First  stamp. 

I.  :  Ninth  stamp. 

II.:  Second  and  third  stamps. 
HI. :  First  and  si.xtii  stamps. 
IV.  :  r'ourth  and  fiflli  stamps. 

V. :  Seventh,  eighth,  and  tciilli  stamps. 

X. :  Fourth  stamp. 
XI.  :  Tenth  stamp. 


268 

Fourth  row. 


THE  Id.    ON  2\d.   PROVISIONAL   OF  TRANSVAAL. 


Variety 


I. 


Fifth  row. 


„       VIII. 
Variety  XII. 


Sixth  row.       Variety 


I. 

IX. 

I. 


First,  second,  third,  fourth,  fifth,  sixth,  seventh, 
eighth,  ninth,  and  tenth  stamps. 

Seventh  stamp. 

All  stamps  in   the  row,  measuring  figure  and 
letter  if  mm.  distances. 

All  stamps. 

Fifth  stamp. 

First,  second,  fourth,  fifth,  and  ninth  stamps. 
„  III.  :  Sixth  stamp. 

„  IV. :  Tenth  stamp. 

„  V. :  Third,  seventh,  and  eighth  stamps. 

Moreover,  the  last  row  shows  all  Variety  XII.,  divided  as  follows  : — 
{a)  Distance  between  figure  and  letter,  if  mm. 

First,  second,  fifth,  sixth,  and  ninth  stamps. 
{U)  Distance  between  figure  and  letter,  \\  mm. 

Fourth  and  seventh  stamps. 
{c)  Distance  between  figure  and  letter,  2  mm. 

Third  stamp. 
{d)  Distance  between  figure  and  letter,  2\  mm. 

Eighth  and  tenth  stamps. 

All  the  normal  surcharges  mentioned  above  in  the  first  four  rows  have  the 
figure  and  letter  apart  \\  mm. 

We  thus  get  the  varietibs  divided  as  follows  : — 
Variety      I. 

II.  . 
„       III. 

„        IV.  . 

V.  . 


Total 


These  are  subdivided  thus  : — 
Variety      I. 


.  35  stamps. 

•    7 

J) 

•    4 

j> 

•    5 

)j 

•    9 

)i 

.60 

stamps. 

.  i8 

stamps. 

.     I 

I.  in  combination  with     VI 

I.      „      „     VIII.  I  ,; 

I.            „            „             IX.    I  „ 

I.             „             „            XII.  14  „ 

II.        .                 .             .         .    5  ., 

II.  in  combination  with    VII.    2  „ 

in 3  ,, 

III.  in  combination  with    XII.     i  „ 

IV.  .                             .         .    x 
IV.  in  combination  with       X.    i  „ 
IV.            „            „           XII.    1  „ 

V 5  „ 

V.  in  combination  with     XI.     i  „ 

V.             „             ,,            XII.  _3  „ 

Total          .         .  6o  stamps. 


THE  Id.    ON  2\d.   PROVISIONAL    OF  TRANSVAAL.  .269 

There  are  only  two  stamps  with  treble  combination,  viz. : — 
Variety  I.  with    IX.  and  XII. 
„     II.     „     VII.    „       XL 

Without  a  sheet  for  comparison,  it  would  be  rather  confusing  to  the 
collector  to  properly  reconstruct  a  sheet,  and  I  have  therefore  illustrated  the 
following  diagram  in  order  to  make  my  meaning  clearer : — - 


id.  on  2|d.,  green  on  violet. 
PROVISIONAL   ISSUE   OF   JULY,    1895. 

Normal  surcharge,  distance  between  figure  and  letter,  l|  mm. 


2 
F. 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

2 

I 

I 

2 

F.           II 

I 

6 

4 

5 

2 

5 

4 

5 

2 

3 

3 

2 

2 

4 
10 

4 

3 

5 

5 

I 

5 
II 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

8 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I2(«) 

I 
12(a) 

I 

I2(«) 

I 
12(a) 

I 

9        12  (a) 

J 

12(a) 

I 
12(a) 

I 
12(a) 

I 
12(a) 

I 
12(a) 

I 

12(a) 

I 

12(a) 

5 
12(c) 

I 
12  (i) 

I 

12(a) 

3 
12(a) 

5 
t2(*) 

5 
12  (rf) 

I 
12(a) 

4 

12  (a-) 

I  hope  to  have  again  shown  collectors  that  the  study  of  stamps  is 
interesting,  and  that  however  common  a  stamp  may  appear  to  be,  there  are 
always  some  noteworthy  points  to  be  learned  on  carefully  studying  them. 
Many  steps  have  been  already  taken  as  regards  the  history  of  the  stamps  of 
the  Transvaal,  but  I  believe  by  diligently  searching  much  more  will  be  un- 
earthed, and  that  the  future  will  bring  us  to  such  a  standpoint  that  the  history 
of  the  stamps  of  this  country  will  no  longer  be  a  mystery. 


jfD.wx;\j>_nS55i^-JVv--^ 


[         270        ] 

§.oizB  on  the  (Stamps  of  thz  Jfirst  ^^public  oi 

the  ^ransbaal, 

WITH   A  VIEW  TO  A  REFERENCE   LIST. 

By  R.  B.  yard  ley. 

A  Paper  read  before  the  Philatelic  Society,  London,  on  February  iqth,  1904. 


P*  WILL  now  refer  to  some  interesting  articles  by  Mr.  B.  T.  K. 
Smith  and  correspondence  with  Dr.  Viner  published  in  Messrs. 
Alfred  Smith's  Monthly  Ci7'-cular  of  ^February  and  March,  1903. 
Mr.  Smith,  after  referring  to  some  of  the  extracts  which  I  have 
already  quoted,  states  that  there  is  no  reasonable  doubt  that 
all  the  varieties  chronicled  by  M.  Moens  and  Dr.  Viner  (z.e. 
in  Le  Timbre-Poste  and  Timbrophile)  in  December  and  November,  1869, 
came  direct  from  Mr.  Jeppe,  and  concludes  that  they  were  part  of  the  two 
original  consignments  sent  out  in  June  and  October,  1869.  This,  however, 
I  do  not  think  is  altogether  correct.  No  doubt  they  were  comprised  in  the 
consignment  of  June,  1869,  but  it  would  be  impossible  for  any  of  the  stamps 
sent  out  in  the  second  consignment,  despatched  in  October,  1869,  to  have 
reached  the  Transvaal  and  returned  to  Europe  so  early  as  December,  1869. 
Mr.  Smith,  in  the  earlier  number  of  the  Monthly  Circular,  suggested  that  Otto 
may  have  kept  duplicate  plates  of  the  "genuine  type"  of  at  least  the  is., 
and  refers  to  large  blocks  of  the  6d.  blue  and  is.  purple  of  the  genuine  type 
which  had  been  in  his  firm's  possession  for  many  years,  and  which  he  con- 
sidered might  have  been  unlawful  productions  of  Otto.  But  these  doubts, 
so  far  as  they  are  grounded  on  the  existence  of  these  proofs,  are,  I  think, 
disposed  of  by  a  series  of  questions  submitted  to  and  answered  by  Dr.  Viner, 
published  in  the  March  number  of  the  Monthly  Circular,  together  with  a 
letter  of  the  7th  February,  1903,  which,  with  Mr.  Smith's  permission,  I 
set  out. 

"(i)  Did  Dr.  Viner  receive  the  first  lot  of  Transvaal  stamps,  as  chronicled 
in  the  Philatelist  for  December,  1869,  direct  from  Mr.  Jeppe,  the  Postmaster- 
General  ?     Yes. 

"  (2)  Is  not  the  description  of  the  sizes  of  the  sheets  there  given  incorrect, 
viz.  16,  30,  and  60  respectively,  for  the  id.,  6d.,  and  is.  ?  The  plates  are  still 
in  existence  and  contain  forty  impressions  only  for  each  value.  Yes,  there 
must  have  been  a  clerical  error,  v.  my  note  to  Mr.  Smith. 

"(3)  In  January  of  the  following  year  Dr.  Viner  showed  the  Philatelic 
Society  some  imperforate  but  gummed  specimens  of  each  value  (id.,-  6d.,  and 
IS.)  which  were  supposed  to  be  proofs.  Does  Dr.  Viner  remember  from  what 
source  they  reached  him  ?     From  Mr.  Jeppe. 

"  (4)  M.  Mahe  writes  that  he  received  his  supplies  of  Transvaal  stamps 
in  1870  from  Dr.  W.  *     Is  it  possible  that  he  refers  to  Dr.  Viner?     Yes. 

"(5)  I  have  asked  above  if  Dr.  Viner  remembers  whether  the  first  lot 
came  direct  from  Jeppe.     If  the  answer  is  yes,  can  Dr.  Viner  say  whether 

*    F?'a'«  quotation  from  the  Timbrophile  oi  December,  1870,  p.  244  above. 


STAMPS  OF  THE  FIRST  REPUBLIC  OF  THE    TRANSVAAL.      271 

his  subsequent  supplies  (1870)  continued  to  come  from  Jeppe,  or  came  from 
other  sources  ?     From  or  through  Mr.  Jeppe,  v.  note. 

"(6)  Supposing  that  Dr.  Viner's  supplies  came  direct  from  the  Transvaal, 
is  it  not  possible  that  they  did  not  come  direct  from  the  Postmaster,  but  from 
some  private  correspondent  or  agent  of  Dr.  Viner's  ?     Answered  below. 

"C.  W.  ViNER." 

"  "jth  February,  1903. 

"  Dear  Mr.  Smith, — I  regret  I  am  unable  to  give  you  much  information 
(if  any)  worth  having.  I  can,  however,  answer  positively  all  the  questions 
on  your  paper,  which  I  return.  The  stamps  I  receiv^ed  and  chronicled  in 
December,  1869,  were  sent  direct  from  Mr.  Jeppe,  the  then  Postmaster,  and 
I  never  got  a  stamp  from  any  one  else  in  South  Africa. 

"  With  regard  to  the  number  of  stamps  in  a  sheet,  my  impression  is  that 
either  myself  or  printer  made  a  grand  mistake,  REVERSING  the  numbers, 
w^hich  should  be  sixteen  green,  thirty  blue,  sixty  red.  I  cannot  think  there 
were  any  sheets  of  forty,  that  number  not  being  divisible  in  a  way  to  make 
any  usual  form  of  a  sheet  of  stamps;  10x4,  or  4X  10,  8x5,  or  vice  versa, 
would  not  do. 

"  Referring  to  the  lot  shown  to  the  Philatelic  Society,  I  cannot  tell  what 
made  me  fancy  them  proofs.  They  are  undoubtful  postals,  and  I  have  had 
them  frequently  on  letters.  I  repeat  they  came  direct  from  Mr.  Jeppe. 
I  afterwards  received  the  new  3d.,  together  with  a  lot  of  the  same  3d.  value 
printed  in  blue  and  in  rose-red,  from  Rostock  in  Mecklenburg,  but  they  were 
sent  to  me  by  order  of  Mr.  Jeppe  to  save  time,  that  I  might  not  have  to  wait 
while  they  travelled  to  Africa  first.  The  two  latter  colours  must  have  been 
trials  or  proofs.  I  believe  they  never  served  postally.  I  also  received  some 
fifty  envelopes  from  Rostock,  again  by  order  of  Mr.  Jeppe.  I  NEVER  wrote  to 
Rostock  for  stamps,  not  to  any  one  at  all  for  Transvaals,  except  to  himself 
direct.  I  believe  I  supplied  both  Messrs.  Mahe  and  Maury  exclusively  for 
years.  I  repeat  that  I  never  wrote  to  any  one  but  Mr.  Jeppe  for  the  stamps 
in  question,  and  never  received  any  except  through  or  from  him. 

"C.  W.  ViNER." 
Mr.  Smith  continues  as  follows  : — 

"  Dr.  Viner's  letter  shows  that  the  fancy  impressions  came  from  Germany 
and  not  from  Potchefstroom.  M.  Mahe's  statement  was,  therefore,  incorrect, 
though  obviously  made  in  good  faith.  It  was  very  natural,  under  the  circum- 
stances, that  the  stamps  should  be  described  as  coming  from  the  Transvaal. 

"  As  regards  the  size  of  the  sheets,  Dr.  Viner  says  that  he  has  the  one 
penny  '  in  my  mind's  eye,  viz.  ten  rows  of  six  each.'  *  This,  however,  is  only 
recollection,  and  we  know  that  the  two  plates  of  each  value  still  exist,  each 
plate  containing  five  horizontal  rows  of  eight  stamps. 

"It  is  interesting  to  learn  that  the  'proofs'  came  from  Jeppe,  but  as 
regards  their  ever  being  '  used,'  I  think  that  Dr.  Viner  is  confusing  them  with 
the  Transvaal-printed  imperforates.  .  .  ." 

•  This  reference  does  not  occur  in  Dr.  Viner's  letter  above  quoted,  but  on  a  post  card  dnteil 
nth  l'"ebruary,  1903,  sliown  to  me  by  Mr.  li.  T.  K.  Smith,  in  wliicli  Dr.  Viner,  iifter  referring  to  11 
I)anc  of  forty  sluiups  of  liie  issue  of  1S85,  writes  liiiit  siuli  a  siiccl  "  woulil  not  prove  thiU  the  lirst  issue 
red  on  black  was  in  sheets  of  forty.      I  have  them  in  my  mind's  eye,  vir.  ten  rows  of  six  each." 


272  NOTES    ON  THE   STAMPS   OF 

It  has  hitherto  been  assumed  that  all  Otto's  is.  stamps  were  of  the  well- 
known  emerald-green,  but  from  the  above  quotations  from  contemporary 
magazines  it  is  clear  that  the  first  consignment  comprised  other  shades  of  the 
German  is.,  namely,  the  "vert  fonce  "  and  "vert  jaune"  of  the  Timbrophile ; 
the  former  I  take  to  be  identical  with  chrome-green  of  the  Stamp  Collector's 
Magazine  above  referred  to,  as  well  as  the  is,, "  a  very  deep  green,"  imperfor- 
ate, exhibited  by  Dr.  Viner  to  the  committee  of  this  Society  on  the  22nd  of 
January,  1870,  as  above  mentioned.  In  fact  I  think  it  is  doubtful  whether 
the  first  consignment  comprised  any  is.  of  the  verdigris  or  emerald-green  tint. 

I  have  little  doubt  that  these  dark  green  (vert  fonce)  and  the  yellow- 
green  stamps  (vert  jaune)  are  the  ones  on  the  sheets  of  my  collection  which 
I  now  show.  You  will  easily  recognise  the  shade  of  yellow-green  and  dark 
green.  They  are  all  on  the  same  thin,  hard  white  paper  as  the  ordinary  Otto 
prints;  the  yellow-green  is  shown  fine  rouletted  only,  and  is  identical  with  the 
above-mentioned  stamp  obliterated  with  a  postmark  dated  30th  May,  1870, 
recently  shown  to  me,  but  the  colour  is  hardly  distinguishable  from  that  of  the 
common  is.  of  Borrius.  The  dark  green  is  shown  imperforate,  and  also  fine 
rouletted.  I  can  vouch  for  the  imperforate  stamp  having  been  one  of  three 
which  existed  in  a  strip  which  belonged  to  M.  Jules  Bernichon,  of  Paris. 
Mr.  Phillips  tells  me  that  he. has  recently  seen  an  imperforate  6d.  obliter- 
ated with  a  postmark  dated  1870,  and  also  an  unsevered  pair  of  these  dark 
green  is.  stamps  imperforate,  and  the  Tapling  Collection  contains  an  un- 
severed pair  of  these  dark  green  is.  stamps  tete-beche.  The  reference  in  the 
Stamp  Collectors  Magazine  of  ist  February,  1870,  to  the  imperforate  6d.  in  a 
paler  blue  is  borne  out  by  the  greater  number  of  the  imperforate  specimens 
which  I  have  seen,  and  I  would  direct  your  attention  to  the  fact  that  some  of 
these  stamps  in  my  collection  are  obliterated  with  the  early  blue  postmark  of 
four  concentric  rings,  that  of  the  is.  being  in  blue.  But  as  regards  the  id., 
you  will  recollect  the  passage  I  quoted  at  length  from  the  Philatelist  of 
December,  1869  (vol.  iii.,  p.  139).  What  are  the  impressions  printed  "in 
intense  scarlet-vermilion  from  type  overcharged  with  colour "  ?  We  have 
hitherto  assumed  that  Otto's  unlawful  productions  of  the  id.  and  6d.  and  is. 
were  from  new  plates  made  up  from  dies  consisting  of  the  original  frames  of 
the  genuine  types  of  those  values  with  a  new  centre,  simulating  that  of  the 
genuine  stamps,  but  fortunately  differing  therefrom  in  certain  well-known 
details,  e.g.  the  eye  and  the  beak  of  the  animal  which  crowns  the  oval  shield, 
and  in  part  of  the  flagstaff  below  the  label  on  the  right,  also  in  the  absence  of 
the  well-known  scratch  across  the  left  portion  of  the  oblique  shading  (the 
heraldic  tincture  vert)  of  the  lower  half  of  the  shield,  and  in  other  details. 

In  passing,  I  may  mention  that  blue  impressions  of  the  6d.  envelope 
struck  by  Messrs.  Davis  and  Son,  of  Pietermaritzburg,  from  the  original 
matrix  die,  from  which  the  6d.  plates  sent  to  the  Transvaal  were  made,  bear 
this  scratch.  But  there  are  certain  impressions  which  purport  to  be  the 
id.  value  to  which  I  must  now  call  your  attention,  and  to  a  stamp  on  a  sheet 
which  I  now  send  round  together  with  an  enlarged  photograph.  It  is  on  the 
ordinary  thin  Otto  paper,  printed  in  intense  scarlet-vermilion  from  a  plate 
certainly  overcharged  with  pigment.  If  you  examine  these  closely,  I  think 
you  will   agree  with  me  that,  at  any  rate  so  far  as  the  heaviness  of  the 


THE  FIRST  REPUBLIC   OF   THE    TRANSVAAL.  273 

impression  will  admit,  it  has  all  the  characteristics  of  the  genuine  type, 
including  the  scratch  on  the  shield.  It  answers  closely  to  the  description 
of  the  intense  scarlet-vermilion  stamps  mentioned  in  the  passage  in  the 
Philatelist  (vol.  iii.  p.  139),  above  quoted;*  and  if  we  judged  from  single 
copies  only,  I  think  we  should  conclude  that  the  stamp  is  one  of  the  class 
mentioned  in  that  passage.  But  Mr.  Nankivell  some  time  ago  showed  me 
a  horizontal  pair  rouletted  16,  of  which  the  impressions,  instead  of  being 
separated  from  one  another  by  the  space  of  3  mm.,  are,  in  fact,  separated  by 
only  i\  mm.  I  have  complete  panes  of  the  id.,  black,  of  the  issue  of  1883 
(the  perforated  stamps),  printed  from  each  of  the  two  plates,  and  though  there 
are  slight  differences  in  the  spacing  of  the  stamps,  the  distance  never  falls  below 
2  mm.  The  Tapling  Collection  contains  a  single  id.  stamp  in  the  same  in- 
tense vermilion  showing  a  portion  of  the  next  stamp  on  the  right  at  a  distance 
of  \\  mm.  The  specimen  is  somewhat  clearer  than  the  two  stamps  of  Mr. 
Nankivell's  pair  and  certainly  of  the  genuine  type.  What  is  the  explanation 
of  these  scarlet-vermilion  stamps?  You  will  remember  that  in  the  above- 
quoted  passage  from  the  Philatelist,  December,  1869,  it  is  stated  that  the 
id.  was  in  sheets  of  sixteen  only,  or  possibly  sixty  (see  Dr.  Viner's  letter 
of  the  17th  December,  1903,  above  cited).  The  statement  as  to  the  6d.  being 
in  sheets  of  thirty,  the  is.  in  sheets  of  sixty,  and  the  id.  in  sheets  of  sixteen 
only,  was  made  by  the  writer,  who  says  that  the  actual  stamps  were  before 
him ;  and  although  there  may  be  some  question  as  to  margins  in  the  case 
of  the  6d.  and  id.,  I  do  not  see  how  a  careful  writer  like  Dr.  Viner  can  have 
made  a  mistake  about  the  pane  or  sheet  of  sixty  is.  stamps.  I  believe  that 
Mr.  Nankivell  regarded  these  closely  spaced  id.  scarlet- vermilion  stamps  as 
simply  forgeries  ;  but  I  think  that  there  is  another  explanation  of  them.  Let 
me  first  call  your  attention  to  a  pair  of  is.  proofs,  very  clear  impressions  in 
dark  purple,  which  are  undoubtedly  of  the  genuine  type.  You  will  observe 
that  they  also  are  separated  by  only  \\  mm.  The  same  remark  applies 
to  some  faint  impressions  on  the  back  of  this  pair,  and  to  other  specimens, 
including  one  in  the  Tapling  Collection.  Now  the  impressions  of  the  issued 
IS.  stamps  printed  from  the  plates  sent  to  the  Transvaal  are  never  separated 
by  less  than  2\  mm.,  and  generally  by  3  mm.  The  Vice-President  possesses 
a  complete  right-hand  pane  of  the  provisional  ^d.  of  May,  1885  (sur- 
charged on  the  perforated  is.  stamp),  and  I  have  seen  large  blocks  from  the 
other  pane,  which  prove  this  beyond  all  question.  Therefore  these  proofs 
of  the  IS.  in  purple  must  have  been  printed  from  other  plates.  In  passing, 
I  should  mention  that  other  proofs  of  the  is.  in  blue  or  in  green  are  printed 
from  plates  separated  by  the  normal  distance,  and  the  same  remark  applies 
to  the  dark  green  is.  stamps  of  Otto  above  referred  to. 

I  will  also  call  your  attention  to  the  first  consignments  of  the  3d.  stamps 
printed  by  Otto — arranged  in  alternately  reversed  rows  (tdte-^-tdte),  with 
which  I  deal  below — particularly  to  the  fact  that  the  plates  from  which  they 
were  printed  apparently  were  never  used  by  Otto  after  1870,  that  the  impres- 
sions were  of  a  type  different  from  all  the  other  printings  of  the  3d.  in  not 
having  the  spur  on  the  leg  of  tlic  ICaglc,  and  that  the  stamps  were  arranged  very 
irregularly,  sometimes  touching  one  another  vertically  and  sometimes  being 

•  See  above,  p.  243. 


274       STAMPS   OF  THE  FIRST  REPUBLIC   OF  THE    TRANSVAAL. 

3  or  3|  mm.  apart.  I  think  that  the  only  possible  conclusion  is  that  Otto 
in  the  first  instance  constructed  a  trial  set  of  plates  from  which  some  of  the 
proofs  and  first  consignments,  notably  the  id.  in  sheets  of  sixteen,  the  6d.  in 
sheets  of  thirty,  and  the  is.  in  sheets  of  sixty  mentioned  in  the  passage 
quoted  from  the  Philatelist,  vol.  iii.  page  139,  as  well  as  the  3d.  tete-a-tete, 
were  printed,  and  that  these  plates  were  afterwards  abandoned  for  some 
reason  or  other,  possibly,  as  Mr.  Gordon  Smith  has  suggested  to  me,  because 
Otto  found  that  they  were  unsuitable  for  perforated  stamps.  It  may  be  that 
Otto  employed  separate  electrotype  cliches  and  clamped  them  up  temporarily, 
and  then  reset  them,  but  from  the  close  setting  of  the  tete-a-tete  3d.  this  is 
improbable,  and  therefore  I  conclude  that  all  the  plates  were  solid  unsevered 
pieces  of  metal  {vide  Mr.  Tamsen's  description  of  the  plates  sent  to  the 
Transvaal — Monthly  Journal,  vol.  iv.  p.  54).  If  you  do  not  accept  this  ex- 
planation, then  another  difficulty  arises,  namely,  What  has  become  of  the 
id.'s  printed  in  "intense  scarlet-vermilion"  from  plates  overcharged  with 
colour  ? 

The  closely  spaced  plates  were  probably  destroyed,  otherwise  Otto  would 
have  used  them  instead  of  the  plates  of  the  well-known  Mecklenburg  bogey 
type,  with  impressions  from  which  he  subsequently  inundated  Europe. 
If  the  explanation  I  have  above  suggested  is  substantially  correct,  then 
these  id.  closely  printed  scarlet- vermilion  stamps,  as  well  as  any  6d.  printed 
in  the  sheets  of  thirty,  and  the  is.  printed  in  sheets  of  sixty,  must  be  of 
the  same  status  as  the  rest  of  the  stamps  printed  and  forwarded  by 
Otto  to  the  Transvaal.  Mr.  Tamsen  in  his  paper  {^Monthly  Journal, 
vol.  iv.  p.  52)  quotes  the  description  of  the  panes  of  sixteen,  thirty, 
and  sixty  of  the  id.,  6d.,  and  is.  respectively  contained  in  the  Philatelist, 
but  he  appears  to  attach  no  importance  to  it,  regarding  the  blocks  as 
portions  of  sheets  :  this,  however,  would  scarcely  explain  a  pane  of  sixty ; 
moreover  he  had  probably  not  come  across  any  of  these  closely  spaced  id. 
stamps,  or  observed  the  spacing  of  the  is.  purple  proofs.  The  matter  must 
have  escaped  the  notice  of  other  writers.  As  regards  the  heaviness  of  the 
printing,  notwithstanding  their  German  origin,  I  ask  you  to  look  at  a  heavily 
printed  but  undoubted  genuine  is.  in  the  verdigris-green  on  Otto's  thin  paper 
obliterated  with  the  early  blue  postmark  of  four  concentric  rings.  All  the 
foregoing  stamps  are  found  only  on  one  kind  of  paper.  It  is  thin  and  tough 
and  of  good  quality,  showing  no  trace  of  webbing  by  transmitted  light — 
only  a  few  specks  of  light — and  the  gum  is  white,  or  whitish,  thick,  and 
generally  crinkled. 


(3-^'v^V-'lS53-'«~S2:^^-J\/^^-& 


[     275      ] 

THE  2d.  AND  6d.  OF  WEST  AUSTRALIA,  1854. 

N  the  account  of  the  Berlin  Philatelic  Exhibition  in  the  columns  of  our 
excellent  contemporary,  the  Deutsche  Briefmarken  Zeitung  there  is  a 
paragraph  relating  to  Mr.  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg's  exhibit  which  is  a  little  mis- 
leading. It  is  stated  that  Mr.  Hausburg  exhibited  a  plate  of  twelve  types  of 
both  the  2d.  and  6d.  of  West  Australia,  and  that  he  had  a  guide  for  the 
former  from  the  fact  that  H.R.H.  the  Prince  of  Wales  (during  his  recent 
voyage)  had  caused  two  impressions  of  the  plate  to  be  taken,  and  that  during 
this  operation  the  lithographic  stone  was  broken.  The  6d.,  it  is  stated,  could 
not  be  reproduced  as  the  stone  had  been  destroyed,  and  the  reproduced  plate 
was  therefore  an  arbitrary  arrangement  necessarily  without  any  proof  as  to 
its  correctness. 

The  real  facts,  which  it  is  advisable  to  state  in  the  interest  of  Philately,  are 
as  follows:  The  stone  found  and  reproduced  at  the  wish  of  H.R.H.  the  Prince 
of  Wales  was  the  6d.  and  not  the  2d.;  consequently  the  comments  of  our 
contemporary  are  exactly  reversed  although  otherwise  correct.  Two  copies  of 
the  6d.  plate  were  kindly  presented  by  His  Royal  Highness  to  the  Philatelic 
Society,  London,  and  consist  of  specimens  multiplied  in  groups  of  twelve. 
It  is,  however,  not  correct  to  call  these  varieties  types,  as  there  are  no  differences 
of  design,  but  the  stamps  can  nevertheless  be  located  by  breaks  in  the  printing, 
varying  spacing,  and  other  defects.  As  regards  the  2d.,  there  are,  as  has  long 
been  known,  differing  types  of  this  stamp,  mainly  observable  in  the  size  and 
shape  of  the  lettering.  This  subject  has  long  engaged  the  attention  of 
collectors  in  this  country,  and  Mr.  Hausburg  and  the  writer  have  made  more 
or  less  abortive  attempts  to  ascertain  the  number  of  types.  The  impressions 
are,  however,  generally  so  indistinct  as  to  render  their  differentiation  a  matter 
of  extreme  difficulty,  and  it  may  be  said  that  at  present  all  we  know  is  that 
there  are  possibly  twelve  varieties  (assuming  that  the  2d.  was  set  up,  like  the 
6d.,  in  blocks  of  that  number),  and  that  we  have  found  several  of  the  most 

distinctly  marked  types. 

♦ 

THE  EARLIEST  PRINTINGS  OF  MA  URITIUS. 

ME  members  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society  present  at  the  meeting 
on  October  28th  were  enabled  to  inspect  some  remarkably  fine 
specimens  of  these  very  interesting  stamps.  It  is  already  known  that, 
inclusive  of  the  id.  and  2d.  "Post  Office,"  the  President  of  the  Society, 
H.R.H.  the  Prince  of  Wales,  possesses  a  superb  collection  of  the  so-called 
native  impressions  of  Mauritius.  Several  remarkable  copies  of  the  2d.  value 
have  lately  been  on  the  market,  which  H.R.H.  has  acquired,  and  it  was  these 
latest  accessions  to  his  collection  that  the  Prince  was  kind  enough  to  show 
to  his  fellow-members.  The  specimens  in  question  consisted  of  three  copies 
of  the  very  earliest  printing  of  the  2d.,  on  the  soft  yellowish  paper,  showing 
the  full  vertical  and  diagonal  lines  in  the  background  in  a  rich  but  rather 


276  OCCASIONAL   NOTES. 

pale  blue  shade.  All  three  copies  were  in  immaculate  unused  condition, 
with  large  margin,  absolute  freshness,  and  perfect  preservation,  one  of  the 
specimens  being  the  well-known  variety  lettered  "  PENOE."  These  superb 
stamps  will  doubtless  be  a  welcome  addition  to  His  Royal  Highness's 
collection,  and  his  fellow-members  will  heartily  congratulate  him  upon  his 
acquisition  of  such  a  splendid  lot  of  stamps.  No  more  appropriate  inaugura- 
tion of  the  Society's  first  meeting  in  their  new  home  could  be  imagined,  and 
everyone  will  join  with  us  in  the  hope  that  we  may  be  privileged  to  see  many 
more  of  the  philatelic  treasures  of  His  Royal  Highness. 


#aasional  ^oUs. 

THE  STATUS   OF  BRITISH  STAMPS  APPLIED   TO  SPECIAL    USES. 

iB^'fllR.  E.  A.  Elliot  has  sent  the  following  remarks  hereon,  and  we  think 
|8w«Jl|  that  the  question  has  now  been  sufficiently  ventilated.  After  all,  it  is 
chacun  son  goitt : — 

"  My  best  thanks  to  Mr.  Marshall  for  his  reply.  I  should  regret  anyone 
getting  a  false  impression  as  to  his  article  from  reading  my  reply,  which 
would  scarcely  be  intelligible  without  having  first  read  his  remarks. 

"  I  understood  his  chief  position  to  be  that  it  is  inconsistent  to  take  some 
of  the  stamps  named  and  to  ignore  the  rest,  thereby  practically  placing 
them  all  on  the  same  level.  My  object  was  to  show  that  his  position  was 
untenable ! 

"  I  will  now  refer  to  what  he  tells  us  is  the  crux  of  his  paper,  namely,  'A 
complete  unmarked  collection  represents  and  includes  both  the  stamps  in 
ordinary  use  and  those  in  the  above  categories.'  (The  word  '  unused,'  which 
completely  alters  the  sense,  is,  of  course,  only  a  slip  of  the  pen.) 

"  If,  as  we  are  now  told,  he  does  consider  the  first  issue  of  Cyprus  and 
the  rest  of  that  section  to  be  truly  Colonial  stamps,  and  also  he  was  '  dealing 
with  collectors  of  British  stamps  only  and  not  of  Colonials,'  I  cannot  consider 
the  fact  that  they  were  originally  British  as  sufficient  ground  for  introducing 
this  section  at  all.  (I  do  not  consider  the  expression  'British'  desirable 
in  this  connection,  as  the  colonies  are  also  British,  and  should  prefer  '  stamps 
of  Great  Britain '  throughout.)  If  we  sold  a  battleship  to  Japan,  it  would 
scarcely  be  correct  to  describe  it  subsequently  as  a  '  British  ship  applied  to  a 
special  use.'     It  simply  ceases  to  be  British. 

"  Similarly  with  the  stamps.  They  ceased  to  be  issues  of  Great  Britain,  and 
became  Colonial.  Hence  they  are  not,  and  cannot  be  '  represented  by,  or 
included  in,'  a  collection  limited  to  the  issues  of  the  former  country ;  neither 
should  they,  in  my  opinion,  be  shown  in  one,  however  ambitious,  for  the 
sufficient  reason  that  they  do  not  belong  to  the  country  represented. 

"  I  altered  the  classification  partly  because  section  id  is  properly  included 
in  section  2,  and  his  order  seemed  to  me  unnatural  ;  but  this  is  a  very  minor 
detail. 


OCCASIONAL  NOTES.  277 

"  In  the  case  of  the  Oxford  Union  my  test  fails  if  the  letters  were  printed 
under  the  gum,  but  only  verbally ;  the  idea  intended  to  be  expressed  is 
as  to  whether  the  overprint  is  official  for  official  purposes  or  made  by  or  for 
private  firms  or  bodies. 

"  I  understood  the  expression  '■franking power  to  refer  solely  to  the  weight 
of  mail  matter  which  a  stamp  franks,  but,  in  the  extended  sense,  as  used 
by  Mr.  Marshall,  that  power  is  limited  by  the  overprint,  yet  only  in  the  same 
way  as  the  purchasing  power  of  trust  money  may  be  said  to  be  limited  by 
the  necessity  of  applying  it  to  certain  uses. 

"  A  great  deal  depends  upon  what  each  collector  considers  to  constitute  a 
variety,  and  it  is  open  to  anyone  to  say  that  an  overprint  does  not ;  but 
I  maintain  that  no  collection  can  be  truly  complete  unless  it  contains  a 
specimen  of  each  different  stamp  as  officially  issued. 

"I  hold  no  brief  for  Official  stamps,  and  indeed  consider  them  unnecessary; 
but  they  have  been  issued  intentionally,  with  a  special  overprint  separating 
them  from  those  issued  for  public  use.  Therefore,  whether  you  call  them 
varieties  or  not,  they  are  different. 

"  Finally,  a  collection  from  which  all  overprints,  Levant  surcharges,  etc.,  are 
excluded  may  be  complete  as  far  as  it  goes,  but  is  not  a  complete  collection 
of  the  issues  of  the  country;  but  private  marks,  of  whatever  nature  and 
by  whomsoever  affixed,  together  with  foreign  postmarks,  belong  to  a  different 
category.  The  former  are  of  no  real  interest,  and  the  latter  form  a  very 
interesting  but  distinct  class  by  themselves." 


AN  ADVERTISEMENT  FOR  PHILATELY. 


HE  new  journal,  entitled  The  World  and  his  Wife,  which  has  made 
such  a  remarkably  favourable  impression,  alike  by  the  variety  of  its 
contents  and  the  beauty  of  its  illustrations,  and  has  thereby  secured  such  an 
enormous  circulation,  contains  in  its  initial  number  a  large  double-page  illus- 
tration of  "  the  world's  hundred  rarest  stamps."  These  illustrations  are 
excellently  reproduced,  and  with  their  descriptions  and  market  values  will 
afford  interest  alike  to  those  who  collect  and  those  who  do  not.  One  effect 
of  this  world-wide  advertisement  has  already  been  made  apparent  in 
numerous  quarters.  Dealers  and  collectors  alike  have  received  numerous 
offers  to  sell  them  stamps  similar  to  those  depicted.  Needless  to  say,  how- 
ever, the  4  c.  of  British  Guiana,  the  2d.  of  Mauritius,  and  other  stamps  offered 
are  not  the  old  and  valuable  rarities,  but  the  same  values  of  the  later  issues, 
and  their  contemptuous  return  must  have  sadly  wounded  the  susceptibilities 
of  these  innocent  non-collectors  ! 

It  is  evident  that  the.se  illustrations  have  been  prepared  with  the  aid  of 
someone  well  versed  in  Philately,  and  that  recourse  must  have  been  had 
to  large  collections  or  important  stocks  of  stamps,  and  we  believe  we  are 
correct  in  attributing  to  the  kind  assistance  of  Messrs.  Stanley  Gibbons, 
Limited,  no  inconsiderable  share  in  the  success  achieved.  There  are  naturally 
some  stamps  in  the  hundred  which  should  be  replaced  by  others  still  more 
rare,  but  the  showing  is  a  good  one,  and   includes  representations  of  such 


278  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

acknowledged  rarities  as  the  "  Post  Office "  Mauritius,  the  Moldavians,  the 
round  and  oblong  British  Guianas,  the  Hawaiian  first  issue,  the  Baltimore, 
the  St.  Louis  20  c,  the  Cape  Errors,  the  £\  Great  Britain,  watermark  Anchor, 
the  West  Australian  inverted  Swan,  the  I2d.  Canada,  etc.,  etc.  The  Queens- 
land IS.  (186 1 ),  imperforate,  has,  however,  no  right  to  parade  in  such  company, 
as  it  does  not  exist,  and  there  are  several  other  stamps  out  of  their  element ; 
but  taken  altogether,  the  illustration  is  an  excellent  guide  to  the  rarity  of 
the  hundred  best  stamps,  and  is  an  undeniable  advertisement  of  the 
pursuit  of  stamp  collecting. 


THE  QUEEN  OF  ADHESIVES. 

t 

COMMITTEE  consisting  of  two  well-known  philatelists,  Messrs.  M.  H. 
Lombard  and  L.  L.   Green,    have    recently    adjudicated    at    Boston 


in  a  contest  as  to  the  most  beautiful  adhesive  stamp.  The  rival  claims 
of  fifty-one  competitors  were  examined,  and  the  committee  reported  as 
follows  : — 

"  The  members  of  your  committee  had  before  them  a  fine  copy  of 
each  and  every  one  of  these  fifty-one  stamps  for  comparison.  From  this 
group  first  one  was  discarded  and  then  another  as  being  the  least  beautiful, 
by  which  process  the  number  was  in  due  time  reduced  to  eight.  These 
eight  stamps  were:  Falkland  Islands,  2  sh.  6  p.  ;  St.  Vincent,  5  sh.,  1880; 
New  Zealand,  5  sh.,  1898;  Nova  Scotia,  12 J  c. ;  Newfoundland,  24  c,  1866; 
Canada,  2  c.  Jubilee ;  United  States,  8  c.  Martha  Washington ;  United 
States,   $1  Omaha. 

"  By  further  elimination  this  number  was  at  length  reduced  to  three,  the 
Falkland  Islands,  the  Nova  Scotia,  and  the  Omaha. 

"  To  judge  between  these  three  your  committee  found  it  very  difficult,  as 
each  of  them,  although  widely  different  in  character,  presents  claims  to 
beauty  of  the  strongest  kind,  and  it  was  only  after  long  deliberation  that  it 
was  decided  to  drop  the  Omaha. 

"  Were  not  the  Nova  Scotia  quite  so  sombre  in  appearance,  the  result  of 
this  competition  might  have  been  different,  as  it  has  always  been  a  great 
favourite  with  your  committee ;  but  the  beautiful  colour  of  the  Falkland  won 
the  day,  and  is  pronounced  by  your  judges  to  be  the  '  Queen  of  Adhesives.' " 

We  certainly  cannot  agree  with  this  finding.  The  Falkland  stamp  is 
handsome,  but  too  large;  the  engraving,  though  fine,  is  far  exceeded  by  other 
stamps,  and  the  design  is  marred  by  large,  conspicuous  lettering.  The  Nova 
Scotia  I2|  cents  has,  in  our  view,  far  greater  claims  to  the  first  prize,  and 
there  are  other  Colonial  and  United  States  stamps  that  are  practically  of 
equal  beauty. 


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MESSRS.    BRIGHT   AND   SON'S   CATALOGUE* 

^^ffff  T  is  difficult,  in  view  of  the  perennial  appearance  of  catalogues 
'illlN  and  their  marvellous  improvement,  to  offer  comment  or  criti- 
cism of  a  nature  to  interest  our  readers.  Messrs.  Bright  and 
Son  have  long  entered  the  arena  of  catalogue  publication,  and 
in  their  now-issued  sixth  edition  they  have  produced  a  work 
that  is  a  marked  improvement  upon  its  predecessors,  and  is, 
in  every  way,  well  worthy  of  the  reputation  of  the  firm.  The  numerous 
additions  to  the  new  issues  have  necessitated  an  enlargement  of  the  book, 
which  now  extends  as  to  adhesives  to  640  pages,  and  as  to  entires  to  224;  but 
despite  this,  the  catalogue  preserves  unimpaired  its  convenient  bulk  and 
pocketability,  if  we  may  be  allowed  to  coin  a  word.  The  publishers  remark 
hereon  that  "  Part  of  the  increase  is  due  to  the  elaboration  of  some  countries 
by  further  dividing  the  existing  lists  of  perforations  and  watermarks.  This 
will,  no  doubt,  entail  some  amount  of  grumbling  on  the  part  of  those  phila- 
telists who  already  complain  that  the  lists  are  too  complicated  by  such 
varieties.  May  we  point  out  to  these  collectors  that  because  certain  lists  of 
perforations,  watermarks,  etc.,  are  given  in  the  catalogue,  it  is  not  necessary 
that  they  should  feel  bound  to  collect  them?  The  catalogue  is  for  all  classes 
of  collectors.  The  specialist  should  take  all  the  varieties  that  are  listed,  and 
as  many  more  as  he  can  find.  The  'limitist'  should  collect  only  what  he 
considers  distinct  stamps  within  his  limits.  This  latter  will  vary  according 
to  the  collector.  For  instance,  '  A '  collects  varieties  of  watermarks,  but  not 
perforation.  '  B '  does  not  take  either,  confining  himself  to  distinct  types 
of  stamps,  but  includes  prominent  shades.  'C  abhors  surcharges,  so  does 
not  include  them  ;  and  so  ad  infiftitum."  These  observations  are  doubtless 
correct,  but  we  hold  to  our  previously  expressed  opinion  that  the  only 
really  sound  system  is  to  point  out  to  collectors,  by  means  of  varying  type 
and  numbers,  which  are  really  the  important  varieties  and  which  are  the  minor 
ones. 

The  illustrations  have  been  materially  improved,  but  there  is  still  a  little 
scope  for  amendment  (as  in  the  case  of  Argentine),  the  wear  observable  being 
doubtless  due  to  the  large  number  of  copies  struck  off  in  successive  editions. 
The  publishers  remark  hereon  in  the  Preface  :  "  A  large  number  of  new  and 
improved  illustrations  have  been  added,  and  we  think  that  on  the  whole  the 
quality  of  these  is  superior  to  any  appearing  in  similar  publications.  Still 
further  improvements  in  this  direction  will  be  made  with  each  succeeding 
edition." 

Many  of  the  Reference  Lists  have  been  practically  rewritten,  and  all  the 
latest  issues  have  been  incorporated,  with  the  result  that  the  sixth  edition  of 
Messrs.  Bright  and  Son's  Catalogue  will  be  found  a  distinct  improvement 
upon  the  previous  editions,  and  may  be  safely  accepted  by  the  collecting 
world  as  a  sound  and  reliable  catalogue  in  every  respect. 

*  Bright  anil  Son's  "ABC"  Descrijitivo  I'ricuil  Catiiloguc  i)f  tlic  World's  I'ostiigc  Stumps, 
Eiivcloijus,  Tost  Curds,  etc.  In  two  purls  :  I'urt  I.  — Adhesives.  I'nrt  1 1.  — Kntiri's.  Uright  und  Son, 
164,  Strand,  W.C.     Simpkin,  Mnrsliull,  uiul  Co.,  SliilioiK-rs'  Hull  Court,  10. C. 


28o  REVIEWS. 


BRITISH    INDIAN   SURCHARGED   STAMPS.* 

The  first  edition  of  this  work,  issued  under  the  auspices  of  the  Philatelic 
Society  of  India,  was  published  in  1897,  the  author  being  Mr.  C.  Stewart- 
Wilson,  and  the  second  edition  has  now  been  necessitated,  Mr.  B.  Gordon  Jones 
being  now  associated  therewith.  The  authors  give  the  following  reasons  for 
the  present  edition  : — 

"  With  the  advent  of  the  King's  head  stamps  for  use  in  the  Convention 
Native  States,  finality  has  now  been  reached  for  all  the  Queen's  head  issues, 
and  a  revised  edition  of  this  Hand-book  is  a  necessity,  especially  as  totals 
can  now  be  given  of  all  stamps  with  the  Queen's  head  that  have  ever  been 
surcharged.  Since  the  publication  of  the  first  edition  a  good  deal  of  further 
knowledge  has  come  to  light  regarding  these  issues,  several  new  varieties 
have  been  surcharged,  and  a  few  important  errors  have  been  discovered. 
Faridkot,  too,  has  ceased  using  these  over-printed  issues  since  31st  March, 
1901." 

The  following  alterations  are  the  most  noteworthy  in  the  present  edition, 
which  altogether  is  a  great  improvement  upon  the  last  edition,  as  much  for 
its  numerous  omissions  as  for  its  additions,  the  authors  remarking  hereon  : — 

"  A  change  has  been  made  in  the  listing  of  errors,  which  are  now  divided 
into  '  major '  and  '  minor.'  Those  under  the  former  head  are  of  the  first 
importance,  and  deserve  to  be  represented  in  all  collections,  while  those  under 
the  latter  head  are  of  far  less  interest.  Several  'errors'  which  were  included 
in  the  first  edition  are  now  left  out  altogether  as  unworthy  of  the  notice  even 
of  specialists,  of  whom,  we  are  glad  to  notice,  there  are  now  a  fair  number 
both  in  and  out  of  India.  Some  enthusiasts  are  constantly  discovering 
'  errors '  due  to  minute  defects  in  type  or  to  bad  inking.  These  we  have  left 
severely  alone  and  recommend  all  collectors  to  follow  our  example.  We 
also  exclude  the  '  STATE '  errors,  as  we  are  convinced  that  the  so-called  '  8 ' 
is  only  an  '  S '  with  excess  of  ink." 

The  authors  express  their  thanks  to  the  under-noted  specialists  for  the 
loan  of  stamps  for  illustrations :  Messrs.  C.  Ross  Alston,  J.  T.  Chamberlain, 
C.  A.  Eddis,  J.  N.  Sircar,  E.  G.  Stone-Wigg,  and  Lieut.-Col.  F.  H.  Hancock, 
and  they  are  to  be  congratulated  upon  having  produced  a  valuable  addition  to 
our  series  of  philatelic  handbooks. 


THE   COLLEGE   STAMPS   OF   GREAT   BRITAIN.f 
There   is   so   much   to  collect  nowadays  that   philatelists   may  well  be 
excused  if  they  are  not  to  be  tempted  into  more  or  less  illegitimate  forms 
of  collecting.     The  College  stamps  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  were  acknow- 
ledgments of  a  fee  for  delivery  of  letters  within  certain  limited  areas,  and 

*  British  Indian  Adhesive  Stamps  (Queen's  Head)  Surcharged  for  Native  States,  by  C.  Stewart- 
Wilson  and  B.  Gordon  Jones.     Calcutta  :  Cambrian  Press,  British  Indian  Street.      1904. 

t  A  Study  of  the  College  Stamps  of  Ojcfo?-d  and  Cambridge.  Their  history  and  use  from  1870  to 
1886,  exemplified  by  reference  to  existing  collections,  and  illustrated  by  specially  prepared  mezzo 
photo-type  plates,  by  the  Rev.  Hayman  Cummings,  a.k.c,  Lond.  ;  k.r.hist.soc.  Oxford:  Slatter 
and  Rose,  Mitre  House,  16,  High  Street.     London  :  Simpkin,  Marshall,  and  Co. 


REVIEWS.  281 

may  therefore  be  looked  upon  as  a  species  of  messenger  stamps,  or  as  a 
private  or  local  issue.  They  were  issued  in  two  colleges  at  Oxford  and  in 
three  at  Cambridge,  and  they  were  withdrawn  from  use  by  the  action  of  the 
Postmaster-General  in  1886,  having  been  used  from  1870,  and  this  finality 
will  doubtless  favourably  affect  the  number  of  those  who  collect  them. 

It  must  be  acknowledged  that,  whatever  the  philatelic  merits  of  the 
stamps  in  question,  the  author  has  done  his  best  to  present  them  in  the 
most  favourable  light,  having  embodied  all  the  available  information,  having 
given  the  most  ample  and  excellent  illustrations,  and  having  produced  a 
work  that  in  its  general  appearance  is  on  equal  lines  with  an  edition  de 
luxe.  We  are  convinced  that  this  volume  will  be  readily  welcomed  by  all 
who  favour  the  collection  of  the  College  stamp,  and  we  congratulate  the 
Rev.  Hayman  Cummings  upon  the  successful  result  of  his  labours. 

For  the  benefit  of  those  who  are  not  well  informed  as  to  the  nature 
and  history  of  these  stamps,  we  cannot  do  better  than  quote  the  author's 
words  in  the  Introduction  : — 

"  It  seems  very  desirable  to  gather  into  one  volume  whatever  is  possible 
respecting  these  interesting  issues  of  stamps  in  use  for  fifteen  years,  then 
well-nigh  forgotten  until  several  members  of  the  Oxford  Philatelic  Society 
unearthed  a  large  amount  of  evidence  as  to  their  existence  and  use.  A 
few  paragraphs  in  the  stamp  magazines,  none  entirely  accurate,  some  mis- 
leading, are  all  that  were  published  concerning  them  until  1893,  when  a 
notable  paper,  read  by  Professor  Arthur  S.  Napier,  M.A.,  PH.D.,  at  a  meeting 
of  the  Oxford  Philatelic  Society,  marked  a  new  departure.  In  the  light 
of  more  recently  acquired  information,  some  of  the  conclusions  arrived  at 
then  are  found  to  be  erroneous,  and  deductions  were  made  upon  insufficient 
data. 

"  The  present  book  is  an  effort  to  preserve  and  consolidate  whatever  is 
reliable  and  trustworthy  with  reference  to  the  letter  stamps  of  the  Colleges, 
gathered  from  existing  documents.  College  records,  witnesses  of  their  use 
who  are  still  living,  and  last,  but  by  no  means  the  least  important,  the 
evidence  afforded  by  the  stamps  themselves.  From  time  immemorial  the 
Universities  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  possessed  certain  privileges  and 
immunities  in  the  matter  of  letters  and  correspondence,  which  were  con- 
firmed by  Acts  of  Parliament.  The  stamps  themselves  were  used  from 
1870  to  1886,  when,  through  the  interference  of  the  Postmaster-General  and 
with  the  acquiescence  of  the  College  authorities,  they  were  discontinued." 


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Uto  |ssms. 


NOTKS   OF   NEW^,    AND    VARIATIONS  OF   GURRKNT,    ISSUES. 

(Varieties  of  Obsolete  Stamps,  and  Discoveries,  will  be  found,  under  "Philatelic  Notes.") 
We  do  not  profess  to  chronicle  everything,  but,  with  the  kind  help  of  correspondents,  are  desirous  that 
all  the  important  novelties  may  be  included.  Speculative  stamps — i.  e.  those  not  really  required  for 
postal  purposes — will  be  considered  on  their  tnerits,  and  Jtibilee  issues  will  not  be  chronicled. 
Members  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society,  and  other  readers  generally,  are  invited  to  co-operate  with  us 
in  making  the  columns  as  interesting  as  possible.  Our  foreign  readers  can  especially  help  us  in 
this  direction,  by  sending  copies  of  any  official  docuvients  relative  to  changes  in  the  current  issues, 
or  early  intimation  of  any  new  issue,  accompanied,  when  possible,  by  a  specimen;  such  information 
will  be  duly  credited  to  the  correspondent,  and,  if  desired,  the  specimen  promptly  returned. 
Address:  Mr.  A.  CHURCHILL  Emerson,  io,  Gracechurch  Street,  London,  E.C. 


BRITISH    EMPIRE. 

British  East  Africa  and  Uganda. — 
Another  value,  the  3  annas,  is  known  on  the 
new  watermarked  paper. 
Adhesive. 
3  annas,  chocolate  and  green  ;  new  wmk. 

Canada.  —  The  20  cents  King's  Head 
stamp  has  made  its  appearance. 

Adhesive.     20  cents,  olive-green. 

Cape  of  Good  Hope. — Ewen's  Weekly 
states  that  the  2d.  King's  Head  stamp,  the 
remaining  value,  has  now  been  issued  to  the 

public. 

Adhesive.     2d.,  brown,  King's  Head. 

Ceylon. — The  Colonial  Stamp  Market 
has  received  the  4  c,  6  c,  and  12  c,  on  the 
new  multiple  watermarked  paper. 

It  is  stated  that  the  use  of  the  "  On  Ser- 
vice" stamps  will  be  entirely  discontinued 
from  October  ist. 

Some  of  the  King's  Head  stamps  with  the 
"  Service  "  overprint  have  been  in  use  a  very 
short  time,  and,  it  would  seem,  must  rise  in 
price.     The  following  values  only  have  been 
Hsted :  2,  3,  5,  15,  25,  and  30  c.     Will  the 
remainders  be  destroyed  ? 
Adhesives. 
4  c. ,  yellow  and  blue,  with  new  wmk. 
6  c,  rose  ,, 

12  c,  sage-green  and  rose       ,, 

Fiji. — Some  postcards  of  the  King's  Head 
type  are  chronicled  in  the  M.  C. 
Post  Cards. 
\d.,  green  on  cream  ;     single  and  reply, 
id.,  carmine  on  cream  ,, 

Gibraltar. — We  have  received  the  id. 
stamp  on  the  new  watermarked  paper. 
Adhesive. 
id.,  lilac  and  carmine  ;  new  wmk. 


Gold    Coast.— The  M.  J.  hears  of  the 
current  id.  value  on  the  new  watermarked 

paper.  Adhesive. 

id.,  lilac  and  carmine  ;  new  paper. 

Hong  Kong. — The  following  values  with 


the  new 
Weekly. 
Adhesives. 


watermark  have  reached  Ewen's 

2  c. ,  dull  green. 

4  c,  lilac  on  red. 

5  c. ,  orange  and  green. 
20  c.,  grey  and  chestnut. 
30  c. ,  grey -green  and  black. 
50  c.  ,,  ,,      magenta. 
$1,  lilac  and  sage-green. 

$2,  grey  and  carmine. 

India. — Mr.  W.  Corfield  kindly  sent  us  a 
I  anna,  blue  on  buff,  Queen's  Head  post  card, 
which  has  apparently  lately  been  reissued 
in  Calcutta. 

We  are  told  by  a  friend  that  this  card  was 
issued  in  1884,  but  was  withdrawn  to  be 
surcharged. 

Jaipur. — Varieties  in  shades  are  already 
known.  The  M.  J.  chronicles  the  ^  anna 
in  dark  blue,  the  i  anna  in  bright  red,  and 
the  2  annas  in  a  slightly  different  shade 
of  green  from  that  first  received. 

Lagos. — It  is  reported  in  the  Philatelic 
Record  that  supplies  of  the  6d.  and  is. 
King's  Heads,  on  the  new  watermarked 
paper,  have  arrived. 

Adhesives. 
6d. ,  lilac  and  mauve  ;   new  wmkd.  paper. 
IS.,  green  and  black         ,,  ), 

Malta. — Ewen's  Weekly  lists  the  2^d. 
King's  Head  on  the  new  watermarked  paper. 

Adhesive. 
2jd. ,  marone  and  ultramarine  ;  new  wmk. 

Montserrat. — The  id.  value  on  the  new 

watermarked  paper  is  added  to  the  list  by 

the  M.  J.  Adhesive. 

id.,  carmine  and  grey-black  ;  new  wmk. 


NEW  ISSUES. 


283 


Natal. — The  id.  stamp  on  the  new  water- 
marked paper  is  reported. 

Adhesive,     id.  carmine  ;  new  wmk. 

Straits    Settlements.  —  The    i    cent 
with  the  new  watermark  has  been  seen. 
Adhesive.     I  cent,  green  ;  new  wmk. 

Johore. — A  new  set,  in  the  same  design  as 
before,  but  with  the  head  of  the  present 
Sultan,  has  been  issued,  and  Messrs.  Whit- 
field King  and  Co.  submit  samples. 

Adhesives.   1  cent,  lilac  and  green. 

2  cents        ,,       orange. 

3  ,,  ,,  black. 

4  ,,  ,,  carmine. 

5  ,,  ,,  sage-green. 
8  ,,  ,,  blue. 

10  ,,  ,,       black. 

25  ,,  ,,       blue-green. 

50  ,,  .,       red. 

$1  green  and  purple. 

$2  ,,         crimson. 

$3  ,.        blue. 

$4  ,,        brown. 

$5  )  >        orange. 

Sudan.— The  M.  J.  has  received  the  i 
piastre  in  its  old  colours,  with  the  multiple 
watermark,  and  without  the  "  O.S.G.S."  sur- 
charge. 

Our  contemporary  remarks  :  "  We  chron- 
icled this  value  in  black  and  red,  and  the 
10  piastres  in  brown  and  mauve,  in  January, 
1903,  on  the  authority  of  a  contemporary, 
but  we  have  never  seen  these  stamps,  either 
surcharged  or  otherwise.     Do  they  exist  ? " 

Adhesive. 
I  p.,  blue  and  brown,  with  multiple  wmk. 


EUROPE. 

Austria.— Messrs.   Whitfield   King  and 
Co.  send  us  the  new  set. 

We  find  the  i,  5,  and  6  heller  have  the 
figures  of  value  in  colour  on  white  ground, 
the  10,  20,  25,  and  30  heller  in  black  on 
white,  and  the  remainder  have  the  figures  in 
white  on  sohd  ground.  All  have  the  shiny 
bars  and  are  perf.  1 2^-1 3. 
Adhesives. 

30  h. ,  reddish  mauve. 
35  h.,  green. 
40  h. ,  mauve. 
50  h. ,  pale  blue. 
60  h.,  pale  brown. 


I  h. ,  reddish  mauve. 

5  h.,  green. 

6  h.,  orange. 
10  h.,  rose. 
20  h.,  brown. 
25  h. ,  ultramarine. 


72  h.,  rose. 

Austrian     Post     Offices     in     the 

Levant. — The  following  new  values  have 

been  chronicled  in  several  journals. 

Adhesives.     2  fcs.  on  2  kronen,  grey-lilac. 
4    „         4       ,,        grcy-grecn. 

Denmark.  —  Mr.  W.  T.  Wilson  and 
Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co.  have  sent 
us  some  provisionals  lately  issued. 


The  8  ore  is  surcharged  with  a  colourless 
figure  "  4  "  on  a  solid  black  oval  ground  in 
the  centre,  with  "ORE"  in  large  caps 
below. 

The   24   ore   is   overprinted  with  figures 
"15"  over  the  figures  "24"  and  "ore"  in 
smaller  caps,  in  black,  below. 
Provisionals. 
4  ore,  slate  and  carmine  ;  black  surcharge. 

15     ,,     brown  ,,  ,, 

Greece. — A  correspondent  informs  the 
M.J.  that  he  possesses  the  Solepta,  Unpaid 
Letter  stamp,  in  the  second  variety  of  type, 
perf  9.  Unpaid  Letter  Stamp. 

80  1.,  green  and  black  (Type  53) ;  perf.  9. 


AMERICA. 

Colombian  Republic. — The  list  of  new 
issues  on  page  260  has  to  be  added  to. 

Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co.  send 
the  \  c. 

Adhesives.     J  c,  yellow;  perf.  12. 
10  c. ,  purple  ,, 

20  c,  black  ,, 

A.R.  Stamp.     5  c. ,  blue;  perf.  12. 
Registratioti  Stamps. 
20  c. ,  brown  on  blue  ;  imperf. 
20  c.        , ,  , ,       perf. 

Boyaca.  —  The  publishers  of  the  M.J. 
have  found  the  5  and  10  pesos  stamps  of 
last  year  (Types  6  and  7)  printed  on  the 
wrong  papers.  A  single  copy  of  each  was 
discovered  in  their  stock,  both  imperf. 

Adhesives.     5  pesos,  black  on  buff. 
10  ,,  rose. 

Cuatta. — The  M.J.  lists  the  following  : — 
Adhesives. 
(6)  With  "  Gobierno  Provisorio  "  at  top. 
"2   cvos,"   black    on    white    (No.    S    in    the 
Catalogue). 

The  same,  but  overprinted  "  Andrez  B.  Fer- 
nandez," at  right,  in  violet. 

"  5  cvos,"  black  on  deep  pink. 
(c)  PVith  "Gobierno  Provisional"  at  top,  and 
overprint  at  right  in  black. 

"  /  ctvo,"  black  on  blue-green. 

There  is  also  a  variety  inscribed  "  i 
cenlavo,"  chronicled  in  April,  1901,  but 
which  has  been  omitted  from  the  Catalogue. 

Dominican  Republic— £'«/<'«'j  Weekly 
reports  a  new  provisional. 

It  is  the  2  c,  blown,  Postage  Due  stamp, 
surcharged 

REPUBLICA 
DOMINICANA 


CENTAVOS 
CORREOS 
in  carmine. 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'  MEETINGS. 


No  doubt  we  are  in  for  a  shoal  of  this 
rubbish. 

Provisional.     I  c.  on  2  c. ,  brown. 

Mexico. — A  change  in  colour  of  the  cur- 
rent 2  cents,  stamp  has  taken  place,  for  the 
A.  I.  P.  lists  it  in  bright  blue. 

Adhesive.     2c. ,  bright  blue;  perf.  14-15. 

Salvador.— A  provisional  card  is  chron- 
icled by  Me  keel's  Weekly. 
Post  Card. 
I  c.  on  2  c. ,  lake,  with  stamp  of  1903  type. 

Uruguay. — Some  of  the  locally  printed 
stamps  have  arrived,  and  the  M.J.  states 
that  the  design  appears  to  be  a  lithographic 
reproduction  of  Types  75  and  76.  Messrs. 
Whitfield  King  and  Co.  send  specimens. 

Adhesive,     i  c,  green  ;  perf.  11  J. 

2  c. ,  dull  orange;  perf.  11^. 

Venezuela.— We  gather  from  the  A. /.P. 
that  the  5  c,  orange,  of  1900  has  been  seen 
without  surcharge. 

Adhesive.     5  c. ,  orange  ;  without  overprint. 

OTHER  COUNTRIES. 

French  Zanzibar. — The  M.J.,  on  the 
authority  of  a  Continental  journal,  chronicles 
a  long  list  of  provisionals.    Here  they  are — 

I.   Stamps  oi  1897-1502,  surcharged  m\i\2Lck. 
"  25  c.  ^„  2  J  "  on  4  a.  on  40  c. 
"  50  ™  5  "  on  3  a.  on  30  c. 
"  50  2  5  "  on  4  a.  on  40  c. 
"  I  fr.  ^  10"  on  3  a.  on  30  c. 
"  I  fr.  ~  10  "  on  4  a.  on  40  c. 


2.   Type  5  of  Zanzibar,  surcharged  in  red. 
"2"  and  "25"  on  ^a.   on  S  c.  {as  described  in 
August). 
3.   Type  6  of  Zanzibar,  surcharged  in  black. 
"  25  c."  and  "  2\"  on  i  a.  on  loc. 
"  25  c."  and  "2|  "  on  3  a.  on  30  c. 
"  50  c."  and  "  cinq  "  on  3  a.  on  30  c. 
"  I  fr."  and  "  dix"  on  3  a.  on  30c. 
4.    The  Unpaid  Letter  Stamps. 
J  a.  on  5  c.  ;  iz/rc/zar^W  "  Timbre,"  vertically,  at 

upper  right,  in  red. 
I  a.  on  IOC  ;  surcharged  "  Affranch'. ,"  across  the 

■word  "  TAXE,"  in  black. 
1 4  a.  on  15  c.  ;  surcharged  with  a  bar  across  the 
top  and  bottom  labels,  in  red. 

Gaboon. — Ewen's  Weekly  tells  us  that 
this  Colony  Jpas  been  endowed  with  a  set  of 
its  own. 

It  is  of  the  usual  French  colonial  type,  but 
inscribed  "  Gabon."     Perf.  14X13I. 

Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co.  send  the 

I  c.  as  sample. 

Adhesives. 

1  c. ,  black  on  azure  Name,  rose. 

2  c. ,  brown  on  buff  , ,  blue. 
4c.,  purple-brown  on  grey  ,,  blue. 
5  c,  bright  yellow-green  ,,  rose. 

IOC,  rose-red  ,,  blue. 

15c.,  grey  ,,  rose. 

20C.,  red  on  green  ,,  blue. 

25  c.,  blue  ,,  rose. 

30  c,  cinnamon  on  drab  ,,  rose. 

40 c,  red  on  yellow  ,,  blue. 

50  c. ,  brown  on  azure  , ,  blue. 

75c.,  brown  on  orange  ,,  rose. 

if.,  olive-green  on  toned  ,,  rose. 

2f. ,  violet  on  lilac  ,,  rose. 

5f.,  lilac  on  pale  lilac  ,,  blue. 

Martinique. — The  third  line  of  our  list 
of  provisionals,  page  261,  should,  we  think, 
read,  "  10  c.  on  30  c.,  brown,"  etc. 


ijjilattlir  %miim    li^^ttings. 


Council  for  the  Year  1904-5. 
President — H.R.H.  The  Prince  of  Wales,  k.g.,  etc. 
Vice-President — The  Eakl  of  Crawford,  k.t. 
Ho7i.  .'Secretary — J.  A.  Tilleard. 
Hon.  Assistant  Secretary — H.  R.  Oldfield. 
Hon.   Treasurer— Q,.  N.  Biggs. 
Hon.  Liirnrian—'L.  W.  FuLCHER. 
Committee — 
E.  D.  Bacon.  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg. 

M.  P.  Castle,  J. p.  (Hon.  Vice-President). 
C.  J.  Daun.  C.  E.  McNaughtan. 

R.  Ehrenbach.  F.  Reichenheim. 

T.  W.  Hall.  Gordon  Smith. 


The  first  meeting  of  the  season  1904-5  was 
held,  by  the  invitation  of  the  Vice-President, 
at  2,  Cavendish  Square,  on  Friday  the  14th 
October,  1904,  at  7.45  p.m. 

Members  present :  The  Earl  of  Crawford, 
E.  D.  Bacon,  L.  W.  Fulcher,  H.  G.  Palliser, 
R.  Frentzel,  C.  J.  Daun,   Rudolph  Meyer, 


Wm.  Martello  Gray,  C.  J.  Tyas,  J.  C.  Side- 
botham,  E.  Stanley  Gibbons,  R.  B.  Yardley, 
W.  T.  Wilson,  H.  Doming  Beckton,  Douglas 
EUis,  C.  McNaughtan,  Gordon  Smith,  Robert 
Ehrenbach,  Malcolm  S.  Cooke,  Herbert  R. 
Oldfield,  Franz  Reichenheim,  George  F. 
Napier,  T.  Wickham  Jones,  Edw.  B.  Evans, 
H.  Quare,  L.  S.  Wells,  Arthur  H.  Stamford, 
T.  Maycock,  A.  W.  Maclean,  W.  Schwa- 
bacher,  C.  Neville  Biggs,  W.  W.  Blest,  M.  P. 
Castle,  Robert  Reid,  William  Pimm,  F.  Ran- 
som, B.  D.  Knox,  Thos.  Wm.  Hall. 

Visitors :  Stanley  B.  Baxter,  M.  Raffalovich. 

The  chair  was  taken  by  the  Vice-President, 
and  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  on  the 
loth  June,  1904,  were  taken  as  read.  A  letter 
was  read  from  the  Rev.  H.  Williams,  an- 
nouncing the  death  of  Col.  W.  E.  Williams, 
a  member  of  the  Society,  and  the  intimation 
was  received  with  great  regret. 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'  MEETINGS. 


285 


A  print  check  list  of  the  proofs  of  ad- 
hesives  and  revenue  stamps  of  the  United 
States  of  America,  prepared  by  Mr.  Toppan, 
was  presented  by  him  to  the  Society,  and  the 
same  was  handed  to  the  Hbrarian  for  acknow- 
ledgment in  the  usual  way. 

A  letter  was  received  from  Lieut.  H.  J. 
Gillespie,  resigning  his  membership  of  the 
Society,  and  the  icsignation  was  accepted 
with  regret. 

The  members  then  proceeded  to  the  elec- 
tion of  the  following  gentlemen,  who,  after 
ballot,  were  declared  duly  elected  : — 

Lieut.-Col.  Schofield  Patten  Peile,  C.B., 
proposed  by  Lieut.-Col.  A.  St.  Leger  Bur- 
rowes,  seconded  by  the  Hon.  Secretary. 

Mr.  Arthur  John  Warren,  proposed  by 
Mr.  Gordon  Smith,  seconded  by  the  Hon. 
Secretary. 

The  Vice-President  then  gave  a  short  ex- 
planation of  the  method  of  arrangement  of 
the  stamps  in  his  collection  of  Great  Britain, 
and  at  his  invitation  the  members  proceeded 
to  inspect  the  collection,  which  had  been 
specially  set  out  and  arranged  for  such  in- 
spection. The  display  of  the  stamps  was 
very  much  appreciated  by  the  members 
present,  and  a  very  sincere  vote  of  thanks 
was  passed  to  the  Vice-President  for  affording 
the  members  an  opportunity  of  inspecting 
the  same.    The  proceedings  then  terminated. 


Honorary  President— V^ .  B.  Avery,  Esq. 
President—^.  Hollick,  Esq. 

Vice-Presidents — 

T.  W.  Peck,  Esq.       W.  Pimm,  Esq. 

Committee — 

Mr.  p.  T.  Deakin.    Mr.  C.  A.  Stephenson. 

Mr.  H.  Grindall.     Mr.  W.  F.  Wadams. 

Hon.  Secretary  and  Treasurer — 
Mr.  G.  Johnson,  b.a. 
Official  Address— 308,  Birchfield  Road, 
Birmingham. 


Oct.  6.  Annual  General  Business  Meeting. 
The  Report  and  Balance  Sheet, 
showing  a  cash  balance  in  hand  of 
£T^  2)S.  4^d.,  were  passed.  The 
following  amended  programme  was 
adopted  : — 

,,       18.     {Tuesday)    Display:    Great     Britain, 
New  Zealand,  Germany.  Mr.  VV.  B. 
Avery. 
,,       27.     Display:    Australian  Colonies.      Mr. 
R.   Hollick. 
Nov.    10.     Paper:    "Turkey."  Mr.  I'-T.  Deakin. 
,,       24.     Paper:  "Hong  Kong."     Mr.  C.  A. 
Stephenson. 
Dec.     3.     Auction  at  Acorn  Hotel. 
1905. 

Jan.  5.  Lantern  Display.  Mr.  J.  A.  Mar- 
goschis. 


Feb.     2.     Paper:     "Railway    Letter    Stamps." 
Capt.  M.  W.  K.  Connolly. 
,,       23.     Auction  at  Acorn  Hotel. 

Mar.  2.  Paper:  "  Roumania."  Mr.  H. 
Grindall. 

Mar.  23.  Paper:  "Northern  Nigeria  and  Sey- 
chelles." Messrs.  Stephenson  and 
Wadams. 

April  14.  Display:  Great  Britain.  Mr.  W. 
Pimm. 

May     4.     Paper.     Mr.  T.  W.  Peck. 

The  officers  and  committee  were  all  re- 
elected. 

Twenty  pounds  was  voted  towards  the 
Permanent  Collection,  which  now  contains 
12,064  varieties.  The  Stamp  Collector  \yas 
adopted  as  the  official  journal  for  the  ensuing 
year. 

Votes  of  thanks  were  given  to  the  follow- 
ing donors  to  the  Permanent  Collection  : — 
Dr.  R.  Lyon  (unused  triangular  Capes, 
etc.),  Messrs.  E.  U.  Eddis,  J.  N.  Marsden, 
H.  F.  Lowe,  L.  Lloyd,  A.  Spetsiotis,  C.  F. 
Tanner,  C.  McNaughtan,  F.  C.  Krichauff, 
J.  J.  Smith,  G.  E.  Petty,  while  Messrs.  C.  T. 
Reed  and  F.  J.  Durrant  were  thanked  for 
donations  of  catalogues  and  periodicals.  Dr. 
R.  Lyon  for  Mount  Brown's  Catalogue,  5th 
edition,  and  Messrs.  Stanley  Gibbons,  H.  L. 
Ewen,  Alfred  Smith  and  Son,  W.  Brown,  W. 
Morley,  and  Th.  Lemaire  for  their  periodi- 
cals, the  Scott  Stamp  and  Coin  Co.  for  their 
Tentative  List  of  Adhesives  and  Revenues 
of  the  U.S.A. 

In  view  of  the  great  increase  in  the  value 
of  the  Society's  possessions,  amounting  to 
many  hundreds  of  pounds,  it  was  decided 
that  "All  persons  elected  members  on  and 
after  October  ist,  1905,  and  all  whose 
membership  shall  have  lapsed  and  who 
desire  re-election,  shall  pay  an  entrance  fee 
of  5s." 

The  following  were  unanimously  elected 
members  :  Messrs.  Wilmot  Corfield,  J.  W. 
Dorman,  M.A.,  J.  G.  Cuthbertson,  B.  B.  A. 
Bittencourt,  T.  A.  Cunningham,  S.  C.  Skip- 
ton,  W.  H.  Terry,  G.  E.  Anthonisz,  P.  Guerin, 
W.  T.  Taylor,  G.  Schmidt,  B.  C.  Baylis, 
.\ug.  Marbes,  T.  B.  Widdovvson. 

The  membership  now  stands  at  320,  an 
increase  of  two  on  last  year. 

It  was  decided  to  send  special  diplomas  to 
all  those  members  who  have  contributed  ;£io 
in  value  to  the  Permanent  Collection,  as  an 
interesting  souvenir  of  the  assistance  so 
generously  given  to  the  work  of  the  Society 
and  to  Philately  in  general.  They  have 
given  of  their  best,  and  the  Society  is  ex- 
tremely grateful  to  them,  and  by  research  is 
making  splendid  use  of  the  gifts.  The 
12,064  (4,47s  in  the  Colonial  Album  and 
7,586  in  the  l-oreign)  have  been  got  together 
in  less  tiian  three  years,  and  ;ilthough  this 
rate  of  progress  may  not  be  maintained,  the 
committee  are  detennined  to  do  all  they  can 
to  this  end,  having  h:id  the  experience  of  the 
i   great  use  it  has  already  been  to  the  UKMubers. 


286 


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A  GENERAL  meeting  was  held  at  2,  Caven- 
dish Square,  London,  W.,  on  Tuesday, 
October  i8th,  1904,  at  7  p.m. 

Present :  Messrs.  W.  Simpson,  L.  E. 
Bradbury,  T.  H.  Harvey,  W.  Schwabacher, 
J.  C.  Sidebotham,  R.  Frentzel,  F.  Reichen- 
heim,  W.  G.  Cool,  A.  G.  Wane,  K.  Wiehen, 
H.  Thompson,  E.  S.  Dudley,  W.  T.  Standen, 
V.  H.  Gregory,  E.  P.  Richardson,  F.  J. 
Melville,  B.  W.  H.  Poole,  S.  Chapman, 
J.  K.  Boddy,  B.  F.  Cooper,  E.  Bounds,  D. 
Field,  W.  A.  Boyes,  F.  W.  Mellor,  D. 
Thomson,  A.  Bagshawe,  W.  A.  Bois,  L. 
Magnee,  H.  L.  Hayman,  W.  V.  Morten, 
J.  W.  Jones,  R.  Meyer,  Captain  G.  F.  Napier, 
G.  A.  Nelson,  W.  Wernberg,  Gordon  Smith, 
the  Earl  of  Crawford,  k.t.,  and  H.  A. 
Slade. 

Mr.  Reichenheim  was  voted  to  the  chair. 
The  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  on  Tues- 
day, April  19th,  1904,  were  read  and  signed 
as  correct. 

The  following  were  duly  elected  as  or- 
dinary members  of  the  Society  :  Messrs. 
J.  H.  Harman,  B.  Fuglsang,  E.  Dodds,  E. 
Potton,  Dr.  T.  J.  Paton,  A.  Gleerup,  L. 
Cohen,  Lieutenant  F.  H.  Napier,  and 
Captain  G.  F.  Napier. 

Donations  of  forgeries  from  Messrs.  Neck 
and  Gaffe,  and  from  Miss  Stewart,  were 
received  and  acknowledged.  Also  The 
Stamps  of  the  Straits  Settlements,  from 
William  Brown,  and  The  International 
Directory  of  Philatelic  Literature,  from 
Victor  Marsh,  were  acknowledged  on  behalf 
of  the  Hon.  Librarian. 

At  the  conclusion  of  formal  business  the 
Earl  of  Crawford  favoured  the  members 
with  a  descriptive  account  of  the  methods 
adopted  when  stamps  were  ordered,  de- 
signed, and  printed  by  the  governments 
concerned.    He  described  in  detail  the  colour 


variations,  from  the  rough  draft  to  the  colour 
proof,  and  gave  valuable  information  as  to 
the  issue  of  the  U.S.  reprints  and  their 
relative  scarcity. 

A  move  was  then  made  to  his  lordship's 
library,  where  the  collection  of  the  stamps 
of  the  United  States  was  arranged  in  many 
volumes  for  convenient  examination.  This — 
replete  as  it  is  in  every  direction — is  perhaps 
the  most  complete  and  attractive  of  all  the 
great  specialised  collections.  Taken  in  con- 
junction with  its  proofs,  essays,  etc.,  it  gives 
the  entire  postal  history  of  the  country  in  its 
most  interesting  form,  and  it  is  a  monument 
of  the  care  and  labour  that  have  been 
expended  in  its  compilation.  Needless  to 
say,  the  members  were  highly  gratified  at  the 
honour  paid  to  the  Society,  and  were  deeply 
sensible  of  the  courtesy  that  liad  enabled 
them  to  spend  such  an  enjoyable  evening. 

H.  A.  Slade,  Hon.  Sec.  and  Treasurer. 
Ingleside,  St.  Albans. 


The  above  Society  held  a  meeting  on 
Tuesday  the  6th  September,  when  there  were 
present  thirteen  members  and  five  visitors. 
The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read 
and  confirmed.  Several  letters  from  corre- 
spondents were  read.  The  next  business 
brought  up  was  the  hiring  of  a  room  for  the 
Society.  The  Chairman  proposed  that  they 
have  a  room  in  the  Masonic  Temple,  which 
would  be  very  suitable  for  holding  the  meet- 
ings. The  Society  would  also  be  able  to 
keep  their  library  there.  Mr.  W.  E.  Fair- 
bridge  was  elected  as  a  member  of  the 
Society. 

The  second  quarterly  auction  then  took 
place,  Mr.  M.  P.  Vallentine  officiating  as 
auctioneer. 


%\it  Jttarket. 


Note. — Under  this  title  will  be  inserted 
to  the  financial  aspects  of  Philately, 
of  the  Market, 


all  the  infortnation  that  may  refer  in  any  way 
e.g.   the  sales  or  values  of  stamps,   the  state 
Trade  publications,  etc. 


Messrs.  Plumridge  and  Co. 
Sale  of  October  4th  and  5th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Gibraltar,  ist  issue,  set  in  pairs,*  £    s.    d. 
mint     .  .  ..650 

Great  Britain,    oppi^iAL'   Q"^^"' 

5d.,  used  .  .         .1160 

Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  ditto  block  of 

four,  used  .  .         .     6  10    o 

Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  lod.,  used      .500 
Ditto,  Board  of  Education,  ditto, 

IS.,*  mint  .         .900 


Spain,  1865,  12  c,  imperf,  centre    £    s.    d. 

inverted  .  .         -.350 

Switzerland,  Zurich,  4  r.,  on  piece  .  5  10  o 
Ceylon,  4d.,  rose,  clean-cnt  perf.*  7  10  o 
Jhind,    1885,    8    a.,    dull    mauve. 

Gibbons'  205*     .  .         .260 

Ditto,   1885,    I   rupee,   Gibbons' 

206*      .  .  ..220 

Straits  Settlements,  C  C,  12^,  96  c., 


grey,*  mmt 


4  15     o 


British   Central   Africa,   1895,   no 

wmk.,  fiQ,  vermilion      .         .500 
Cape,  Woodblock,  4d.,  pale  blue  .     217     6 


THE   MARKET. 


287 


£  s.  d. 
Lagos,  2s.  6d.,  olive-black,*  mint  .300 
Niger  Coast,  los.,  in  vermilion,  on 

Sd.,*  mint  .  .         .8100 

Orange  River  Colony,  "  v.R.i.",  ist 

print,  6d.,  carmine,  figure  of 

value  omitted      .  .         .     5   10    o 

Argentine,  1864,  imperf.  15  c.  .  215  o 
St.  Vincent,  \  on  half  6d.,  pair,* 

with  gum  .  .         .280 

Trinidad,    litho,    id.,    deep    blue, 

early  state  .  .         .     2  14    o 

South  Australia,  1 870-1,  perf.  1 1^  x 

12^  X  10,  3d.,  blue,  mint .        -55° 


Sale  of  October  i8th  and  19th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Great  Britain,  "v.r.",  id.,  black,* 

no  gum  .  .         .676 

Ditto,  1847,  lod.,*  mint  .  .  4  10  o 
Ditto,  1867-80,  2s.,  blue,*  mint.  240 
Ditto,  1 873-80,  Orbs,  2|d,  Plate  3, 

strip  of  three,*  mint       .         .400 

mint      .  .  ..500 

Ditto,  Board  of  Education,  ditto, 

IS.,  used  .  .         .     5   10     o 

Ceylon,  4d.,  rose,  imperf.       .         .     7  10    o 

Ditto,  8d.,  brown,  ditto       .         .5176 

Ditto,  IS.  9d.,  green,  ditto,*  full 

gum      .  .  ..440 

Ditto,  8d.,  yellow-brown,  rough 

perf      .  .  .     3  17     6 

Bechuanaland  Protectorate,  2s.6d., 

green,*  mint        .  .         -330 

British  East  Africa,  1891,  Pro- 
visional, handstamped,  in  dull 
violet,  ^  a.  on  2  a.  .         .400 

Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  i  a.  on  4  a., 

brown  .  .  ..500 

Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  surcharged  in 
MS.,  ^  a.  on  2  a.,  vermilion, 
S.G.  38  .  .         .     3   IS     o 

Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  i  anna 
on  4  a.,  brown,  S.G.  39  .         .400 

Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  i  anna, 
"v.H.M.",  on  3  annas,  red, 
S.G.  41,  a  vertical  pair,  used, 
on  entire,  with  anotlier  stamp     440 

Ditto,  1895,  2  rupees,  a  mint 
horizontal  pair,  perf  on  all 
sides     .  .  .         .     3  10    o 

Ditto,  ditto,  3  rupees,  a  similar 
pair      .  .  ..200 

Ditto,  ditto,  4  rupees,  a  similar 

pair      .  .  .         .     I    12     o 

Ditto,  ditto,  5  rupees,  surcharge 

twice  printed,  used  .         .     2   10     o 

Ditto,  1897,  50  rupees,  mint       .3140 
British    South    Africa,    1896,   One 
Penny  on  3d.,  and  id.  on  4s., 
used  on  piece      .  .         .3150 

Gold  Coast,  20s.,  green  and  red,* 

with  gum  .  .         .676 


o     o 
8     o 


£     s      d. 

Northern  Nigeria,  1900,  IDS.,*  mint    2  14    o 

Seychelles,   1893,   12  c.  on   16  c, 

surcharge  inverted,*  mint       .     2   15     o 

Transvaal,  is.,  green,  fine  roulette, 

Gibbons'  No.  13,*  with  gum  .440 
Ditto,    1883,   IS.,  green,  a  mint 
block   of   four,   showing    the 
tete-beche  variety  .         -55° 

Ditto,  1885,  halve  penny  on  is. 
green,  a  mint  block  of  four, 
showing  the  tete-beche  variety 
with  side  margin  of  sheet 

Uganda,  1895,  a  vertical  strip 
showing  all  the  values,  5,  10, 
IS.  20,  25,  30,  40,  50,  60,  and 
100  cowries,  superb*      .         .  39 

Zululand,  ss.,  carmine  .         .     2 

Barbados,  1870,  Large  Star,  rough 
perfs.,  id.,  blue,*  part  gum 

Dominica,  1882,  5,  in  red,  on  half 
id.,  lilac,  surcharge  inverted 

Nevis,  1883,  6d.,  green,*  mint 

New  Brunswick,  is.,  violet    . 

St.  Vincent,   1880,  ss-,  rose-red,* 
mint 
Ditto,  \  on  half  6d.,  pair,*  mint 
Ditto,  4d.  on  is.,  vermilion 
Ditto,   4d.,    Star,    ultramarine,* 
mint 
Tobago,  1880,  C  C,  6d.,  stone 
Tasmania,  £\,  green  and  yellow,* 

mint     .  .  . 

Victoria,  1850,  id.,  dull  red,  roul 
Ditto,    1865,    6d.,  blue,    single- 
lined  "4" 
Ditto,  1868,  5s.,  blue  on  yellow 
Western  Australia,  1857,  2d.,  brown 

on  red*  .  .         .415 


Sale  of  November  ist  and  2nd,  1904 

*  Unused. 

Niger  Coast,   Gibbons'  No.  27,* 

mint     ... 
Northern  Nigeria,  2s.  6d.,  Queen's 

Head,  pair,*  mint 
Transvaal,  1887,  id.  on  6d.,  double 

surcharge,*  mint 
Newfoundland,     2d.,    deep    lake 

block  of  four,*  mint 
Peru,   medio   peso,   orange,  hori- 
zontal ]3air 
Trinidad,  1863,  6d.,  emerald,*  perf. 

13,  mint 
New  Soutii    Wales,   Sydney,    id 

Plate  I,*  with  yuni 
New    Zealand,    peiure,    perf,    id 

red,  perfs.  clipped* 
Ditto,  1875,  Large  Star,  id.,  deep 

lilac,  part  gum     . 

Collection  in  Imperial,  4,907 


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12 

0 

4 

0 

0 

II 

0 

0 

9 

10 

0 

2 

5 

0 

10 

0 

0 

3 

0 

0 

2 

6 

0 

6 

0 

0 

3 

10 

0 

26 

0 

0 

3 

0 

0 

I   10 


2 

4 

0 

2 

4 

0 

7 

10 

0 

5 

'5 

0 

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5 

0 

29 

0 

0 

288 


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£  s. 

1  lO 

6  6 

2  lO 


5 

5 

o 

I 

17 

o 

2 

8 

o 

I 

13 

o 

2 

6 

o 

2 

0 

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9 

15 

o 

I 

lO 

o 

2 

8 

o 

Messrs.  Puttick  and  Simpson. 
Sale  of  October  nth  and  I2th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Great  Britain,  1887,  3d.,  brown  on 

orange,*  mint      .    £1  9s.  and 

Switzerland,  Zurich,  4  r.,  vertical 

lines,  Type  5,  on  entire  . 

Ditto,  ditto,  6  r.,  ditto,  Type  4,* 

no  gum 

British   Bechuanaland,   1888,  2d. 

lilac,  green  surcharge 
British  South  Africa,  ^2,  rose-red* 
Ditto,  ditto,*  thicker  paper 
Ditto,  1891,  8d.  on  is.,  brown 
Ditto,  1896,  One  Penny  on  3d. 

grey,*  mint 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  used 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto  on  4s.,  grey 

block  of  four,*  mint 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  single 

copy,*  mint 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  used  pair 
Ditto,  ditto.  Three  pence  on  5s., 
orange-yellow,  block  of  four,* 
mint     .  ... 

Cape,  Woodblock,  4d.,  pale  blue, 
on  entire 
Ditto,  id.  and  4d.,  reprints,  pair 
of  each,  used,  on  entire  . 
Cape    of    Good    Hope,    "  Three 

Pencb"  on  4d.,  blue 
Orange  River  Colony,  1888,  id.  on 
4d.,  blue,  strip  of  three,  with 
double     surcharge,     showing 
varieties  of  type 
Transvaal,  i  Penny,  in  red,  on  6d. 

black.  Type  12    . 
Canada,  7^d.,  green,  on  piece 
Trinidad,  1894,  "O  S,"  5s.,  lake,* 

mint 
British  Guiana,  1876,  96  c,  drab 
Venezuela,    Postal    Fiscal,    1876, 
2    c,    orange,    with    inverted 
centre  . 
Tasmania,  1853,  id.,  blue 
Tonga,  189s,  7|d.  on  2d.,  pale  blue 

pair,*  mint 
Victoria,  1 87 1,  9d.  on  lod.,  pair* 
Ditto,  1873,  9^-,  brown  on  rose,* 
mint 


2     5 

1  16 

2  14 


I   14    o 
ght  books. 


Collections ;  Many  thousands  in  ei_ 

£l^  ;   1,268,  ^19  ;  926  (Oppen's),  £1^. 


Sale  of  October  25th  and  26th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Great  Britain,  1841,  id.,  red-brown, 

with  wide  serpentine  roulette, 

on  entire  .  .         .376 

Ceylon,  4d.,  rose,  imperf.       .         .     7  10    o 

Ditto,  8d.,  brown,  ditto       .         .     7   10     o 

Ditto,  IS.  9d.,  green,  ditto,*  mint     2    10     o 


India,  |  a.,  red  (8  arches),  vertical    £    s. 


pair' 


S     5 


3  17    6 


5     S 

3  7 

4  o 
4   12 


5 


5 


I  16 


4  o 
7  10 
3     5 

5  5 


o     o 
o 


3  5     o 

4  15     o 


Ditto,  "CHMABA,"    I   a.,   plum 

error,*  mint 
British  East  Africa,  1891,  MS.  pro 

visionals,  ^  "A.  B."  on  2  a.,  ver 

pair 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  a  single  copy 
British  South  Africa,  1891,  set  of 

four  provisionals,*  mint . 
Cape  Woodblock,  id.,  scarlet 
Gold  Coast,  C  A,  id.,  blue,*  no  gum   2  15     o 
Sierra  Leone,  3d.,  saffron-yellow,* 

part  gum  .  .         .     2 

Nova  Scotia,  is.,  purple         .        .120 
New    South   Wales,    1854-6,   6d., 

brown,  imperf,  part  gum 
Queensland,  truncated  Star,  perf 

12,  3d.,  brown 
South  Australia,  1867-70,  perf  1 1|-, 

id.,  deep  green,  block  of  four,* 

mint     .  ... 

Ditto,  1902,  perf  11  J,  8d.,  blue, 

block  of  four,  including  the 

error  "eignt,"*  mint     . 


Messrs.  Ventom,  Bull,  and  Cooper. 
Sale  of  November  3rd  and  4th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Great  Britain,  1847-54,  octagonal 

issue,  IS.,  green,  a  part  sheet 

of  fifteen,  mint,  full  margins 

three    sides,    all    overprinted 

"specimen" 

Ditto,  ditto,  wmk.  Anchor,  £1, 

brown-lilac  on  blued   paper, 

with  side  margin,  overprinted 

"  specimen,"  mint 

Ditto,  1883-4,  ;^5,  orange,  ver. 

pair      .  ... 

Ditto,  i887,3d.,brown  on  orange,'* 

mint,  with  bottom  margin 
Ditto,  Admiralty,  Type    i,  ^d., 
i^d.,  2d.,  2|d.,  and  3d.,*  all 
mint      .  ... 

Ditto,  R.  H.,  Official,  ^d.  and 
id.,*  mint 

France,  1870,  Bordeaux  print,  20  c., 

blue.  Types  i  and  3,*  both  rare    2  17 

Afghanistan,  1292,  abasi,  black, 
strip  of  three*    . 

Ceylon,  8d.,  brown,  imperf    . 
Ditto,  9d.,  lilac-brown,  imperf.  . 
Ditto,  2s.,  blue,  imperf. 

British  East  Africa,  1891,  pro- 
visional, handstamped  in  dull 
violet  and  initialed  in  black, 
^  anna,  "a.d.",  on  2  annas, 
vermilion 

Lagos,  1876,  perf  14,  is.,  orange* 

Mauritius,  "Post  Paid,"  id.,  ver- 
milion, early 

New  Brunswick,  is.,  violet    . 

Newfoundland,  6d.,  orange-ver.* 

U.S.A.,  Justice,  90  c.,*  mint . 

Nevis,  6d.,  grey,  litho 

New  South  Wales,  Sydney,  3d. 
green,  on  laid 

Collection  :  7,604  in  plain  album 


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THE 


30nd0ti  iMIat^ist: 


THE    MONTHLY    JOURNAL    OF 

THE    PHILATELIC   SOCIETY,    LONDON. 


Vol.  XIII. 


DECEMBER,    1904. 


No.    156. 


St.  ^eicM  ®b00lete  Postage  Stamps. 


C^' 


HE  London  Philatelist  for  July  last  contained  the  following 
announcement :  — 

"  The  Crown  Agents  for  the  Colonies  have  been  requested 
by  the  Government  of  St.  Helena  to  dispose  of  the  under- 
mentioned   obsolete    postage    stamps,   which    comprise    the 
whole  stock  remaining  in  the  hands  of  the  Government,  and 
of  which  no  further  supplies  will  be  printed,  the  plates  from 
which  they  were  produced  having  been  destroyed.    Specimens 
of  the  stamps   can    be   seen   at   the   Crown   Agents'   Office, 
between  the  hours  of  10  and  4,  and   10  and  2  on  Saturday. 
No  offer  for  less  than  ^50  worth  of  stamps  will  be  considered. 
Tenderers  must  take  all  responsibility  in  connection  with  the 
description  and  condition  of  the  stamps  sold.     Offers,  which  must  not  be 
less  than  face  value,  must  be  sent  in  not  later  than  the  31st  December,  1904, 
after  which  date  all  the  stamps  which  may  remain  unsold  will  be  destroyed." 

A  list  of  the  stamps  to  be  disposed  of  was  also  given,  with  the  numbers 
of  each  value,  the  total  face  value  being  ^8,638  7s.   lod. 

The  conditions  of  sale  were  obviously  onerous,  and  there  would  hardly 
be  any  dealer  or  syndicate  who  could  absorb  so  large  a  quantity  as  over 
eight  thousand  pounds'  worth  of  stamps  of  a  relatively  unimportant  Colony. 
The  Crown  Agents,  however,  possibly  for  cogent  reasons,  decided  that  they 
could  not  dispose  of  these  stamps  below  face  value,  and  the  affair  was  there- 
fore at  a  deadlock.  It  appears,  however,  that  St.  Helena  has  urgent  need  of 
funds  for  local  improvements  (and  apparently  no  resources  beyond  the  sale 
of  stamps !),  and  the  Crown  Agents  therefore  had  recour.se  to  a  desperate 
remedy  for  this  impasse!  They  postmarked  the  entire  stock  and  sold  them 
e7t  bloc  to  a  well-known  dealer  at  probably  a  small  fraction  of  their  face  value. 
These  eleven  varieties  are  therefore  on  the  market,  in  sheets,  with  an  im- 
provised diamond-shaped  postmark  f?)  in  the  centre  of  each  block  of  four 
and  with  the  full  original  gum  !      In  this  condition  the)-  arc  neither  used  nor 


290  NOTES    ON  THE  STAMPS    OF 

unused,  and  they  will  probably  be  regarded  as  valueless  by  all  discriminating 
collectors.  The  principal  result  on  the  philatelic  market  will  be  the  enhance- 
ment of  the  value  of  the  existing  stocks  of  St.  Helena  of  the  corresponding 
values  to  those  defaced.  We  are  informed  that  this  stock  is  considerable, 
as  the  St.  Helena  Post  Office  have  been  selling  these  remainders  broadcast 
for  years.  Under  such  circumstances  we  should  have  thought  that  an  or- 
dinary acquaintance  with  business  conditions  would  have  convinced  them  of 
the  futility  of  an  effort  to  dispose  of  a  further  ;if  8,000  worth  at  face  value. 

We  can  but  deplore  the  whole  affair,  which  tends  to  elevate  neither 
Philately  nor  the  Crown  Agents  for  the  Colony,  The  sale  of  postmarked 
remainders  has  been  effected  to  a  certain  extent  in  Australia,  though  under 
the  general  condemnation  of  the  practice  it  has  been  largely  discontinued ; 
but  no  large  quantity  of  stamps  was  thus  treated,  and  it  was  done  ostensibly 
to  oblige  collectors.  In  the  present  instance  the  transaction  is  a  large  one, 
and  the  object — to  gain  funds  for  an  impoverished  Colony — is  openly  avowed. 
We  cannot  help  thinking  that  St.  Helena  has  lowered  its  dignity  by  this 
transaction,  and  that  it  has  created  an  ugly  precedent  in  our  colonial  postal 
history.  It  had  been  better,  alike  for  St.  Helena  and  for  stamp  collectors, 
had  this  remainder  been  consigned  to  the  flames. 


^ote0  on  the  (Stamps  of  the  Jfirst  ^epwblic  of 

the  "^transbaal, 

WITH   A  VIEW  TO  A   REFERENCE   LIST. 

By  R.  B.  YARDLEY. 

A  Paper  read  before  the  Philatelic  Society,  London,  on  February  iqth,  1904. 

( Contimied from  page  274. ) 


HE  second  consignment  of  German-printed  stamps  reached 
the  Transvaal  in  February,  1870.  We  have  no  contemporary 
information  as  to  their  shades  or  perforations,  but  as  the 
quotations  and  notices  prior  to  March,  1870,  already  cited 
exhaust  most  of  the  known  varieties  which,  either  from 
their  appearance  or  for  other  reasons,  are  clearly  of  German 
origin,  except  only  the  is.,  emerald-green  or  verdigris,*  I  doubt  whether 
they  can  be  distinguished  from  the  stamps  of  the  earlier  consignment. 
The  only  reference  to  the  paper  of  the  first  consignment  is  in  the  Stamp 
Collector's  Magazine  of  December,  1869,  vol.  vii.  p.  183,  which  you  will 
remember  stated  that  the  stamps  were  printed  on  thin  paper.  I  will 
now  refer  you  to  a  horizontal  strip  of  three  6d.  stamps  which  I  exhibit. 
These  stamps  have  all  the  appearance  of  Otto's  best  printing,  and  are  in  his 
well-known  ultramarine  colour,  but  the  paper  is  of  a  different  nature,  being 
much  coarser  than  any  other  paper  known  to  have  been  used  by  Otto  for 
any  of  the  preceding  stamps,  or  in  fact  of  any  of  his  productions  hitherto 

*  The  reference  (quoted  below)  in  Messrs.  Stafford  Smith's  list  of  the  stamps  in  their  own  collection 
to  the  German  is.,  on  thin  paper  in  light  bluish  green,  is,  of  course,  too  late  (May,  1871). 


THE  FIRST  REPUBLIC   OF   THE    TRANSVAAL. 


291 


accepted  as  genuine.  The  paper  is  like  tliat  used  for  some  of  the  Borrius 
printings — in  fact,  the  variety  of  paper  described  later,  which  I  call  "D" — and 
possibly  these  stamps  may  be  proofs  of  Borrius,  although  the  printing  is 
superior  to  that  of  any  of  his  other  stamps.  I  may  mention  that  the  middle 
stamp  has  the  flaw  (i.)  of  the  "  left "  pane  of  the  locally  printed  stamps 
described  below ;  therefore  this  strip  was  printed  from  one  of  the  plates  sent 
to  the  Transvaal. 

I  must  also  refer  to  certain  is.  stamps  which  in  the  absence  of  dated 
specimens  present  great  difficulties.  They  are  all  very  scarce.  Shortly 
they  may  be  described  as  follows  : — 

{a)  Printed  in  pale  yellow-green  on  medium  hard  compact  smooth  paper, 
slightly  toned  in  some  specimens,  probably  from  the  gum,  and  somewhat 
surfaced,  and  showing  no  traces  of  a  wove  texture  or  meshes,  the  gum 
being  yellowish  and  smooth.  This  paper  is  somewhat  similar  to  the  thin 
paper  generally  used  by  Otto,  but  it  is  distinctly  thicker  and  harder.  So 
far  I  have  only  found  these  varieties  rouletted  16.     I  show  you  specimens 


obliterated  with  the  postmark  of  four  concentric  rings,  some  in  black  and 
others  in  blue.  The  printing  of  these  stamps  varies  from  very  clear  to 
somewhat  heavy. 

{b)  Printed  on  paper  similar  to  the  last  in  dark  yellowish  green,  similar 
to  that  of  the  dark  green  German  is.  on  Otto's  ordinary  thin  paper,  above 
described  (p.  272  supra).  The  impression  is  clear.  I  have  a  single  specimen 
of  this  stamp;  it  is  rouletted  16,  and  obliterated  with  the  postmark  of  four 
concentric  rings  in  blue. 

{c)  Printed  in  a  bright  grass-green  on  medium  soft  compact  paper  slightly 
toned  and  surfaced,  and  showing  no  traces  of  a  wove  texture.  This  paper 
seems  almost  identical  with  the  Borrius  paper  "  B,"  hereafter  described. 
Impressions  not  so  clear.  I  possess  an  unused  specimen  imperforate,  and 
others  rouletted  16,  the  latter  being  obliterated  with  the  postmark  of 
four  concentric  rings  in  black.  The  shade  of  the  printing  ink,  although  some- 
what similar  to  that  of  («),  is  deeper  and  apparently  contains  more  blue.  The 
gum  of  the  imperforate  specimen  is  smooth  and  yellowish. 

id)  Printed  on  paper  somewhat  similar  to  the  last,  but  much  stouter  and 
more  highly  surfaced,  in  a  dark  brownish  green,  similar  to  that  of  Otto's 
IS.*      I  show  a  specimen  obliterated. 

•  Described  ;il  |>;i(^e  272. 


2'92  NOTES   ON  THE   STAMPS   OE 

(e)  Clearly  printed  in  the  colour  of  (a),  but  on  medium  coarse  paper, 
showing  meshes  distinctly.  I  have  two  specimens,  both  rouletted  i6  and 
obliterated  in  blue  ink  with  the  postmark  of  four  concentric  rings. 

Formerly  the  stamps  of  variety  {c)  were  classed  with  the  hard-surfaced 
paper  stamps  of  the  Commissioners,  but  it  is  softer,  and  having  regard  to  the 
obliteration  of  some  of  the  specimens  with  the  blue  postmarks  of  four  concen- 
tric rings,  and  to  the  fact  that  hitherto  no  specimens  have  been  found  with 
the  numeral  postmark,  they  must  necessarily  be  ascribed  to  a  comparatively 
early  period,  certainly  not  later  than  1874,  and  the  resemblance  of  the  paper 
of  {a),  {b),  and  {c)  to  that  used  by  Otto  for  some  of  his  early  3d.'s,  and  for 
some  of  Goldner's  imitations,  and  the  clear  impression  of  {b)  and  of  some 
specimens  of  {a),  point  somewhat  to  the  conclusion  that  they  also  are  of 
Otto's  manufacture.  At  the  present  time,  however,  I  can  only  describe  them 
and  place  them  and  the  strip  of  three  6d.  stamps  provisionally  in  a  class  by 
themselves  ;  but  I  have  little  doubt  that  they  are  productions  of  either  Otto 
or  Borrius ;  at  present  I  am  inclined  to  the  opinion  that  they  are  Otto's.  In 
this  connection  I  would  remind  you  of  the  quotations  in  the  earlier  part  of 
this  paper  {vide  page  243  supra)  proving  that  the  first  consign-ment  of  the 
is.  German-printed  stamps  comprised  many  shades.  I  may  add  to  these 
references  Messrs.  Stafford  Smith's  list  of  the  Transvaal  stamps  in  their  own 
collection  in  vol.  v.  of  The  Philatelist  at  page  61  (May,  1871),  in  which,  under 
the  heading  of  "  One  Shilling,"  they  give  as  printed  in  Germany  "  Thin  paper, 
rouletted  ;  light  bluish  green,  yellowish  green." 

THE    3D. 

Although  the  3d.  was  not  prepared  or  issued  as  soon  as  the  other  three 
values,  yet  by  the  lavv  sanctioned  by  the  Volksraad  18th  January,  1869,  the 
postal  rate  of  3d.  was  fixed  for  parcels  and  newspaper  rates  (Tamsen, 
M.  /.,  vol.  iv.  p.  50). 

The  plates  of  this  value  were  not  ordered  until  after  the  arrival  from 
Germany  of  proofs  of  the  other  values,  and  in  giving  instructions  for  their 
preparation,  Mr.  Jeppe  directed  the  engraver  to  alter  the  bird  surmounting 
the  coat-of-arms  into  something  more  nearly  resembling  an  eagle  or  vulture. 
This  explains  the  new  type  found  on  the  3d.  stamps  (Tamsen,  M.  J., 
vol.  iv.  p.  70). 

The  date  of  the  first  issue  of  these  stamps  has  hitherto  usually  been 
accepted  as  July,  1871,  or  rather,  the  30th  of  June  of  that  year,  when  8,000 
3d.  stamps  arrived  from  Germany,  together  with  the  two  plates,  a  matrix 
die,  and  1,000  sheets  of  gummed  paper  (see  Monthly  Journal,  vol.  iv. 
p.  70).  But  from  the  quotations  from  Le  Timbrophile  of  the  30th  January,  30th 
June,  and  30th  December,  1870,  which  I  have  already  set  out,*  as  well  as  other 
contemporary  evidence,  and  facts  which  I  am  going  to  put  before  you,  we 
have  to  consider  whether  some  of  the  earlier  varieties,  which  I  think  can  be 
identified,  should  not  be  regarded  as  postage  stamps. 

It  is  obvious,  from  the  quotation  from  Le  Timbrophile  of  30th  January, 
1870,  that  a  plate  of  the  3d.  was  in  existence  before  January,  1870,  and  we 
have  seen  that  in  his  letter  to  Otto  of  the  30th  March,  1870  {supra,  p.  244), 

*    Vide  p.  244  supra. 


THE  FIRST  REPUBLIC   OF   THE    TRANSVAAL.  293 

Mr.  Jeppe  authorised  Otto  to  supply  to  certain  parties  quantities  of  the 
3d.  stamps  at  face  value,  and  to  credit  the  money  received  against  his 
account  for  plates  and  stamps.  I  possess  a  letter  dated  2nd  June,  1870, 
written  by  Mr.  E.  Stanley  Gibbons  to  Herr  Otto,  ordering  £,\o  worth  of  the 
3d.  in  lilac  and  £^  worth  in  "  blue  or  any  other  colour." 

I  acquired  this  letter  from  Mr.  David  Cohn,  who  has  shown  me  other 
letters  with  similar  instructions  addressed  to  Herr  Otto  by  Messrs.  Stafford 
Smith  and  others.  No  doubt  these  orders  were  executed,  although  it  is  clear 
from  the  letter  of  Mr.  F.  Jeppe  to  Otto  of  the  30th  March,  1870,  that  only 
violet  or  lilac  impressions  were  authorised. 

Mr.  Jeppe  told  Mr.  Tamsen,  {M.J.,  iv.  70)  that  he  (Jeppe)  received 
specimens  of  the  3d.  value  early  in  1870;  and  it  is  to  be  observed  that  in  his 
letter  of  30th  March,  1870,  to  Otto,  Mr.  Jeppe  not  only  acknowledged  the 
receipt  of  a  3d.  stamp,  but  gave  orders  for  £100  nominal  value  of  the  same. 

I  wish  now  to  refer  you  to  a  letter  written  by  Mr.  Jeppe  and  dated  from 
Potchefstroom  i^th  February,  iSji,  published  in  The  Philatelist,  vol.  v.  p.  6^, 
also  in  the  ninth  volume  of  the  Stamp  Collector's  Magazine,  p.  80,  in  which  he 
warns  dealers  and  collectors  not  to  purchase  Transvaal  stamps  unless 
forwarded  by  him  (Mr.  Jeppe)  or  his  agent  direct  from  Potchefstroom, 
and  unless  issued  in  the  therein  undermentioned  colours — and  stating  that  it 
had  come  to  his  knowledge  that  postage  stamps  were  being  sold  on  the  Con- 
tinent and  in  England,  in  all  fancy  colours  and  below  facial  value. 

Then  follows  a  list  of  the  id.,  6d.,  and  is.,  and  finally:  "Fourth  issue,  ist 
March,  1871." 

"Design  as  above,  but  with  improved  Eagle,  and  broader  ribbon*  below 
coat  of  arms  ;  col.  imp.,  r&ci.,  perf.  and  iniperf" 

"  Three  (Drie)  pence,  violet." 

The  italics  are  my  own. 

Let  us  now  refer  to  other  contemporary  records  of  the  appearance  of 
the  3d. 

The  Philatelist,  vol.  iv.  p.  23  (ist  February,  1870),  mentions  that  the  new 
value  "  is  now  out,"  and  after  describing  the  improved  Eagle  and  stating  that 
"those  we  have  received  being  all  unrouletted,  must  be  considered  'proofs,'" 
mentions  that  "  the  colour  is  a  rich,  bright,  violet." 

Later  in  the  same  volume,  at  p.  85  (July,   1870),  I  find  the  following: — 

"  The  threepenny  adhesives  are  now  in  active  service  in  the  Republic. 
They  are  rouletted  similarly  to  the  other  values,  and  vary  in  colours  from  a 
light  to  a  rich  deep  violet." 

I  imagine  that  by  "active  service"  the  writer  simply  meant  tliat  he  had 
received  the  stamps  from  postal  authorities  in  the  Transvaal. 

Again,  in  vol.  v.,  at  p.  61  (May,  187 1),  in  the  elaborate  list  made  from 
Messrs.  Stafford  Smith's  own  collection,  I  find  the  following: — 

"  Three  Pence." 
"Tiiin   paper,  pale  violet,  deep   violet;   both   rouletted   and   imperforate 
(printed  in  Germany).     The  imperforate  varieties  are  irregularly  printcil  in 
alternately  reversed  rows." 

•  From  lliis  reference  to  llie  rihhon  I  lliiiik  il  is  prohuhlo  llmt  Mr.  Jeppe  hiul  cuniplnined  of  Ihe 
narrowness  and  indistinctness  of  liie  riljbon  and  motto  in  the  three  other  viiiues. 


294  NOTES   ON  THE   STAMPS   OF 

Other  contemporary  notices  of  the  appearance  of  the  3d.  and  its  several 
varieties  are  as  follows  : — 

Le  Timbre  Poste,  January,  1870  (vol.  viii.  p.  2) : — 

"Republique  Transvaal. — Le  3  pence  est  paru.  II  est  violet,  et 
non  dentele.     Type  connu." 

Ibid.,  June,  1870  (vol.  viii.  p.  44)  : — 

"  Le  3  pence,  violet,  est  arrive  perce  comme  on  devait  s'y  attendre." 

The  Stamp  Collector's  Magazine,  vol.  viii.  p.  27  (ist  February,  1870)  : — 

"  The  promised  3d.  has  appeared  ...  is  printed  in  a  beautiful  mauve  .  .  . 
they  are  imperforate  and  on  rather  thicker  paper  than  the  other  values." 

Ibid.,  p.  43  (ist  March,  1870)  : — 

"  The  promised  3d.  has  been  issued.  It  is  of  the  same  design  as  the 
others,  but  unperforated  ;  colour  violet." 

Ibid.,  p.  121  (ist  August,  1870): — 

"  We  have,  we  find,  omitted  to  notice  the  arrival  of  the  three  pence, 
perforated  a  la  roulette.  These  new  arrivals  also  show  differences  of  shade, 
and  there  may  now  be  distinguished  a  lilac,  a  rich  mauve,  and  a  bluish  mauve. 
The  original  unperforated  specimens  are  very  few  in  number,  and  must 
become  increasingly  rare." 

At  p.  138  of  the  same  volume  the  3d.,  in  pink  and  blue,  are  referred  to  as 
colour  essays  now  in  circulation,  and  a  variety  of  the  3d.,  in  buff,  is  mentioned 
in  The  Philatelist  of  ist  November,  1870  (vol.  iv.  p.  139). 

Now  what  is  the  status  of  these  3d.  stamps  which  I  have  shown  were  in 
existence  long  before  June,  1871  {i.e.  the  date  of  the  arrival  of  the  8,000  3d. 
mentioned  in  the  official  record  quoted  by  Mr.  Tamsen  in  vol.  iv.  of  the 
Monthly  Journal  at  p.  70),  and  can  we  now  identify  and  describe  them  ? 

From  Mr.  Jeppe's  letter  of  the  15th  February,  1871,  quoted  above,  it  is 
clear  that  he  then  had,  or  at  least  had  had,  in  his  possession  "  imperforate  " 
as  well  as  "  perforated,"  i.e.  rouletted  stamps  in  "  violet,"  and  he  gives  the  date 
of  issue  1st  March,  1871,  four  months  before  the  arrival  of  the  8,000  from 
Germany.  Again,  some  specimens  had  evidently  been  printed  off  and 
supplied  by  Otto  to  Dr.  Viner,  Mr.  Stanley  Gibbons,  and  others,  at  any  rate 
as  to  those  printed  in  violet  (in  which  I  include  lilac,  mauve,  etc.),  one  can 
truly  say  by  the  direction  of  and  with  the  authority  of  the  Postmaster-General. 
If  3d.  stamps  were  issued  on  the  ist  March,  1871,  they  may  very  well  have 
been  rouletted  and  imperforate  indifferently.  Moreover,  if  the  issue  was  post- 
poned till  after  the  arrival  (30th  June,  1871)  of  the  8,000,  and  assuming  that 
those  were  all  rouletted,  there  is  not  a  scrap  of  contemporary  evidence  to 
show  that  Mr.  Jeppe  did  not  distribute  and  issue  what  remained  of  the 
earlier  stamps  to  the  post  offices  "perforate  and  imperforate"  mentioned 
in  his  letter  of  15th  February,  1871  ;  on  the  other  hand  it  is  possible  that 
before  the  ist  March,  1871,  he  had  sold  his  whole  stock  to  European  dealers 
and  that  the  public  issue  was  of  necessity  postponed  to  the  arrival  of  the 
8,000  stamps  from  Germany.  The  official  records  published  by  Mr.  Tamsen 
may  be  incomplete ;  he  gives  no  account  of  the  8,000  stamps  ordered 
by  Mr.  Jeppe  in  his  letter  (above  quoted)  to  Otto  of  the  30th  March,  1870; 
unless,  indeed,  the  consignment  which  arrived  on  the  30th  June,  1871,  was  the 


THE  FIRST  REPUBLIC   OF  THE    TRANSVAAL.  295 

execution  of  that  order.  Even  if  none  of  the  stamps  referred  to  in  the  letter 
of  15th  February,  1871,  were  really  issued  to  the  public,  Mr.  Jeppe  could  not 
have  repudiated  any  3d.  merely  because  it  was  imperforate ;  it  is  unlikely  that 
he  or  any  postmaster  would  refuse  to  recognise  the  3d.  in  "  violet,"  which 
either  he  himself  or  Otto  had  sold  to  pay  for  the  expense  of  preparing  the 
plates  by  his  (Mr.  Jeppe's)  directions,  and  therefore  I  cannot  in  these  circum- 
stances say  that  the  3d.  which  were  known  in  Europe  before  June  29th,  1871, 
are  not  postage  stamps.  Of  course  their  status  is  not  as  satisfactory  as  that  of 
the  subsequent  stamps ;  but  we  can  without  hesitation  exclude  all  the  stamps 
in  fancy  colours,  although,  according  to  Mr.  Tamsen,  even  the  varieties 
in  blue  which  were  printed  before  June,  1871,  have  some  slight  status, 
because  in  volume  iv.  of  the  Monthly  Journal,  at  page  146,  he  makes  the 
following  statement:  "In  1880  I  purchased  several  dozens  of  the  3  p.. 
Type  II.,  printed  in  blue,  in  the  General  Post  Office  in  Pretoria,  and  paid  face 
value  for  them,  and  I  certainly  believed  at  the  time  that  I  had  bought  genuine 
errors  of  impression,  and  it  was  only  years  afterwards  that  I  found  out  that 
they  must  have  been  of  Mecklenburg  origin,  and  of  no  philatelic  value. 
Notwithstanding  this,  having  bought  them  at  the  post  office,  I  could  have  had 
them  exchanged  in  1888,  when  the  present  Postmaster-General  withdrew  the 
currency  of  all  stamps  printed  prior  to  1885." 

Personally  I  do  not  consider  that  a  ratification  or  retrospective  confirma- 
tion such  as  Mr.  Tamsen  mentions  is  sufficient  from  a  philatelic  point  of 
view,  whatever  the  legal  aspect  may  be,  to  establish  these  blue  varieties  as 
postage  stamps.  Still,  I  think  that  they  should  be  mentioned  in  a  note  to 
any  list. 

Although  I  am  of  opinion  that  in  principle  all  the  3d.  stamps  printed  in 
violet  and  allied  shades  prior  to,  say,  June,  1871  (which,  for  sake  of  brevity, 
I  will  refer  to  as  preprints),  are  technically  entitled  to  be  listed,  we  are  not  at 
the  end  of  the  matter,  for  Otto  printed  3d.  subsequently  to  this  date,  without 
any  authority,  in  fact  in  fraud  of  the  Transvaal  Government,  and  then  the 
question  arises  whether  there  is  any  means  of  distinguishing  them  from  the 
preprints.  While  we  believe,  or  rather  hope,  that  we  can  always  distinguish 
his  unlawful  production  of  the  id.  and  is.,  and  6d.,  Type  I.,  from  the 
legitimate  stamps  (saving  always  any  doubt  as  to  the  id.  in  intense  scarlet- 
vermilion,  of  which  Mr.  Nankivell  possesses  a  pair,  already  referred  to),  all 
writers  profess  their  inability  to  distinguish  the  3d.,  because  it  is  accepted 
that  Otto  fraudulently  retained  one  plate  or  more  of  that  value,  made  from 
the  original  die,  and  this  brings  me  to  the  second  part  of  this  question, 
namely,  what  were  these  preprints?  Can  we  at  the  present  time  identify  and 
describe  them  ? 

First  of  all,  what  plates  did  Otto  make?  We  can  recognise  the  stamps 
printed  in  alternately  reversed  rows,  that  is,  the  tete-a-tete  stamps.  I  show 
a  vertical  pair  on  one  of  my  sheets.  In  the  Tapling  Collection  there  are 
three  vertical  pairs,  in  two  of  which  the  to[)  and  bottom  stamps  are  separated 
by  a  space  of  three  to  four  millimetres,  but  in  the  third  the  vertical  spacing  is 
scarcely  half  a  millimetre.  It  is  therefore  impossible  that  the  alternately 
reversed  rows  could  have  been  produced  by  printing  from  two  plates  in  the 
same  plane  with  the  upper  rows  touching,  as  the  half  millimclrc  would  not 


296  NOTES   ON  THE   STAMPS   OF 

allow  for  any  margin  beyond  the  impression  on  the  plates.  These  are  the 
stamps  of  which  single  specimens  are  usually  accepted  as  the  imperforate 
German-printed.  The  colour  is  a  pale  reddish  lilac.  Can  these  be  the  violet 
vif  3d.  tete-a-tete  of  the  Timbrophile  of  30th  January,  1870?*  It  is  not, 
according  to  my  understanding,  a  proper  description  of  the  colour  of  the 
stamps  before  me,  and  it  is  therefore  possible  that  there  were  more  than  one 
printing  from  these  tete-a-tete  plates. 

Now  there  is  a  peculiarity  about  these  tete-a-tete  stamps.  If  you  will 
examine  the  left  leg  of  the  bird,  that  is,  the  leg  towards  the  right  side  of  the 
stamp,  you  will  observe  that  the  outer  edge  is  a  simple  curved  line.  Now 
look  at  the  6d.  envelope  stamp,  which  in  this  type  was,  we  are  told,  struck 
from  the  matrix  die  of  the  3d.  after  the  value  had  been  altered  to  6d.,  and 
also  at  the  enlarged  photograph  which  I  now  exhibit,  and  you  will  see  that 
the  curved  line  of  the  leg  is  the  same  as  in  the  adhesive.  Compare  these 
impressions  with  any  stamp  printed  in  the  Transvaal  from  the  two  plates 
sent  out  by  Otto,  and  you  will  notice  that  in  every  stamp,  providing  that  the 
impression  is  sufficiently  clear,  there  is  on  the  outer  left  margin  of  the  left 
leg  of  the  bird  (i.e.  the  leg  towards  the  right  of  the  stamp)  a  distinct  spot, 
which  in  well-printed  copies  looks  like  a  small  ring,  but  generally  takes  the 
form  of  a  spur  protruding  outwards  from  the  leg  in  a  direction  towards  the 
right  top  corner  of  the  stamp.  Now  I  have  examined  several  large  blocks 
of  the  3d.  value,  including  the  reprints  made  by  Otto  in  1885  of  the  perforated 
3d.  in  black  on  rose  and  red  on  white,  also  stamps  printed  during  the  First 
British  Occupation,  and  sundry  3d.  stamps  which  one  has  always  regarded  as 
bogeys,  and  some  forgeries  made,  I  believe,  by  Otto  of  the  surcharged  stamps 
issued  during  the  First  British  Occupation,  and  this  is  what  I  find.  That  the 
only  varieties  without  the  process  or  spur  on  the  leg  are  as  follows : — 

1.  The  pale  reddish  lilac  stamps  printed  tete-a-tete. 

2.  The  6d.  envelope  printed  from  the  altered  matrix  die  of  the  3d. 

3.  A  pale  reddish  lilac  stamp  on  somewhat  thin  paper,  slightly  brighter 

than  the  tete-a-tete  imperforate  stamps.  I  exhibit  a  used  copy 
rouletted,  with  the  blue  postmark  of  four  rings.  (  Vide  illustration  A, 
which  is  taken  from  this  stamp.) 

4.  A  solitary  stamp,  which  I  exhibit.     It  is  on  thin  porous  wove  paper, 

of  a  dull  purple,  with  an  apparently  genuine  postmark  (four  rings  in 
black). 

5.  Some  imperforate  stamps  in  deep  rich  brownish  purple  on  stout  white 

smooth  compact  paper.  I  exhibit  a  block  of  these  stamps ;  it  will 
be  observed  that  the  stamps  are  not  arranged  tete-a-tete.  The 
spacing  is  normal. 

6.  Some  of  the  imitations  of  the  surcharged  stamps  of  the  First  British 

Occupation  on  buff  paper.f 

*  Since  writing  this  paper  Mr.  C.  J.  Phillips  has  shown  to  me  a  single  imperforate  specimen  of 
the  3d.  of  the  subtype  "a,"  next  descriBed,  in  a  pale  bright  mauve  which  accords  more  appropriately 
with  the  "violet  vif"  of  Le  Tiynbrophile.  Of  course  I  am  unable  to  say  whether  this  came  from 
a  sheet  in  which  the  stamps  were  printed  tete-a-tete.  Compare  the  "pale  violet,  deep  violet"  of 
The  Philatelist  of  May,  187 1,  quoted  above,  p.   293. 

t  To  these  must  be  added  the  single  specimen  in  pale  bright  mauve  referred  to  in  the  preceding 
footnote. 


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On  the  other  hand,  the  following  invariably  show  the  spur : — 
(i)  All  the  recognised  locally  printed  adhesive  3d.  stamps,  whether  of  the 
first  Republic,  the  First  British  Occupation,  or  the  Second  Republic. 

(2)  The  German-printed  stamps  which  are  accepted  as  the  issue  of  June, 

1871.    (  Vide  illustration  B,  which  is  taken  from  one  of  these  stamps.) 

(3)  All  the  so-called  reprints  of  the  machine-perforated  3d.  of  1883. 

(4)  To  these  must  be  added  certain  varieties  in  various  shades  of  violet 

or  purple  or  mauve  on  various  papers,  viz.  a  rich  red-violet  (imperf) 
on  thick  compact  paper  stained  yellowish  by  the  smooth  brown  gum, 
and  a  similar  imperforate  stamp,  but  of  a  dull  purple.  I  exhibit 
examples  of  all  the  above  varieties  of  both  types. 

I  am  satisfied  that,  except  in  respect  of  the  spur,  there  is  no  other 
difference  in  the  two  subtypes.  It  is  true  that  some  specimens  of  the 
German-printed  3d.  stamps  of  the  subtype  {b)  show  the  upper  portion  of  the 
lower  label  somewhat  hollowed  out  immediately  over  the  letters  "  REP "  of 
"REPUBLIEK"  {vide  illustration  B),  and  though  I  cannot  trace  this  clearly  in 
the  locally  printed  stamps,  I  have  no  doubt  that  it  is  a  defect  which  occurred 
in  the  process  of  electrotyping  the  plates,  and  was  not  due  to  the  die.  I  am 
also  convinced  that  the  first  subvariety  of  type  does  not  occur  on  the  plates 
sent  to  the  Transvaal.  I  have  seen  and  examined  large  blocks  and  numerous 
single  specimens  of  the  locally  printed  3d.  stamps,  and  also  of  the  imitations 
of  the  machine-perforated  3d.  stamps  of  1883,  and  have  never  found  a  single 
specimen  of  subtype  (a).  We  may  therefore  conclude  that  the  spur  occurred 
on  the  die  or  dies  from  which  the  plates  were  produced,  and  was  not  due  to 
any  accident  happening  during  the  electrotyping  process.  Now,  remembering 
that  the  6d.  of  the  Improved  Eagle  type,  of  which  the  plates  were  not  made 
until  1874,  has  the  entire  central  portion  of  the  stamp  identical  with  that 
of  the  3d.  subtype  {a)  {i.e.  without  the  spur)  in  every  detail — oval  shield,  crest, 
motto,  flags,  etc. — a  simple  explanation  of  this  puzzle  occurs  to  me,  namely 
that,  in  the  first  place,  Otto,  about  the  end  of  the  year  1869,  made  a  negative 
mother  die  of  the  central  portion  of  the  design  of  the  3d.  stamps,  and  that 
from  this  he  made  two  or  more  positive  matrix  dies  ;  that  one  of  these,  through 
some  accidental  cause,  e.g.  an  air  bubble  or  some  grit,  developed  the  spur, 
while  the  other  matrix  die  or  dies  had  no  such  defect.  From  the  former 
Otto  made  the  two  plates  which  he  subsequently  despatched  to  the  Transvaal 
(in  1 871),  also  the  plate  or  plates  from  which  he  produced  the  imitations  of 
the  3d.  stamps  of  1883,  while  from  the  perfect  matrix  die  or  dies  he  produced 
the  plates  with  the  alternately  reversed  rows  of  impressions,  and  also  the 
plates  from  which  he  printed  some  of  the  imitations  of  the  stamps  of  the 
First  British  Occupation  and  other  unlawful  stamps.  It  is  also  clear  that  the 
matrix  die  which  Otto  sent  out  to  the  Transvaal  with  the  two  3d.  plates 
was  the  perfect  die,  or  one  of  them  (if  he  made  more  than  one).  On  this 
hypothesis  we  have  an  easy  explanation  of  the  fact  that  the  6d.  of  the 
Improved  Eagle  type  has  the  central  part  identical  with  that  of  the  subtype 
{n)  of  the  3d.,  namely  that  the  original  negative  mother  die  was  used  for  its 
production.  !  return  to  the  subject  of  the  dies  later  in  connection  with  the 
forgeries. 


298  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

Apart  from  theory,  we  arrive  at  this  positive  conclusion :  that  Otto  must 
have  made  at  least  four  plates  of  the  3d.  value,  viz.  (a)  at  least  three  bearing 
the  spur  on  the  bird's  leg,  two  of  which  were  sent  to  the  Transvaal,  and  one 
or  more  which  he  retained  and  certainly  used  for  the  forgeries  of  the  3d. 
stamps  of  the  Second  Republic,  and  certain  forgeries  of  the  First  Republic 
and  First  British  Occupation  ;  and  {b)  one  or  more  plates  or  groups  of 
electros  without  the  spur,  one  of  which,  at  any  rate  temporarily,  must  have 
had  the  electros  in  alternately  reversed  rows.  We  cannot  therefore  use  this 
spur  as  a  test  of  any  unsurcharged  stamps ;  but  of  course  every  locally 
printed  stamp — including  all  the  surcharged  3d.  stamps  of  the  First  British 
Occupation — must  bear  it. 

( To  be  continued. ) 


laasional  flotes. 


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OCCASIONAL  NOTES.  299 

E WEN'S  MONTHLY  STAMP   QUOTATIONS. 
"complete  catalogue  of  the  world's  stamps,    one  penny  every  month." 
NDER  the  above  title  Messrs.  Ewen  make  the  following  announcement 
— i.e.  another  step  in  the  right  direction  to  enlist  fresh  collectors : — 


"  A  Complete  Catalogue  of  the  World's  Postage  Stamps  for  One  Penny  I 
Think  what  it  means !  Here,  if  you  like,  is  something  to  please  the  beginner 
and  the  schoolboy  collector.  A  Complete  Priced  Catalogue  of  the  World's 
Postage  Stamps  for  One  Penny  ! 

"  The  Catalogue  is  compiled  for  the  benefit  of  the  general  collector,  and 
consequently  we  list  no  surcharged  stamps;  we  list  no  perforation  varieties; 
we  list  no  watermark  varieties ;  we  list  no  shades ;  we  list  no  minor 
varieties  at  all ;  we  list  no  Ofificial  stamps  ;  we  list  no  Postage  Due  stamps  ; 
we  list  no  postal  fiscals.  By  this  means  we  reduce  the  number  of  collectible 
varieties  from  50,000  to  10,000.  In  order  to  see  the  effect  we  have  formed  an 
almost  complete  collection,  and  they  make  a  magnificent  show.  About  9,500 
of  the  10,000  different  kinds  can  be  purchased  for  ;^i,ooo;  that  is  to  say,  a 
collection  approaching  to  completeness.  Should  anyone  reply  to  us  that  he 
cannot  afford  p<^i,ooo,  we  shall  count  him  a  supporter  at  once,  because  if  he 
admits  that  he  could  never  complete  our  '  10,000  stamp'  collection,  it  is 
useless  his  attempting  the  larger  one.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  a  very  fairly 
representative  collection  on  the  lines  of  our  list  can  be  obtained  for  ^50  or 

;^I00." 


THE  NEW  HALFPENNY  STAMP. 


HE  new  issue  of  halfpenny  stamps,  which  has  just  been  made  by  the 
General  Post  Office,  owes  its  origin  to  the  fact  that  the  well-known 
dark  green  stamp,  which  will  soon  be  a  thing  of  the  past,  has  been  confused 
with  the  blue  2id.  Mistakes  have  not  only  been  made  by  short-sighted  or 
partially  colour-blind  members  of  the  public,  but  by  experienced  Post  Office 
clerks,  who,  on  occasions,  have  actually  handed  2|d.  stamps  across  the  counter 
when  those  of  a  halfpenny  value  have  been  asked  for.  The  reason  given  for 
this  is  extremely  probable,  namely,  that  officials  who  are  working  for  most  of 
their  time  by  gas  or  electric  light  find  it  a  very  difficult  thing  to  distinguish 
colours  of  any  similarity,  unless  the  shades  are  particularly  pronounced. 
That  such  errors  have  occurred  is  quite  enough  to  prove  the  necessity  of 
the  new  issue.  Specimens  are  already  to  be  obtained  everywhere  ;  but,  as 
far  as  can  be  ascertained,  the  opinion  of  the  ordinary  business  man  upon 
them  is  not  altogether  favourable.  The  design  is  precisely  the  same  as  before, 
but  the  groundwork  is  of  a  very  pale,  washed-out  hue  of  green.  The  first 
impression  given  one  on  getting  a  view  of  the  stamps  is  that  they  might  have 
been  exposed  to  the  sun,  and  become  faded.  However,  there  should  be  little 
chance  of  confounding  them  in  future  with  the  2jd.  issue,  which  is  something 
gained.  Under  the  regulations  of  the  International  Postal  Union  the  colour 
of  the  stamps  worth  ^d.,  id.,  and  2\^.,  or  the  equivalent  in  other  countries, 
must  be  green,  red,  and  blue  res[)ectively,  and  therefore,  pcrha[ys,  the  Inland 
Revenue  authorities  had  not  much  latitude  when  deciding  on  the  alteration. 
The  old  green  shade  of  Ad.  stamp  has  been  in  use  throughout  the  present 
reign,  and  also  for  a  considerable  part  of  that  of  the  late  Ouccn  Victoria. 
The  cohjLir  previously  was  red. 


300  OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 

A   SYSTEM  OF  EXCHANGE. 
ESSRS.  Bright  and  Son  (164,  Strand,  London)  have  instituted  a  new  system 
of  exchange  for  collectors,  and  send  us  the  following  explanation : — 


"We  are  open  to  purchase  any  stamps  of  which  we  may  be  short, 
requiring  to  make  up  sets,  etc.,  at  half  our  Catalogue  prices,  providing  the 
following  rules  are  observed  :  (i)  All  stamps  to  be  mounted  on  sheets,  etc., 
the  stamps  of  each  country  to  be  together,  and  if  possible,  in  alphabetical 
order  and  grouped  in  continents.  (2)  Above  each  stamp  our  Catalogue 
number  and  the  Catalogue  price  must  be  marked.  (3)  All  stamps  must  be  in 
good  condition,  and  if  unused,  with  gum,  unless  issued  otherwise.  Current 
or  lately  current  unused  stamps  are  accepted  at  face  value.  (4)  Postage  for 
return,  and  registration  if  necessary,  must  accompany  the  selection,  or  same 
will  be  deducted  from  remittance.  N.B. — All  selections  will  be  returned 
within  one  week  of  receipt  with  remittance  for  stamps  retained.  Strict 
attention  to  above  rules  will  increase  purchases.  As  in  many  cases  collectors 
will  prefer  to  purchase  other  stamps  from  us  so  as  to  increase  their  collections 
rather  than  receive  cash  for  their  duplicates,  we  are  prepared  in  these  cases 
to  credit  them  with  an  increase  of  10  per  cent,  upon  the  net  amount  of  stamps 
we  retain  from  their  selections.  A  list  of  the  stamps  required  in  payment 
must  be  sent,  giving  our  Catalogue  numbers,  and  stating  whether  used  or 
unused,  or  cheapest.  It  is  advisable  to  send  an  alternative  list,  in  case  we  are 
short  of  any  items.  The  above  offer  takes  effect  from  the  publication  of  our 
6th  edition  Catalogue.  Special  attention  is  drawn  to  the  fact  that  we  are  not 
instituting  this  new  departure  in  anticipation  of  receiving  rare  varieties  at 
the  price  of  ordinary  issues.  We  take  all  varieties  of  watermark,  perforation, 
shade,  type,  paper,  etc.,  as  listed  in  our  Catalogue." 


THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY  OF  INDIA  AND  THE  TAPLING  COLLECTION. 
T  is  with  much  regret  that  we  notice  the  accompanying  correspondence 
in  the  Philatelic  Journal  of  India.  It  is  a  great  pity  that  the  spirited 
offer  of  our  Indian  cojtfreres  cannot  be  accepted,  and  as  we  are  convinced 
that  their  example  would  be  widely  imitated  in  all  parts  of  the  British 
Empire,  the  official  decision  is  to  be  the  more  deplored. 

"  The  following  correspondence  is  published  for  the  information  of  mem- 
bers. It  refers  to  a  resolution  of  the  Society,  passed  at  the  last  General 
Meeting,  held  on  4th  March,  1904,  and  reported  on  page  87  of  this  Journal. 

" '  To  The  Chief  Secretary,  Philatelic  Society  of  India. 

'"The  British  Museum,  Calcutta,  2 ^th  August,  1904. 

" '  Blooinsbury,  London. 
" '  Dear  Sir, — At  a  recent  meeting  of  this  Society  attention  was  drawn 
to  the  subject  of  the  Tapling  Stamp  Collection  and  satisfaction  expressed  at 
its  being  at  last  exhibited  to  the  general  public.  I  was  desired  to  inform  you 
that  if  the  Museum  authorities  would  accept  from  this  Society  unused  stamps 
for  the  completion  of  the  Collection's  Indian  section  to  the  end  of  the  last 
reign,  this  Society  would  be  pleased  to  present  them. 

" '  I  should  be  glad  to  hear  from  you  in  due  course  if  this  offer  is  accepted. 
"  '  Yours  faithfully,       W.  CORFIELD,  ^071.  Secretary! 


"  '  Department  of  Printed  Books, 

" '  British  Museum,  London,  W.C, 
'"To  Wilmot  Corfield,  Esq.,   Calcutta.  \i,th  September,  1904. 

" '  Dear  Sir, — I  beg  to  acknowledge  your  letter  of  the  25th  August  con- 
taining the  kind  offer  of  your  Society  to  present  us  with  some  Indian  stamps. 


OCCASIONAL  NOTES.  301 

The  gentleman  who  has  chiefly  had  to  do  with  the  arrangement  of  these 
stamps  is  at  present  away.  May  I  ask  you  to  allow  me  to  postpone  answer- 
ing your  letter  until  his  return  ?  I  fear  that  want  of  space  will  make  it 
impossible  for  us  to  avail  ourselves  of  your  offer,  but  before  definitely  deciding 
I  should  like  to  know  whether  any  means  of  finding  space  in  the  Tapling 
cases  can  be  found.  « <  j  ^^^  ^^^^  ^^.^1^  yours,       G.  K.  FORTESCUE.' 


"  '  Department  of  Printed  Books, 

"  '  British  Museum,  London,  W.C., 
"'To  Wilmot  Corfield,  Esq.,   Calcutta.  2ith  September,  1904. 

"'  Dear  Sir, — In  answer  to  the  very  kind  offer  of  the  Philatelic  Society 
of  India  to  present  to  the  British  Museum  the  set  of  Indian  stamps  to  the 
end  of  the  reign  of  Queen  Victoria,  I  wrote  to  ask  you  to  allow  me  to  delay 
my  answer  until  the  return  of  the  gentleman  who  arranged  the  Tapling 
Collection.  I  now  learn  from  him  that  there  is  no  space  remaining  in  the 
cases  which  contain  the  Tapling  Collection. 

" '  As  we  have  no  other  space  in  which  it  would  be  possible  to  exhibit 
stamps,  and  as  it  would  be  of  no  use  merely  to  store  them  without  any 
prospect  of  exhibiting  them,  I  am  afraid  that  I  must  reluctantly  decline  the 
ofifer  of  your  Society,  at  the  same  time  expressing  my  sincere  gratitude  for 
so  generous  an  offer.  «  <  j  ^^^  y^^^^  faithfully,       G.  K.  FORTESCUE.' 


" '  To  G.  K.  FoRTEScuE,  Esq.,  Philatelic  Society  op  India, 

'■'■'■  Departtneut  of  Fri7ited  Books,  Calcutta,  17M  October,  1904. 

"  '  British  Museu7Ji,  Londoti,  IV.  C. 

"'  Dear  Sir, —  I  have  to  thank  you  for  your  letters  of  the  14th  and  28th 
ultimo,  and  for  the  trouble  you  have  taken  in  the  matter.  I  much  regret 
that  it  has  been  found  impracticable  to  complete  the  Indian  Section  of  the 
Tapling  Collection  to  the  end  of  Queen  Victoria's  reign,  and  will  report  to 
my  Society  in  due  course  that  their  offer  of  stamps  cannot  be  accepted. 

" '  Yours  faithfully,       W.  CORFIELD,  Hon.  Secretary.'  " 


SALE  OF  THE  PAMPHILIJ  COLLECTION. 
E  have  had  the  pleasure  of  inspecting  the  important  general  collection 
formed  by  Prince  Doria  Pamphilij,  a  well-known  member  of  the 
London  Philatelic  Society.  The  collection,  embracing  over  thirty  volumes, 
contains  many  choice  stamps,  and  has  been  acquired  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Peckitt, 
who  is  disposing  of  it  retail.  Philatelists  thus  have  a  good  opportunity  to  fill 
their  vacant  spaces.  We  are  glad,  however,  to  know  that  Prince  Doria  is  by 
no  means  severing  his  connection  with  Philately,  as  he  retains  his  remarkably 
fine  specialised  collection  of  the  stamps  of  the  Italian  States. 


EMBOSSED  POSTAGE  STAMPS. 


I(JST  OFFICE  announcement  has  been  made  stating  that  in  pursuance 
of  the  Rules  Publication  Act,  1893,  the  Postmaster-General  gives 
notice  that  a  warrant,  dated  December  7th,  1904,  has  been  made,  on  his 
representation,  by  tiie  Commissioners  of  the  Treasury,  under  which,  on  and 


302 


NEW  ISSUES. 


from  January  ist,  1905,  embossed  or  impressed  stamps,  cut  out  of  or  other- 
wise detached  from  an  envelope,  cover,  post  card,  or  other  postal  form,  may  be 
used  in  payment  of  postage. 

We  are  somewhat  surprised  at  this  announcement.  There  is  a  consider- 
able proportion  of  used  entires  that  have  escaped  cancellation  on  the  stamp. 
Some  years  since  we  examined  the  accumulated  post  cards  of  a  business 
firm  with  which  we  had  connection,  and  of  the  early  post  cards,  lilac  head,  in 
both  sizes  there  was  a  steady  percentage  which  were  postmarked  only  on 
the  body  of  the  card.  These  and  many  others  will  now  probably  do  duty 
again  !  From  the  collector's  aspect  we  also  regret  this  new  departure,  as 
there  will  be  a  large  crop  of  all  kinds  of  hybrid  and  abnormal  "  cut-outs  " 
that  will  be  made  to  do  postal  duty,  including  apparently  all  the  embossed 
stamps  struck  to  order.  In  fact,  all  this  class  being  now  sanctioned  for  use 
as  adhesives,  they  will  be  accepted  by  collectors  generally,  and  may  even  get 
in  the  catalogues !  They  will  have,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  the  same  status  as 
the  old  Prussian  envelopes  that  were  allowed  to  be  used  as  adhesives,  and 
the  effect  is  to  create  another  class  of  stamps  in  a  market  that  is  already 
overstocked. 


§£b  Issues. 


NOTES    OF    NEW,    AND    VARIATIONS  OF   CURRENT,    ISSUES. 

(Varieties  of  Obsolete  Stamps,  and  Discoveries,  will  be  found  under  "Philatelic  Notes.") 
We  do  not  profess  to  chronicle  everything,  but,  with  the  kind  help  of  correspondejits,  are  desirotis  that 
all  the  ifitportani  tiovelties  may  be  included.  Speculative  stamps — i.e.  those  not  really  required  for 
postal  purposes — will  be  considered  on  their  merits,  and  Jubilee  issues  will  not  be  chronicled. 
Members  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society,  and  other  readers  generally,  are  invited  to  co-operate  with  us 
in  making  the  columns  as  interestittg  as  possible.  Our  foreign  readers  can  especially  help  us  in 
this  direction,  by  senditig  copies  of  any  official  documents  relative  to  changes  in  the  ctirrent  issues, 
or  early  intimation  of  atiy  neiv  issue,  accompanied,  when  possible,  by  a  speci?neti ;  such  infortnation 
will  be  duly  credited  to  the  correspondent,  and,  if  desired,  the  specimen  promptly  rettirned. 
Address:  Mr.  A.  Churchill  Emerson,  10,  Gracechurch  Street,  London,  E.G. 


-♦ 


BRITISH    EMPIRE. 

Great  Britain.— The  new  ^d.  stamp  in 
the  washed-out  yellow-green  shade  is  now 
in  general  use.  The  earliest  specimen  to 
reach  us  is  postmarked  "Stockport,  10.15 
p.m.,  Dec.  4." 
British  East  Africa  and  Uganda.— 
Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co.  inform  us 
that  they  have  received  the  2  a.  and  2^' a.  on 
the  new  paper.     Adhesives. 

2  a.,  violet  and  lilac  ;  new  paper. 
2\  a.,  ultramarine  ,, 

Cyprus.  —  The  M.  J.  has  received  the 
I  and  2  piastres  on  the  new   paper. 

Adhesives. 

1  p.,  carmine  and  ultramarine  ;  new  wmk. 

2  p.,  ultramarine  and  purple  ,, 

Hong  Kong. — The  Philatelic  Record 
makes  additions  to  the  set  on  the  multiple 
watermarked  paper,    stating    that    all    the 


and 


values  except  the  8  c, 

hand  in  Hong  Kong. 

Adhesives. 
I  c,  lilac  and  brown,  with  new  wmk. 
10  c,  lilac  and  ultramarine  on  blue,  with  new  wmk. 
12  c,  green  and  marone  on  yellow       ,,         ,, 
$10,  grey-black  and  orange  on  blue     ,,         ,, 

Lagos. —  The  id.  on   the  new  paper  is 
chronicled  by  Ewen's  Weekly,  and  Messrs. 
Whitfield  King  and  Co.  advise  us  that  they 
have  the  id.  with  the  multiple  watermark. 
Adhesives. 
Jd.,  green  ;  new  paper, 
id.,  violet  and  black  on  red  ;  new  paper. 

Malay  States. — ^The  i  c,  4  c,  and  10  c, 

on  the  new  multiple  watermarked  paper,  are 

announced  by  Ewen's  Weekly. 

Adhesives. 
I  c. ,  green  and  black  ;  new  wmk. 
4  c,  on  red  paper  ,, 

10  c,  claret  and  black  ,, 


NEW  ISSUES. 


303 


Malta. — Several  journals   chronicle  the 
^d.  stamp  with  the  multiple  watermark. 
Adhesive.     \A.,  green  ;  new  wmk. 

Mauritius. — We    have    received    from 
Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co.  a  new  4  c. 
stamp  on  the  old  CA  paper.     It  is  of  the 
Arms  design.         Adhesive. 
4  c,  black  on  blue,  value  in  carmine  ;  CA  ;  14. 

MONTSERRAT.— The  M.J.  informs  us  that 
the  announcement  of  the  issue  of  the  id.  on 
the  new  watermarked  paper  was  premature. 

Natal.— The  |d.  value  is  added  to  the 
list  of  stamps  with  the  new  watermark  by 
ihtM.J. 

Adhesive.     Jd. ,  deep  green  ;  new  wmk. 

North  Borneo. — The  J/./,  has  received 
the  I  c.  of  the  1901-2  issue  (No.  117  in  the 
Catalogue)    overprinted    "POSTAGE    due" 
(Type  6)  horizontally,  in  black. 
Postage  Due.     I  c,  black,  ochre-brown,  and  red. 

South  Australia.  —  The  Australian 
Philatelist  states  that  the  current  2d.  stamps 
are  now  perf  12. 

The  20s.,  large  "postage,"  in  the   new 

type,  has  reached  The  Philatelic  Record. 

Adhesives. 
2d.,  deep  violet ;  perf.  12. 
20S.,  dark  blue  ;  "  postage"  in  the  new  type. 

Tasmania.— We  read  in  the  P.J.  I.  that  a 
set  of  the  Australian  Commonwealth  Postage 
Due  stamps  is  now  in  use  in  Tasmania. 

The  5d.,  is.,  and  2s.  have  the  space  at 
foot  filled  in,  the  remainder  have  it  blank. 
The  watermark  is  Crown  and  NSW. 
Postage  Due. 
Jd.,  emerald-green;  Type  i. 
Id. 
2d. 
3^1. 
4d. 
Sd. 


6d. 
8d. 

IS. 
2S. 


Western  Australia.— Here  again  the 
Australian  Commonwealth  Postage  Due  set 
is  in  use,  and  the  /'. /.  /.  informs  us  that  the 
3d.  and  6d.  are  of  Typ^  '■  Watermark 
Crown  and  N  .S  W. 

Postage  Due. 
enicrald-grcc'ii  ;  Type  2. 
2. 
2. 


id. 
Id. 

2d. 

3d- 
4d. 

.S<1. 
6d. 

IS. 


I. 

2. 
2. 
I. 
2. 


EUROPE. 

Bosnia. — A  set  of  Postage  Due  stamps 
is  recorded  by  Ewetis  Weekly. 

Postage  Due. 

1  heller,  black,  red,  and  yellow  ;  perf.  13J. 

2  >i  )i  )j  )i 

3  )  >  j>  >f  ?> 

4  j>  >i  >>  >j 

5  j>  >)  »)  J) 

6  „ 

7  It  j»  j»  J) 

8  ..  ..  ,.  >> 
10  ,, 

*5  j>  »>  )>  J) 

^o  ji  >>  1)  >) 

50  ,, 

200  ,,  black,  red,  and  green  ,, 

The  200  heller  is  only  for  use  in  connec- 
tion with  departmental  accounts. 

Denmark. — A  new  stamp  reaches  us 
from  Messrs.  Whitfield  King  and  Co. 

It  has  a  portrait  of  the  King  to  right  in  a 
circle,  "  danmark  "  in  a  label  at  top, 
numerals  in  circles  in  the  lower  spandrels, 
and  "  ore  "  repeated  twice  at  foot. 

Watermark  Crown  and  perforated  13. 
Adhesive.     10  ore,  scarlet. 

R0UMANI.\. — The  M .  J.  makes  an  addi- 
tion to  the  set  of  Postage  Due  stamps  on 
the  unwatermarked  paper,  tinted  rose  at  the 
back.  Postage  Due. 

50  bani,  green  ;  no  wmk.  ;  perf.  \\\. 

Servia. — To  the  set  on  ordinary  paper 
of  1896,  perf  13X  13!^,  the  M.  J.  adds  the 
15  p.,  lilac,  and  25  p.,  blue  ;  and  the  25  p., 
blue,  is  also  known  perf.  13  x  13J  x  1 1 J  x  13^. 

Adhesives. 
15  p.,  lilac,  1896,  ordinary  paper;  perf.  13  x  13J 
25  p.,  blue     ,,  „ 

2S  P-      ,. 

perf.  13  X  13J  X  iij  X  13!. 

AMERICA. 

COLOMHIAN    Repuislic. — There    would 

appear  to  be   a    i    peso   stamp  to  add   to 

the   new    set    issued   on    a    gold    basis    as 

announced  by  Ewen's   Weekly. 

Adhesive. 
I  peso,  dark  brown;  litho ;  perf.  12. 

Antioquia. — The   M.  J.   has   received   a 

partial  set  of  the  issue  of  1903-4.     Types 

57,  etc.,  overprinted  with  the  word  "Oficial," 

struck  in  deep  violet  ink  with  a  handstanip. 

It  is  impressed   diagonally  on  the   1   c,  a 

variety  of  which   also  shows   the  overprint 

inverted,  and  vertically  on  the  other  values. 

Officials. 
green. 


I  c, 

1  p.,  .sc'pr.i. 

2  p.,  violet. 


3  p.,  dark  blue. 

."}  p.,  red. 

5  p.,  red-brown. 


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PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'  MEETINGS. 


Dominican  Republic.  —  We  have  re- 
ceived the  2  c,  brown,  Postage  Due  stamp 
chronicled  on  page  283,  without  the  figure 
"  I  "  in  the  centre  of  the  surcharge. 

We  understand  that  this  is  a  2  centavos 
stamp.  Provisional. 

2  c. ,  brown,  carmine  overprint. 

Paraguay. — The  M.  C.  informs  us  that 

a  new  10  centavos  stamp  has  been  issued. 

It  is  lithographed,  and  bears  the  inscription, 

"  GOBIERNO  PROVISORIO  DEL  PARAGUAY." 

Adhesive. 

10  c,  Prussian  blue. 

Uruguay. — A  new  letter  card  is  listed 
by  Eweris  Weekly. 

Letter  Card. 

3  c,  dark  blue  on  yellow  ;  litho. 


OTHER  COUNTRIES. 

French  Guinea.  —  Messrs.  Whitfield 
King  and  Co.  send  us  a  new  set  for  this 
colony. 

The  design  shows  a  native  warrior. 

Adhesive!. 

1  c. ,  black  on  yellow-green. 

2  c. ,  brown  on  straw. 

4  c. ,  carmine  on  bluish. 

5  c,  green  on  greenish. 
10  c. ,  carmine. 

15  c,  violet  on  mauve. 
20  c,  carmine  on  green. 
25  c. ,  blue  on  bluish. 
30  c. ,  brown  on  buff. 
4.0  c. ,  vermilion  on  straw. 
50  c. ,  brown  on  bluish. 
75  c. ,  green  on  orange. 

1  f. ,  olive  on  straw. 

2  f. ,  red  on  orange. 
5  f. ,  green  on  green. 

All  perf.  14  X  134, 


Hljilat^lic   Somtus'  Uleethrgs. 


Council  for  the  Year  1904-3. 

President — H.R.H.  The  Prince  of  Wales,  k.g.,  etc 
Vice-President — The  Earl  of  Crawford,  k.t. 
Hon.   Secretary — J.  A.  TiLLEARD. 
Hon.  Assistant  Secreta'^y — H.  R.  Oldfield. 
Hon.   Treasurer— C  N.   BiGGS. 
Hon.  Litirarian—L.  W.  FuLCHEE. 
Cojnmittee — 
E.  D.  Bacon.  L.  L.  R.  Hausburg. 

M.  P.  Castle,  j.p.  (Hon.  Vice-President'). 
C.  J.Daun.  C.  E.  McNaughtan. 

R.  Ehrenbach.  F.  Reichenheim. 

T.  W.  Hall.  Gordon  Smith. 

The  second  meeting  of  the  season  1904-5 
was  held  at  4,  Southampton  Row,  W.C.,  on 
Friday  the  28th  October,  1904,  at  7.45  p.m. 

Members  present :  The  Earl  of  Crawford, 
M.  P.  Castle,  E.  D.  Bacon,  Robert  Ehren- 
bach, Herbert  R.  Oldfield,  L.  W.  Fulcher, 
Rudolph  Meyer,  Rudolph  Frentzel,  Franz 
Reichenheim,  Douglas  Ellis,  A.  W.  Maclean, 

A.  C.  Emerson,  T.  Maycock,  Edward  J. 
Nankivell,  Harvey  A.  T.  Clarke,  A.  J. 
Warren,  J.  C.  Sidebotham,  W.  Schwabacher, 
G.  F.  Napier,  R.  B.  Yardley,  C.  McNaughtan, 

B.  D.  Knox,  C.  Neville  Biggs,  J.  A.  Tilleard. 
The  chair  was  taken  by  the  Vice-President, 
and  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  on  the 
14th  October,  1904,  were  read  and  signed  as 
correct. 

A  letter  was  read  from  Mr.  Charles  J. 
Phillips  containing  a  liberal  offer  of  assist- 
ance in  the  event  of  an  International  Ex- 
hibition being  held  under  the  auspices  of 
this  Society,  and  upon  the  motion  of  Mr. 
McNaughtan,  seconded  by  Mr.  Castle,  the 
letter  was  referred  to  the  Council,  with  in- 
structions to  consider  the  same  and  to 
report  at  a  later  meeting. 


The  members  then  proceeded  to  the 
election  of  the  following  gentlemen,  who 
after  ballot  were  declared  duly  elected  :- 

Mr.  Stanley  Baxter  Baxter,  proposed  by 
Mr.  T.  Wickham  Jones,  seconded  by  the 
Hon.  Sec;  Colonel  John  Bonhote,  proposed 
by  Major  E.  B.  Evans,  seconded  by  Mr. 
Gordon  Smith. 

His  Royal  Highness  the  President  of  the 
Society  had  sent  for  the  inspection  of  the 
members  three  exceptionally  fine,  unused 
specimens  of  the  2d.  value  of  the  1848  issue 
of  Mauritius,  "Post  Paid,"  one  of  such  copies 
being  the  error  "penoe,"  and  this  evidence 
of  the  continued  interest  shown  by  the 
President  in  the  Society  was  very  highly 
appreciated  by  the  members  present. 

Mr.  Yardley,  on  behalf  of  Mr.  Field,  pre- 
sented to  the  Society  two  photographs  of 
two  complete  panes  of  the  Transvaal  stamps 
of  the  first  British  occupation,  printed  on 
blue  paper,  respectively  surcharged  with 
Roman  initial  capitals  and  mixed  Roman 
and  italic  initial  capitals.  Mr.  Yardley  was 
requested  to  convey  the  thanks  of  the  Society 
to  Mr.  Field,  and  to  ask  Mr.  Field  to 
convey  the  thanks  of  the  Society  to  the 
owner  for  his  gift. 

The  Hon.  Vice-President,  Mr.  M.  P. 
Castle,  then  read  some  notes  on  the  "  Sydney 
View"  stamps,  accompanied  by  a  display  of 
his  very  fine  collection  of  the  three  values. 

A  vote  of  thanks,  expressing  the  apprecia- 
tion of  the  members,  was  moved  by  the 
Earl  of  Crawford,  seconded  by  Mr.  E.  D. 
Bacon,  and  unanimously  carried,  and  the 
proceedings  then  terminated. 


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The  third  meeting  of  the  season  1904-5 
was  held  at  4,  Southampton  Row,  W.C., 
on  Friday  the  nth  November,  1904,  at 
7.45  p.m. 

Members  present :  The  Earl  of  Crawford, 
M.  P.  Castle,  Gordon  Smith,  R.  Ehrenbach, 
Thos.  Wm.  Hall,  J.  Bonhote,  George  F. 
Napier,  Rudolph  Frentzel,  Rudolph  Meyer, 
L.  W.  Fulcher,  E.  D.  Bacon,  Franz 
Reichenheim,  W.  Schwabacher,  W.  Doming 
Beckton,  B.  D.  Knox. 

The  chair  was  taken  by  the  Vice-Presi- 
dent, and  the  minutes  of  the  last  meeting 
were  read  and  signed  as  correct.  In  the 
unavoidable  absence  of  the  Hon.  Secretary 
and  the  Hon.  Assistant  Secretary,  Mr.  E.  D. 
Bacon  undertook  the  secretarial  duties  of 
the  meeting.  He  announced  that  the  Hon. 
Secretary  had  received  a  copy  of  the  Postage 
Stamps  of  Siani,  by  Alexander  Holland, 
which  was  presented  by  the  Boston  Phila- 
telic Society  of  the  United  States,  and  forms 
one  of  the  fifty  edition  de  luxe  copies  of  that 
work.  He  also  presented,  on  behalf  of  the 
Philatelic  Society  of  India,  a  copy  oi  British 
htdian  Adhesive  Stamps  {Queetis  Head) 
sicrcharged for  Native  States.,  lay  C.  Stewart- 
Wilson  and  R.  Gordon  Jones.  The  Hon. 
Librarian  was  requested  to  acknowledge  the 
receipt  of  the  two  works,  and  to  convey  the 
thanks  of  the  Society  to  each  of  the  donors 
for  their  gifts. 

Mr.  M.  P.  Castle  showed  used  specimens 
of  the  One  Shilling  New  Zealand,  water- 
marked "N  Z,"  perforated  I2|,  13,  printed 
in  a  distinct  yellow-green  shade,  and  a 
Western  Australia  One  Shilling  of  the  first 
issue,  rouletted,  printed  in  deep  brown  ; 
neither  of  these  stamps  being  previously 
known  in  these  colours.  Mr.  R.  Ehrenbach 
then  showed  a  collection  of  the  dangerous 
forgeries  made  by  Oswald  Schroeder,  of 
Leipzig,  about  twenty  years  ago,  which  had 
been  sent  to  him  by  Mr.  W.  Moser  for  exhi- 
bition to  members  of  the  Society.  Mr. 
Moser  stated  that  the  collection  was  the 
property  of  the  Dresden  Society,  that  the 
President,  Dr.  Kloss,  obtained  the  forgeries 
many  years  ago  from  Schroeder,  and  the 
Society  had  lent  them  to  him  to  forward  to 
the  memljers  of  the  London  Society  for  their 
inspection.  Mr.  R.  Ehrenbach  was  asked 
to  convey  to  Mr.  Moser,  and  through  that 
gentleman  to  the  Dresden  Society,  the 
Society's  appreciation  of  their  courtesy,  and 
to  thank  them  for  the  loan  of  the  specimens. 
The  collection  comprised  the  following 
forgeries  : — 

Antioquia. — First  issue,  ai  c,  dull  blue  ; 
5  c,  greyish  green  ;  10  c,  liFac-grey  ;  i  p., 
carminc-rcd. 

Bolivar. — First  issue,     i  p.,  red. 

British  Guiana. — First  issue.  12  c,  black 
on  deep  blue. 

Buenos  Ayres. — First  issue.  3  p.,  dull 
green  ;  4  p.,  carmine-red. 

Colombia. — 1861  issue:  2^  c,  black;  5  c, 
olive-yellow  ;  10  c,  blue  ;  20  c,  vermilion  ; 
I  p.,  dull  rose.  t862  issue:  10  c,  bright 
blue;  20  <:.,  l)rigl)t  c.irmiiic.     ".Sobre  I'orU-," 

1 56/; 


1865  issue :  25  c,  black  on  blue ;  50  c, 
black  on  yellow  ;  i  p.,  black  on  rose. 

Cordoba. — 5  c,  dull  blue;  15  c,  Hlac ; 
25  c,  orange  ;  50  c,  green  ;  i  p.,  carmine. 

Finland. — First  issue.  Envelope  stamps. 
10  k.,  red  ;  20  k.,  black. 

France. — Unpaid  Letter  stamps.  40  c, 
sky-blue  ;  60  c,  yellow  ochre. 

Hanover. — 1863.     3  pf,  green. 

Hyderabad.  —  Official  hand-stamp,  origi- 
nally known  as  Koorshedjah.  Black  on  thin 
blue  wove  paper. 

Mexico. — Guadalajara  locals,  1867  issue: 
\  r.,  black,  on  white  wove  paper  ;  2  r.,  black, 
on  lilac-rose  laid  paper  ;  2  r.,  black,  on  green 
laid  paper  ;  i  p.,  black,  on  bright  lilac  wove 
paper.  1868  issue  :  i  r.,  black,  on  green 
laid  paper  ;  i  r.,  black,  on  green  wove  paper ; 
2  r.,  black,  on  lilac-grey  wove  paper. 

Philippine  Islands. — 1855  issue.  One  of 
the  four  varieties.     5  c,  dull  vermilion. 

San  Domingo. — First  issue :  \  r.,  black,  on 
lilac-rose  laid  paper.  Second  issue  :  \  r., 
black,  on  pale  green  laid  paper. 

Saxony. — First  issue.  3  pf.,  vermilion  ; 
two  different  forgeries  of  this  stamp. 

Spain.— 1851  :  2  r.,  dull  red.  1853:  2  r., 
bright  red.     Madrid  :  3  c,  gold. 

Tolima. — First  issue.  5  c,  black,  on  pale 
blue  laid  paper  ;  10  c,  black,  on  white  wove 
paper. 

Wenden. — 1863  issue  :  2  kop.,  red  and 
green.     1864  issue  :  2  kop.,  red  and  green. 

Mr.  F.  Reichenheim  read  a  paper  on  the 
"Unpaid  Letter  Stamps  of  France,"  in  which 
he  produced  a  quantity  of  official  information 
concerning  the  various  issues,  and  showed, 
among  other  matters  of  interest,  that  there 
are  two  distinct  varieties  of  type  of  the  first 
10  c.  typographed  stamp.  On  the  motion  of 
Mr.  M.  P.  Castle,  seconded  by  Mr.  R. 
Ehrenbach,  a  cordial  vote  of  thanks  was 
accorded  to  Mr.  Reichenheim  for  his  wiluable 
paper,  and  this  concluded  the  business  of 
the  meeting.         

The  fourth  meeting  of  the  season  1904-5 
was  held  at  4,  Southampton  Row,  W.C, 
on  Friday  the  25th  November,  1904,  at 
7.45  p.m. 

Members  present  :  M.  P.  Castle,  R.  B. 
Yardley,  L.  W.  Fulcher,  Rudolph  Meyer, 
Rudolph  Frentzel,  Henry  Hetley,  L.  S. 
Wells,  A.  W.  Maclean,  F.  Ransom,  T. 
Maycock,  A.  C.  Emerson,  G.  F.  Napier, 
C.  Neville  Biggs,  Thos.  Wm.  Hall,  Robert 
Ehrenbach,  Gordon  Smith,  A.  R.  Barrett. 

'I'hc  chair  was  taken  by  the  Hon.  Vice- 
President,  and  the  minutes  of  the  previous 
meeting  were  read  and  confirmed.  In  the 
unavoidable  absence  of  the  Hon.  Secretary 
and  Hon.  Assistant  Secretary,  the  secretarial 
duties  were  undertaken  by  Mr.  Gordon  Smith. 

Mr.  R.  B.  ^'ar(lley  read  a  paper  on  the 
stamps  of  'i'rinidad,  and  gave  a  display  of 
the  stamps  of  that  colony.  Among  the  more 
notable  stamps  in  Mr.  Nardley's  interesting 
collection  were  the  following:  A  proof  i)f 
the  mother  die  for  the  Britannia  design,  with 


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PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'   MEETINGS. 


the  name-label  left  blank,  probably  a  proof 
from  the  original  die  from  which  the 
secondary  dies  with  the  name  inserted  were 
rnade  for  Trinidad,  Barbados,  and  Mau- 
ritius ;  a  pair  of  4d.,  grey-lilac,  pin-perf  \i\, 
on  the  original  letter  ;  and  the  4d.,  water- 
mark Crown  C  C,  in  the  pale  lilac  shade, 
unused.  On  one  page  were  shown  speci- 
mens of  the  abnormal  combinations  of  paper 
and  perforation  made  by  Messrs.  De  La  Rue, 
namely,  the  id.  Ceylon,  watermarked  Crown 
C  C,  perf  ii|,  12,  a  block  of  four,  unused ; 
the  6d.  Ceylon,  with  the  same  watermark, 
perf  13,  used;  and  the  Trinidad  id.,  no 
watermark,  perf  i7.\,  unused. 

A  cordial  vote  of  thanks  to  Mr.  Yardley 
was  proposed  by  Mr.  Gordon  Smith  and 
seconded  by  Mr.  Ransom. 

Mr.  Castle,  in  speaking  to  the  resolution, 
suggested  that  an  interesting  collection 
might  be  made  illustrating  stamps  of  the 
same  shades  and  colours  in  contemporary 
use  in  various  colonies,  produced  by  the 
same  manufacturers. 

The  resolution  was  carried  unanimously. 

Mr.  Yardley  replied,  and  the  proceedings 
then  terminated. 

?Btrmttt0l[jam  pUjilat^Ur  ^0mt^. 

October  i8th.— Display,  "Great  Britain, 
West  Australia,  Germany."  Mr.  W.  B.  Avery. 

Messrs.  Oswald  Barnes  and  W.  H.  Whit- 
tingham  were  elected  members.  The  follow- 
ing were  thanked  for  donations  to  the  collec- 
tion: Messrs.  C.  McNaughtan  (nice  selection 
of  Barbados  and  South  Australia),  C.  A. 
Stephenson  (30s.) ;  Major  G.  S.  Strode,  Lieut.- 
Col.  S.  P.  Peile,  W.  F.  Wadanis,  Messrs. 
F.  E.  Wilson,  and  the  StirHng  Stamp  Co. 
(New  Zealand),  were  thanked  for  contribu- 
tions to  the  library. 

Mr.  W.  B.  Avery  then  gave  a  display  of 
his  superb  collection,  and  by  his  careful 
explanation  of  type  and  die  varieties,  espe- 
cially in  the  rare  issues,  made  the  display  not 
only  interesting,  but  very  instructive.  A 
very  hearty  vote  of  thanks  was  given  and 
very  suitably  responded  to. 

October  27th.  —  Display,  "  Australian 
Colonies."     Mr.  R.  Hollick. 

Messrs.  A.  J.  Ecclestone  and  L.  O.  Trivett 
were  elected  members.  Mr.  J.  W.  Donnan 
and  Dr.  R.  Lyon  were  thanked  for  contribu- 
tions to  the  collection  and  library  respec- 
tively. 

Mr.  Hollick  afterwards  displayed  his  fine 
collection  of  the  Australian  Colonies,  with 
notes  on  the  same,  which  were  heartily 
appreciated.  Mr.  T.  W.  Peck  also  showed 
his  New  Zealand. 

November  loth. — Paper,  "Turkey."  Mr. 
P.  T.  Deakin. 

Messrs.  H.  Barnwell  and  J.  A.  van  Rooij 
were  elected  members,  while  Messrs.  H.  W. 
Baron,  P.  T.  Deakin,  C.  L.  Larssen,  and 
Mrs.  Livingston  were  thanked  for  contribu- 
tions to  the  collection.  Messrs.  Wilmot 
Corfield  (the  recently  published  handbook. 


British  Indian  Adhesive  Stamps  surcharged 
for  Native  States)  and  C.  A.  Stephenson 
wei'e  thanked  for  donations  to  the  library. 

Mr.  P.  T.  Deakin  gave  his  paper  on  the 
"Stamps  of  Turkey,"  with  special  reference 
to  varieties  of  type  and  postmark.  It  was  a 
most  valuable  addition  to  philatelic  research, 
and  has  entailed  a  vast  amount  of  work  and 
artistic  skill.  The  collections  of  Mr.  Hollick 
and  the  Society  were  very  useful  during  the 
evening  for  still  further  reference,  and  we 
hope  shortly  to  publish  the  paper,  with  illus- 
trations, for  the  benefit  of  members. 


%txi^  pijilatilir  ^0cwt^. 

A  GENEkAL  meeting  was  held  at  Ander- 
ton's  Hotel,  Fleet  Street,  E.G.,  on  Tuesday, 
November  isth,  1904,  at  7  p.m. 

Present :  Messrs.  W.  G.  Cool,  R.  Frentzel, 
W.  Schwabacher,  F.  Reichenheim,  L.  E. 
Bradbury,  C.  C.  Tait,  J.  B.  Neyroud,  Gordon 
G.  Smith,  A.  H.  L.  Giles,  R.  Meyer,  K. 
Wiehen,  A.  B.  Kay,  W.  T.  Standen,  A.  G. 
Wane,  E.  Bounds,  W.  A.  Boyes,  C.  E.  Fagan, 
D.  Thomson,  H.  Wills,  A.  H.  Harris,  S. 
Chapman,  R.  Ehrenbach,  and  H.  A.  Slade. 

Mr.  R.  Ehrenbach  was  voted  to  the  chair. 
The  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  on  October 
1 8th,  1904,  were  read  and  signed  as  correct. 

Messrs.  A.  W.  Maclean,  M.  Weimberg, 
G.  A.  Nelson,  Dr.  J.  M.  Keynes,  and  H. 
Greenhalgh  were  elected  ordinary  members. 

A  copy  of  The  Stamps  of  Sicily ,  by  Dr. 
Diena,  was  presented  to  the  library  by 
Mr.  Reichenheim,  and  twenty  copies  of  the 
Ititernational  Directory  of  Philatelic  Litera- 
ture were  forwarded  by  the  editor  (Mr.  V. 
Marsh)  for  presentation  to  the  members 
present. 

Proposed  by  the  Chairman  and  seconded 
by  Mr.  Reichenheim  :  "That  a  special  vote 
of  thanks  be  passed  to  the  Rt.  Hon.  the  Earl 
of  Crawford,  K.T.,  for  the  display  of  his 
collection  of  the  stamps  of  the  United  States 
given  at  his  residence  on  October  18th,  1904, 
and  for  the  courtesy  shown  to  the  members." 

Proposed  by  Mr.  Bradbury  and  seconded 
by  Mr.  Frentzel :  "  That  the  Rt.  Hon.  the 
Earl  of  Crawford  be  elected  an  honorary 
member  of  the  Society." 

Both  these  resolutions  were  carried  with 
acclamation,  and  the  Hon.  Secretary  was 
requested  to  enter  them  on  the  minutes,  and 
to  forward  a  copy  to  his  lordship. 

Mr.  Reichenheim  then  exhibited  his  collec- 
tion of  the  stamps  of  France  (1849- 1900), 
accompanied  by  descriptive  notes  as  to  the 
different  printings,  etc.  Needless  to  say, 
the  display  of  such  a  highly  specialised  and 
complete  collection  was  highly  appreciated 
by  the  members,  and  at  its  close  a  hearty 
vote  of  thanks  was  proposed  by  Mr.  Chap- 
man, seconded  by  Mr.  Wane,  and  carried 
unanimously. 

This  was  suitably  responded  to,  and  the 
proceedings  terminated  at  9  p.m. 

H.  A.  Slade,  Hon.  Sec.  and  Treasurer. 

Incleside,  St.  Albans,  Novonber  iSt/t,  1504. 


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307 


IR^nt  antr  ^uasti  fpijilat^lii: 

The  November  meeting  of  this  Society  was 
held,  by  kind  invitation  of  the  Misses  Nix, 
at  33,  Ferndale  Park,  Tunbridge  Wells, 
Mr.  Vernon  Roberts  presiding.  There  were 
also  present  the  Misses  Nix,  Mrs.  B.  H. 
Collins,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Highwood,  M.A.,  D.C.L., 
Mr.  Edward  J.  Nankivell,  Mr.  C.  F.  Harriss, 
Mr.  Chas.  Hepburne  Scott,  and  the  Hon. 
Secretary  (Mr.  Frederick  Wicks).  Six  new 
members  were  elected,  viz.  Mr.  Harold  W. 
M.  Edwardes  (Tunbridge  Wells),  Mr.  C.  H. 
Scott  (Hildenborough),  Mr.  Philip  Appleby 
Robson  (East  Grinstead),  Mr.  A.  Browns- 
combe,  M.A.  (Maidstone),  Mr.  F.  C.  Baker 
(Rolvenden),  and  Mr.  T.  Geo.  Arnold 
(Woolwich). 

"British  Guiana"  was  the  subject  of  an 
interesting  paper  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  High- 
wood,  who  was  cordially  thanked  for  the 
same.  With  votes  of  thanks  to  the  Misses 
Nix  and  the  Chairman  the  meeting  termi- 
nated. 

The  December  meeting  was  held  at  Dun- 
orlan,  Tunbridge  Wells,  by  kind  invitation 
of  Mrs.  Collins.  Mr.  Edward  J.  Nankivell 
presided,  and  those  present  were  :  Mrs. 
Collins,  the  Misses  Nix,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Joseph  Wheelwright,  Mr.  Cecil  Sharpe,  and 
Mr.  Frederick  Wicks  (Hon.  Sec).  A  message 
of  regret  at  non-attendance  was  received  from 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Highwood.  Miss  Crothers, 
of  Highfield,  Southborough,  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  Society.  Mrs.  Collins  gave 
a  display  of  her  magnificent  collection  of 
the  postage  stamps  of  Tuscany,  which  in- 
cluded a  fine  range  of  shades  of  the  i  Cjuatt., 
I  soldo,  and  2  soldi  on  Crowns  paper,  with  a 
used  copy  of  the  great  rarity,  the  3  lire, 
yellow,  catalogued  at  ^60.  The  collection 
included  a  very  fine  lot  of  pairs  and  strips 
on  original  letters,  two  of  which  were 
addressed  to  soldiers  at  Balaclava  during 
the  Crimean  War.  The  collection  was 
artistically  mounted  on  a  No.  3  Cistafile. 
Mrs.  Collins  spends  much  of  her  time  at 
Florence  every  year,  and  her  fine  collection 
is  the  result  of  persistent  collecting  from 
reliable  sources  on  the  spot.  At  the  close  of 
the  meeting,  on  the  motion  of  the  Ciiairman, 
a  Iiearty  vole  of  Ihrmks  was  accorded  to 
Mrs.  Collins  for  her  exceptionally  interesting 
display.  The  next  meeting,  which  will  be 
the  first  annual  meeting  of  the  Society,  will 
be  held  on  Monday,  January  i6th,  at 
Canianton,  Camden  I'ark,  Tunbridge  Wells, 
when  Mr.  Nankivell  will  read  a  pajier  on, 
and  give  a  display  of,  the  stamjis  of  China. 


FOUNDICI)   IN    i8y2. 

Thrkic  or  four  packets  circulated  every 
month.  .Slamps  priced  at  tliscrelion.  A 
capital    mediiun   for   the   disposal   of  good 


duplicates  at  reasonable  prices  and  for  the 
acquisition  of  new  varieties.  Sheets  re- 
turned and  balances  adjusted  with  the  least 
possible  delay. 

Sales  for  July  and  August  amounted  to 
^180  4s.  2d.  and  /207  12s.  iid.  respectively. 
Four  packets  containing  196  sheets,  valued 
in  the  aggregate  at  ^2,317  4s.  2d.,  were 
despatched  on  the  October  circuit.  Thirty- 
one  new  members  were  enrolled  during 
October  and  four  resigned.  None  but  re- 
sponsible collectors  are  eligible,  and  satis- 
factory references  are  required.  Non  - 
contributors  and  good  buyers  ai'e  welcome. 
For  full  information  and  copy  of  regulations, 
apply  to  the  Secretary,  H.  A.  Slade, 
Ingleside,  St.  Albans. 


Iflljannistmrg  ^Ijilat^lir  ^tititi-^, 

A  MEETING  of  the  above  Society  was  held  on 
Tuesday, 4th  October, at  the  MasonicTemple, 
Plein  Street.  Mr.  M.  Neuburger,  President, 
occupied  the  chair,  and  there  were  present 
twenty-one  members  and  seven  visitors.  It 
was  agreed  to  send  a  letter  of  thanks  to  Mr. 
R.  Weddell,  proprietor  of  the  Masonic  Hotel, 
for  the  room  which  the  Society  had  made 
use  of  for  some  time.  The  Chairman  stated 
that  a  bookcase  would  be  placed  in  the 
room  in  which  the  meetings  were  held,  and 
that  the  albums  containing  some  of  the 
forgeries  and  reprints  might  be  seen  there 
by  the  members.  As  there  would  be  an 
increased  expenditure,  he  hoped  that  the 
members  would  give  as  much  financial  sup- 
port as  the  necessities  demanded.  Mr.  M. 
P.  Vallentine  volunteered  to  place  the  stamps 
in  the  albums  containing  forgeries,  reprints, 
etc.  The  Chairman  announced  that  the  sales 
from  the  exchange  sheets  amounted  to  more 
than  25  per  cent,  over  the  value  of  the  sheets. 
.He  then  referred  to  the  encouraging  state  of 
the  Society's  finances,  which  amounted  to 
;^39  4s.  6d.  The  exhibition  of  stamps  of  the 
German  Empire  and  States,  Zululand,  and 
Swaziland  was  declared  open.  Mr.  Ansell 
exhibited  some  fine  sheets  of  Swazilands, 
including  errors,  and  Mr.  W.  P.  Cohen 
some  Zululands.  Mr.  C.  R.  Schuler  gave 
an  excellent  display  of  German  Empire, 
Zululands,  and  Swazilands,  including  a  pair 
of  twopenny  and  error  without  "  d." 


The  Philatelic  Society  held  their  usual 
fortnightly  meeting  on  Tuesday  evening  at 
the  Masonic  i'emple,  Plein  Street,  when 
there  were  present  thirteen  members  and 
three  visitors. 

Mr.  Ansell  suggested  that  members  of  the 
Society  should  prepare  i)ai)crs  on  Philately 
to  be  read  at  the  meetings. 

Mr.  A.  J.  Cohen  then  kindly  offered  to 
l)lacc  his  collection  of  books  dealing  with 
Philately  at  the  disposal  of  any  such  in- 
lending  members  who  might  wisii  to  take 
up  the  subject. 

A  discussion  on  ihe  new  nuilti|ile  water- 
marks, Crown  and  CA,  look  place,  several 


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PHILATELIC  SOCIETIES'  MEETINGS. 


members  expressing  various  opinions  as  to 
the  reason  for  the  same.  Mr.  E.  O.  Meyer 
was  of  opinion  that  the  multiple  watermark 
was  used  on  account  of  the  same  paper 
being  used  for  the  small  stamps  as  well  as 
for  the  large  stamps. 

The  exhibition  of  stamps  of  Great  Britain, 
Levant,  Malta,  and  Gibraltar  was  then  de- 
clared open.  Mr.  J.  Henderson  gave  an 
excellent  display  of  Great  Britain,  which 
included  many  varieties,  also  various  shades 
and  blocks.  The  exhibit  was  undoubtedly 
very  fine  and  unique.  Mr.  A.  J.  Cohen 
exhibited  a  nearly  complete  collection  of  the 
Great  Britain  issues,  containing  a  number 
of  shades  and  perforations  of  the  different 
values  ;  also  the  following  varieties :  a  2s., 
brown,  fine  specimen  ;  5s.,  rose,  watermarked 
Anchor ;  ids.,  grey ;  ^5,  orange,  lightly 
postmarked;  the  Queen's  and  King's  Head 
issues,  all  unused  and  mint ;  also  a  great 
variety  of  the  Official  stamps,  including  a 
2|^d.  and  is.,  1885,  unused  and  mint;  a  block 
of  \d.  and  id..  Inland  Revenue  stamps,  in 
mint  condition  ;  a  40  paras  on  \A.,  red, 
Constantinople,  only  in  use  three  days  ;  a 
certificate  of  posting,  and  the  is.  and  2s.  6d. 
Jubilee  stamps,  genuine,  postally  used,  and 
dated  isth  July,  1897.  His  Gibraltar  and 
Cyprus  exhibit  consisted  of  a  complete  issue 
of  these  colonies,  nearly  all  unused,  and  a 
great  number  of  shades,  varieties,  water- 
marks, and  errors.  Mr.  W.  P.  Cohen  also 
exhibited  a  fine  selection  of  Great  Britain, 
which  included  the  following :  id.,  black, 
hair  lines  ;  id.,  red.  Archer  roulette  ;  id., 
red,  double  lettering  lower  left  corner  ;  2S., 
salmon,  and  4d.,  blue,  safety  paper  ;  also  an 
almost  complete  pane  of  id.,  red,  imperf, 
1840  issue. 

^outlr  ^iiatraliait  ^Ijilatelk 

The  sixteenth  annual  meeting  of  the  South 
Australian  Philatelic  Society  was  held  at 
Pirie  Chambers,  Pirie  Street,  on  Wednesday, 
November  2nd.  Mr.  F.  C.  Krichaufif  presided 
over  a  fair  attendance  of  members.  The 
Treasurer's  balance  sheet  and  Exchange 
Superintendent's  report  were  adopted.  The 
Committee  reported  :  "  The  balance  at  the 
Society's  credit  is  ^4  19s.  iid.,  which  the 
Committee  consider  satisfactory.  During  the 
year  Mr.  Blockey  read  the  following  papers  : 
'Imperforated  of  S.  A.,'  'Perforated  S.  A., 
showing  examples  of  various  perforations 
made  by  the  different  machines.'  It  is  hoped 
that  further  articles  will  be  contributed  by 
members,  so  that  a  paper  may  be  read  at 
each  meeting.  Mr.  Blockey  is  also  drawing 
up  a  list  of  South  Australian  stamps,  which 
Messrs.  Peck  and  Krichauff  and  Blockey, 
the  Committee  appointed  by  the  Society,  are 
pricing.  This  pricing  is  to  be  considered 
and  adopted  at  meetings,  in  instalments, 
and  published  in  the  Australian  PJdlatelist. 
The  work  so  far  is  only  in  its  infancy,  and  it 


is  hoped  that  members  will  take  an  active 
interest  in  seeing  to  the  pricing  of  stamps  of 
their  own  colony.  Several  changes  have 
taken  place  in  the  current  issues  :  new  per- 
forations, id.  and  2d.  (perf  12) ;  new  type 
'postage,'  6d.,  9d,,  IS.,  and  5s.;  varieties  in 
type  of  all  the  long  stamps,  notably  the  8d. 
with  the  error  'eignt'  ;  new  post  card,  id., 
longer  inscription.  During  the  year  five 
city  books,  two  country,  one  Victorian,  and 
one  Bathurst  exchange  books,  of  the  value  of 
-£393  4s.  I  id.,  were  circulated  with  good 
results.  The  Secretary  is  making  arrange- 
ments to  bind  for  the  Society's  library  some 
of  the  most  important  of  the  literature  in 
hand,  which  has  been  accumulating  for  some 
years.  ^o\xx  Committee  regret  having  to  call 
attention  to  the  sad  loss  sustained  through 
the  death  of  your  late  President,  Mr.  Shaw, 
who  took  an  active  interest  in  the  work  of 
the  Society."  The  following  officers  were 
elected:  President,  Mr.  J.  W.  Hillman ; 
Vice-President,  Dr.  F.  Lucas  Benham ; 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Mr.  W.  L.  Peck  ; 
Exchange  Superintendent,  Mr.  G.  Blockey  ; 
Committee,  Messrs.  F.  C.  Krichauff  and 
J.  H.  Welfare. 

pijtlatiltr  ^ori^t^  of  ^ittoria. 

The  ordinary  general  meeting  of  the 
above  Society  was  held  on  September  8th, 
at  Equitable  Buildings,  at  8  p.m.  The 
President,  Mr.  W.  T.  Littlewood,  occupied 
the  chair,  and  there  were  twelve  members 
and  the  Secretary  present.  The  minutes 
of  last  meeting  were  read  and  confirmed. 
Mr.  Rivington  proposed  and  Mr.  Donne 
seconded  Mr.  E.  Hallenstein  as  a  member 
for  election  at  next  meeting.  The  Sterling 
Stamp  Company  of  Nelson,  New  Zealand, 
presented  the  Society  with  a  few  copies  of 
the  current  number  of  The  Nezu  Zealand 
Philatelist,  at  the  same  time  promising  to 
send  further  numbers  as  they  appear — 
gratis,  and  for  which  the  members  present 
passed  a  cordial  vote  of  thanks.  A  recom- 
mendation of  the  Committee  to  remove  the 
place  of  meeting  to  128,  Russell  Street, 
was-  then  discussed,  and  it  was  proposed, 
seconded,  and  carried  unanimously  that  the 
meetings  in  future  be  held  at  that  place,  so 
that  the  official  address  of  the  Society  is 
now  at  128,  Russell  Street,  where  members 
may  inspect  the  library  whenever  they 
choose,  as  the  rooms  will  be  open  from 
10  a.m.  until  5.30  p.m.,  excepting  Saturdays, 
on  which  day  the  place  will  be  closed  at 
12  o'clock.  To  infuse  more  interest  in  the 
meetings,  it  was  proposed  that  members 
bring  their  collections,  for  exhibition,  and  the 
Secretary  will  be  pleased  to  hear  of  any 
member  who  is  willing  to  exhibit  his  or  her 
collection.  Mr.  Kelson  has  kindly  promised 
to  bring  his  collection  for  next  meeting. 
After  balloting  for  positions  in  exchange 
book  136  and  No.  2  Sydney  book,  the  meet- 
ing closed. 

W.  Brettschneidek,  Hon.  Sec. 


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Note.  —  Under  this  title  will  be  inserted  all  the  information  that  may  refer  in  any  way 

to  the  financial  aspects  of  Philately,  e.g.   the  sales  or  values  of  stainfs,   the  state 

of  the  Market,   Trade  publications,  etc. 


Messrs.  Puttick  and  Simpson. 
Sale  of  November  8th  and  9th,  1904. 


Unused. 


I.R. 


Great  Britain,  qj^^^j^j   1902,  2^d.,    ^    ,.    d. 

blue,  pair,*  mint  .         .500 

Straits  Settlements,  Perak,  Service, 

1894,  5  c,  blue,  pair,*  mint  .770 
British  East  Africa,  1890,  \,  i,  and 


4  annas,*  mmt 


3   10 


Gold   Coast,  CA,   id.,  blue,*  part 

gum      .  .  ..200 

Mauritius,  "  Post  Paid,"  2d.,  blue, 

medium  impression         .         .440 
Ditto,  2  c.  on  38  c,  violet  .         .200 
Barbados,id.onhalfSs.,^37s.6d.&  2  10    o 
St.  Vincent,  Star  wmk.,  5s.,  rose,* 

no  gum  .  .         .6150 

Ditto,    4d.    on     is.,    vermilion, 

small  tear  .  .         .426 

Turks   Islands,    1893,   |-d.  on  4d., 

grey,  pair  .  .         .200 

British    Guiana,    1862,    i  c,   rose. 

No.   14,  no  roulettes       .         .220 
*  *  * 

Sale  of  November  29th  and  30th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Bavaria,  1876-79,  I  mark,  mauve,*     300 
France,    1849,    '5   c.,    green,*    no 

gum      .  .  .         .     4  ID    o 

Ditto,    ditto,   20  c,    black,  pair 

tete-beche  .  .         -330 

Ditto,  ditto,  I  f ,  bright  orange- 
red        .  .  ..650 
Ditto,  ditto,  I  f.,  orange-brown  .450 
Parma,    1854,   25   c,   red-brown,* 

no  gum  .  .         .2126 

Switzerland,  Zurich,  1 843, 4  r.,  black, 

vert,  lines,  Type  i  .         .500 

Ceylon,  is.  9d.,  green  .         .2126 

Ditto,  CC,  2  r.  50  c,  lilac-rose   .376 
British  East  Africa,   1890,  set  of 

three,*  mint         .  .         -376 

Ditto,  1891,  \  a.,  "  A.D."  on  2  a., 

vermilion  .  .         .400 

British  South  Africa,  1891,  2d.,  4d., 

and  8d.,  provisionals,*  mint    .400 
Lagos,  IDS.,  lilac-brown,  rubljcd    .     5100 
Transvaal,  6d.,  Iilue,  inverted  sur- 
charge, thinned  .  .         .3150 
United  States,  Bratlleboro,  1846, 

5  c,  black  on  buff  .         .  50    o    o 

Dominica,  \,  in  red,  on  half   id., 

lilac,  inverted  surchaigc         .     2    10     o 

Grenada,  2id.,  "  Pcncf "         .         .240 

Nevis,  6d.,  green,*  mint        .         -350 

St.  Vincent,  Star,  5s.,*  mint  .         .900 

Ditto,  id.  on  half  6d.,  thinned  .200 

Ditto,  One  Penny  on  CkI.,  yellow 


green,*  mini 


376 


&  s.  d. 
St.  Vincent,  4d.  on  is.,  vermilion  .  717  6 
Trinidad,    1860-61,    rough    perfs., 

IS.,  indigo  .  .         .450 

British  Guiana,  1862,  i  c.  No.  6, 

slightly  defective  .         .440 

Ditto,  ditto,  2  c.  No.  14,  ditto    .3176 
Western  Australia,  2d.,  brown  on 

Indian  red  .  .         .476 

Ditto,  6d.,  gold-bronze        .         .3150 
Collections :  4,000,  ^26  ;  839,  _;,^26  ; 

and  1,056,  Britain  and  Colonies,  24  10    o 

*  *  * 

Messrs.  Ventom,  Bull,  and  Cooper. 

Sale  of  November  17th  and  i8th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Great  Britain,  1878,  wmk.  Maltese 

Cross,  IDS.,  green,*  with  gum    11     00 
Ditto,    ditto,    £\,   brown-lilac,* 

slight  tear  in  top  right  corner     800 
Ditto,    1888,  wmk.  3  Orbs,  £\, 

brown-lilac,*  mint  .         .1150 

Ditto,  ditto,  another  specimen, 
but  slightly  defective     .         .500 
Malta,  1st  issue,  ^d.,  buff  on  blued 
paper,  error,  imperf,*  a  little 
creased  .  .         .     2   18     o 

Ceylon,  is.  gd.,  green,  peif. ,*  mint     400 
Ditto,  2d.,  green,  roiileiied  .220 

Ditto,  1861,  wmk.  Star,  clean-cut 
perf,  4d.,  dull  rose,*  slightly 
torn       .  .  .         .     4   12     6 

Ditto,  ditto,   6d.,   brown,*  with 

gum      .  .  .         .     4  15     o 

Ditto,  ditto,  8d.,  brown,*  slightly 

cut         .  .  ..400 

Ditto,   ditto,   ditto,  rough   perf, 

8d.,  yellow-brown,*  part  gum     6  10    o 
Ditto,  2  rupees  50  c.,  lilac-rose,* 

mint      .  .  .         .     4  15     o 

Ditto,  CA,  16  c,  lilac,*  ditto      .330 
Ditto,  ditto,  24  c,  purple-brown,* 

ditto     .  .  .         .     4   10    o 

Ilong  Kong,  perf.  I2|,  4  c,  slate*     4  10    o 
India,  1865,  wmk. Elejjhant's  Head, 

8  annas,  carmine.  Die  I.,*  mint     600 
Straits    Settlements,    186S,    perf. 

1 2i,  96  c,  grey,*  mint    .         .300 
Ditto,    1892-4,  32   c,   carviine- 
roj^",*  ditto  .  .         .   12     o    o 

Mauritius,  small  fillet,   2d.,  blue,* 

fine  margins         .  .300 

Natal,  1st  issue,  9d.,  blue,  on  ])ioi.e     4   10     o 

Transvaal,  IS.,  green,  wide  roulette     3  15     o 

Ditto,  6d.,  blue  on  blue,  ditto    .     2   10    o 

Uganda,    isl    issue,    45    cowries, 

violet*  .  .  .         .   10     5     o 

Canada,  1 2d.,  black,  damaged       .    10  15     o 
Nova  Scotia,  is.,  violcl,*  slaiiiei!  .     7150 


3IO 


THE  MARKET. 


Bahamas,  no  wmk.,  perf.  ii^x  12, 
4d.,  dull  rose*     . 
Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  6d.,  lilac  *     . 
Barbados,   1873,  Large  Star,  4d., 
dull  rose,*  mint  . 
Ditto,  1878,  Id.  on  half  5s.* 
British  Guiana,  1852,  4  c.,*  defec- 
tive      .  ... 
Ditto,  1862,  4  c,  trefoil,  roulettes 

three  sides 
Ditto,  ditto,  4  c,  rosaces.  No. 
76         .  .  .         . 

Ditto,  ditto,  4  c,  ditto,  no  inner 
lines,  roulettes  three  sides 
Dominica,  1886,  provisional,  "  One 
Penny"  on  6d.,  green,  very  fine 
and  extremely  rare 
Grenada,  1888,  provisional,  4d.  on 
2s.,  orange,  the  rare  variety 
with  upright  "d,"*  mint 
St.  Vincent,  1877,  compound  perf, 
IS.,  vermilion*    . 
Ditto,    1880,   perf    11    to    12 J, 

ditto* 
Ditto,    1883-4,    CA, 
orange,*  mint 
Tobago,   1st  issue,    ^i,    mauve,* 
mint     .  .  .         . 

Virgin  Islands,  ist  issue,  6d.,  rose- 
red,  sheet  of  twenty-five 
New  Zealand,  pelure,  imperf,  id., 
vermilion  *       .  .         . 

Ditto,  ditto,  rouletted,  is.,  green 
Ditto,   1871,  compound    perfs., 
6d.,  blue  *   .         .  .         . 

Tasmania,  id.,  brown-red  on  pe- 
lure *   .  .  .         . 
Western  Australia,  ist  issue,  2d., 
brown-black  on  red* 
Ditto,  ditto,  6d.,  bronze*  . 
Ditto,  1 86 1 ,  6d.,  purple  on  blued,* 

slight  nick 
Ditto,    ditto,    IS.,    dark    green, 
rough  perf*         .  .         . 


£ 

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0 

4 

10 

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3 

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0 

II 

II 

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IS 

0 

3 

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5 

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id. 


42     o  o 

3  10  o 

8  10  o 
300 

2    ID  O 

7  o 

S  o 


12  6 

12  o 

10  o 

12  6 

5  o 

8  o 

12  6 

5  o 


Messrs.  Plumridge  and  Co. 
Sale  of  November  15th  and  i6th,  i 

*  Unused. 

Great  Britain,  1867-83,  Cross,  ;,^i, 
brown-lilac,  iDlock  of  nine, 
lightly  cancelled 

Russia,  Wenden,  2  k.,  black  and 
rose,  tcsed 

Ceylon,  CC,  perf   13,  6d.,  brown 

Straits  Settlements,  Negri  Sem- 
bilan,  1899,  4  c.  on  8  c,  double 
sur.,  red  and  in  green,*  mint 

British  East  Africa,  July,  1895,  2 
rupees,  the  error  "BRITISE," 
on  entire 

Natal,  1869,  3d.,  "postage"  with 
stop,  S.G.  No.  52,*  mint 

British  Guiana,  1853,  ic,  ver- 
milion .  ... 

Trinidad,  1896,  los.,  green  and 
blue,*  mint 

Collection  :  6,898    . 


904. 


5  IS     o 


2     o 
4     o 


4  15     o 


3 

0 

0 

2 

4 

0 

2 

2 

0 

I 

16 

0 

30 

0 

0 

10 

12 


Sale  of  November  23rd,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Great  Britain,   1847-54,   is.,  pale     £    s.    d. 
green*  .  .         .400 

Ditto,  2^d.,  rose,  Plate  1 7,*  mint     100 
Wurtemberg,    1873,    7°   kr.,  hori- 
zontal strip  of  three,*  ditto      .750 
Niger   Coast,   Halfpenny  on   2d., 

S.G.  No.  22  .  ..3126 

Ditto,  1894,  |d.,  in  blue,  on  half 

id.,  red    .  .  .         .     2 

Ditto,    ditto,    another    divided 
diagonally        .  .         .     2 

British    Guiana,    1876,    CC,    12^, 

4  c,  blue  .  .         .     I 

British     Honduras,    1882-7,    6d., 

orange,*  piint  .         .     2 

St.    Vincent,   1866,   14  to   16,   is., 
grey,*  mint  .  .         .     2 

Ditto,  ditto,  II  to  12  by  14  to  16, 

IS.,  grey*  .  .         .     2 

Ditto,  1869,  IS.,  indigo,*  mint    •     ^ 
Ditto,  1875,  II  to  I2-|,  IS., claret,* 

no  gum  .  .         .     2 

Ditto,   1877-8,   15,  6d.,  yellow- 
green,*  part  gum  .         .     3 
Ditto,  1880,  5s.,  rose-red*  .     8 
Ditto,   ditto,    id.   on    half   6d., 

pair,*  mint 
Ditto,  1881,  id.  on  6d.,  yellow- 
green   .  ... 
Uruguay,   1895,  25  c,  brown  and 
black,  centre  inverted 


3  S 

8  S 

10  15 

2  10 

17  10 


Sale  of  December  6th  and  7th,  1904. 

*  Unused. 

Great  Britain   ^^^^^^^  M.,  ver- 

mllion,  pair,*  mint  .         .     2   10    o 

Ditto,     Board     of    Education, 

Queen,  is.,  red  and  green       .     317     6 
Ditto,  Admiralty,  Type  2,  3d.,* 

mint     .  .  .         ..200 

Cape  of  Good  Hope,  Woodblock, 

4d.,  intermediate  blue     .         .300 
Ditto,  ditto,  4d.,  deep  blue         .     6  15     o 
Natal,  1870,  IS.,  green,  black  sur- 
charge .  .         .800 
St.    Vincent,  \  on  half  6d.  yellow- 
green,  pair,*  mint  .         .2100 
New   South  Wales,  Sydney,    id., 

Plate  2,  no  trees  .         .280 

Ditto,    1863-8,    id.,    red,   wmk. 

"2,"*  mint  .  ■■■hi 

New   Zealand,   1856,   blue   paper, 

id.,  red,  strip  of  four      .         .817 
Ditto,  1856,  no  wmk,  rouletted, 

IS.,  green,  thinned  .         .615 

Ditto,  1874,  10  X  12^,  2d.,  rose*  13     o 
Queensland,     i860,    imperf,    id., 

carmine,  pair       .  .         .31- 

Ditto,  ditto,  ditto,  2d,  blue         .     2   17 
Ditto,   1868-79,  Q   and  Crown, 
perf    13,    4d,    yellow,*    with 
gum      .  .  ..500 

Tasmania,  ^i,  green  and  yellow, 

pair,*  mint  .  .         .9100 

Collection :  3,128  .  .         .       26    o    o 


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